O’Carrs Downtown and Homewood, will be closed in honor of our service men and women. God bless America!

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language is what it is ; an ever changing and evolving way of communicating with others. How this affects the simple Italian meat cappocollo is as follows: Italians (eventually to be Americans) made the big move between 1861 and the First World War. The bulk of these folks were of southern Italian heritage.They came in […]

We had to call in our great/granddaughter  after school to mix crusts for cheesecakes. Because as she explained to me, that sweeping was her life, so is baking. Tear’em up GIRL!!

O’Carrs cooks their roast beef daily in small batches and uses it up daily. The flavor and “chew/ability” is what you would expect from a steak( sliced thinly). We use no chopped and formed product, no pumped up sodium and water product either. Think how roast beef would taste if you cooked it.   Yeah […]

The often overlooked and seldom eaten in this country , (in fresh form) pomegranate.For such an innocent looking fruit, it has been steeped in mystery and intrigue. Theologians believe that the pomegranate was the forbidden fruit from the garden of Eden. Interesting, it kind of puts a little different slant on our depictions of the […]

Wonder why your cream cheese tastes so rich (creamy)? Well it’s 33% to 40% butterfat. Next time try some impastata ricotta instead,it’s 65%  butterfat and incredibly smooth. If that’s not enough for you there is one type richer still; mascarpone at 75% . Last time I was in Italy , for dessert in a trattoria […]

Cucumbers are an easily accessible year round vegetable to definitely include in your dietary regimen. We chose 41 years ago to top every sandwich at O’Carrs with them as well as using in our salads. Here are a few reasons to eat them with gusto! 1.) they are a great source of B vitamins and […]

1.). The University of Minnesota still holds the patent for Honeycrisps.Every tree that is purchased by growers, they have to pay a $ 1.00 royalty to the university. 2.) Honeycrisps ripen at different times requiring 3 pickings per crop. 3.) The trees are weak and require a trellis system to support the limbs because the […]