By Elizabeth Manshel on
6/1/2009 9:11 AM
Are you ever on your way home from work and just want to pick up a good pizza? Or do you ever have one of those nights when the kids are a little wound up and you just want to take them out for a very casual dinner where they can get up from the table and play some video games while you sit back and order yourself a cold one? If you answered yes to either of these questions, or if you are just looking for an easy place to go to get a quick bite of good Italian food in the Mandeville area, then Coscino’s is the restaurant for you.
Coscino’s is a 5-year old family run business and when I say family run, I mean it! Everywhere you turn there is a Coscino! First, there is Jamie, the “Godmother” who is the owner and the apparent head of the family. Then there is Mike, her husband, who you can catch performing on stage with his guitar on Thursdays during open mic night. Running the front of the house is Jamie and Mike’s daughter, Danielle and managing the kitchen is their son, Jeremy.
Jeremy is...
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By Elizabeth Manshel on
5/1/2009 1:54 PM
The other night at one of my dinner groups the question was posed to us, “What is your simplest pleasure?” It only took me a moment to realize what gives me the greatest pleasure in life is to spend time with my family, especially my mother. Many people may claim their mother as their best friend, but I truly regard mine as my closest of confidants, the keeper of my fears and my dreams. She is the reason I watch the clock every morning with anticipation until the hands reach 9am. (I am not allowed to call and wake her before then, and trust me you do not want to call before then!), I can’t wait to talk to her every morning, even if I have absolutely nothing to say.
As an adult I now see just how much of a positive and profound influence my mother had on my life. She was always the one to stand up for my sisters or me, even if it was to the principle of our school. She would be the one organizing PTA groups, sitting on some board or committee, sewing all three of us matching Christmas outfits and...
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By Elizabeth Manshel on
4/1/2009 12:00 AM
I do not know about you, but all of the depressing daily news about our economy and the ludicrous spending bills that are being passed to help “fix” the problems have been enough to make me reach for boxes of samoas, tagalongs and frozen thin mints instead of getting myself motivated and going out for a delicious and healthier lunch. I have been in a bit of a funk since all of this began, and eating out has just not been as enjoyable as it once was. This was something that had to be rectified as soon as possible, but how was I going to escape this dark, sugary world? I decided to have lunch at one of my favorite restaurants on the northshore, knowing that this would jolt me back to my senses.
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