Nancy Cavillones is a hack at blogging but a pro at internetting, and is a relatively decent home cook. She lives in The Bronx with her awesome husband, amazingly cute kid and two tolerable felines. In her past life, Nancy was a teacher of English at a South Bronx high school. She has a MA in Urban Policy Analysis from the New School and a BS in English Education from NYU, but please don't get the impression that she knows any more than you do.

Nancy also tumbles at http://ncavillones.tumblr.com and does honest-to-god blogging at http://sehacecamino.com.

Blog Entries by Nancy Cavillones

Practice Makes Perfect

2 Comments | Posted February 23, 2009 | 11:12 AM (EST)


My mother's meatloaf, hands down, is always my favorite. She does a classic meatloaf, drizzled with ketchup and draped with bacon. Are you having a heart attack? Me, too! Around here, the bacon is saved for special occasions. I make meatloaf at least twice a month, and that is too...

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The Busy Home Cook's "Secret"

13 Comments | Posted February 4, 2009 | 02:59 PM (EST)


Last week, a friend asked me, skeptically, if I really cook "from scratch" every night. I am often asked, as a new mother, how I have time to do all this cooking. Let's keep in mind that I only have one little baby at home, but my sister, who has...

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Eggplant Parm is not Just for Vegetarians

16 Comments | Posted January 26, 2009 | 12:38 PM (EST)


We are die-hard carnivores in this household but we still have a healthy appreciation for vegetables, especially vegetables that can imitate or hold its own with meat. Case in point: Eggplant.

For the first 27 years of my life, I hated eggplant. That's not true. For the first few...

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