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For those of you who are new to Croce extended family of relatives, friends and acquaintances, Gigi is the nickname for my wife Diane. It’s short for “Groovy Grandmom.” With the birth of our granddaughter Paz, “Groovy” as her girlfriends call her, became “Groovy Grandmom.” And everyone who is anyone knows that Gigi’s kitchen is the place to be invited. It’s always filled with a banquet of delicious, and predominately healthy, meal selections and tasty treats.
I can remember my early days of training the Philadelphia Flyers hockey team in 1980 when players would fight for a seat at Gigi’s kitchen table. Nothing has changed. Now, in addition to the old gang, there are movie producers, businessmen, entrepreneurs, new family members, and my wife’s posse of tennis crazies elbowing their way to be first in line.
For your information, Gigi and I have been married since January 14th, 1978 and I have always said that we have a great partnership because I love to work and eat and she loves to shop and cook. Well, now you too can benefit from my wife’s extensive gourmet training as well as my Italian father’s influence on her food preparation and meal selection. There’s nothing like eating great food!
One underlying ingredient to Gigi’s kitchen recipes is our choice to eat healthy. We normally live on low-fat, no-fried foods, protein-rich meal plan, but occasionally stray off course from time to time with outrageously delicious appetizers and happy hour munchies. I have always preached the mission is moderation. And as long as your nutritional detours are few and far between, a chewy brownie sundae or slice of sour cream chocolate chip cake won’t kill you! Enjoy. -- PC
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