Turkey Meatballs in a Homemade Puttanesca Sauce

This is a spin on Chef Curtis Stone’s recipe. Serves: 6-8 Ingredients: Tomato Sauce 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil 4 large garlic cloves, finely chopped 2-ounce can peeled tomatoes in puree with basil 1/2 cup Kalamata olives, halved, pitted 3 anchovy fillets, chopped...

TAKE A MOMENT OR MORE

Those of you who know me, know that I am a proponent of taking time to restore. I urge individuals with whom I have contact to take a few minutes of deep breathing during the day or when particularly stressful situations arise.  “Feelings come and go like the clouds...
GUN CRISIS

GUN CRISIS

Unfortunately, we live in an age of increasingly common gun violence. So much so that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or CDC, has gotten involved. They have defined the types of firearm injuries as follows: Intentionally self-inflicted – includes...

SFDS Soccer Season Keeps Rolling Along

The past two weeks have been action-packed, for all of the SFDS Soccer teams, as the regular season draws to close. Undeterred by two or three games each weekend, the players, across all grades, continue to have positive outcomes on the pitch. As we head into the last...

Resiliency and Rebirth

It’s hard to believe ten years have passed since Hurricane Sandy tore through NYC and pummeled our beloved beach town. Like most residents, I didn’t evacuate and was not expecting the storm to be much of anything.  In fact, it was kind of exciting that we were getting...