Chicken stock is one of those almost ubiquitous ingredients that efficient home cooks keep in stock (pardon my homonym). Smart cooks buy it by the box-full and store it on their pantry shelves, to have some handy when they need it. Why Smart Cooks Make Their Own Homemade Chicken Stock But smarter cooks store it …
The Venison Meatballs from this recipe of homemade Italian Spaghetti and Venison Meatballs are so delicious they’re addictive. Once you’ve cooked them, and sampled one, you will wonder how there will ever be enough left for dinner. Don’t say I didn’t warn you. Can I Use Beef, Rather Than Venison? DON’T be put off by …
Pistachio Crusted Salmon is my favorite way to eat salmon, and I only use wild salmon. It’s so easy to prepare, too! It’s pan roasted initially, and then finished in the oven for only 8 minutes. Why Is Salmon Considered to Be So Healthy? Wild salmon is one of those super-foods that you’ll find on …
Linzer Heart cookies are romantic, and tasty, and I decided to set up a duel to see which recipe was better: my old favorite from the Silver Palate cookbook, or a recipe I stumbled across by Chef Alex Guaranaschelli. Which Recipe for Linzer Heart Cookies Will Prevail? I posted a recipe for Linzer …
This week, my friend, world class musician, and wine connoisseur Denny Jiosa is doing another wine tutorial for us. Denny has some great and affordable red wine recommendations for the cold nights that most of us are facing this winter. This wine, with this pasta? Magnifico! Last time my husband and I dropped by the …
You’re not going to believe how delicious this recipe for Goat Cheese Ice Cream with Boozy Cherries and Hot Fudge Sauce is!!! This is the best dessert I think I’ve ever made. I am not making this up. There is an alchemy between the sweetness of the sugar, the tartness of the goat cheese, the …
Pizza Bianca With Swiss Chard and Goat Cheese: How about a pizza recipe that is straight from Italy, that will use the greens you have lying around and need to eat? This recipe utilizes Swiss Chard, the best tasting green, garlic, and goat cheese! Yum! Swiss Chard I found the original recipe for this pizza …
Tuscan Bread Stuffing with Goat Cheese, Dried Cherries and Prosciutto is, for me, the highlight of my Thanksgiving table, where I only serve the best recipes of the season that I know. Why Is This Your Family’s Favorite Stuffing? Oh for a thousand tongues to sing this great stuffing recipe’s praise. It really is the …
Planning your Thanksgiving recipes, and wondering what wine might beautifully accompany your feast? My friend Denny Jiosa, wine guru and world class guitarist, is guest posting for me today, and has some exciting and affordable wine choices to grace your Thanksgiving table. Enjoy! Fall in Tennessee brings beautiful colors, shorter days, cooler temps, and Thanksgiving! …
Heavenly Havarti and Black Forest Ham Sandwich with Apple Butter, Aioli, and Arugula. It’s melted cheese with ham…yes…but it’s so much more!!!! What’s a Great Sandwich Recipe? In the beginning, I made me a fabulous sandwich. And it was good. Then, a girlfriend challenged me to enter a sandwich recipe contest, and I remembered my …
Buttermilk Biscuits with Chives and Black Pepper require no more skill to make than regular homemade biscuits. If you’ve never made biscuits before, homemade biscuits, made from scratch, are easy to do. Yet, they take a somewhat humble bowl of soup, and turn it into a meal that the whole family is thrilled about! A …
Lentil Soup with Kielbasa is the perfect soup to warm up your heart, soul, and tummy on a chilly fall or winter evening. And it’s easy, too! Why I Thought I Could Never Serve Lentil Soup: The reason has been 25 years in the making. I’m at a bit of a disadvantage, since some of …
Quick, Easy Grilled Fish Tacos with Spicy Slaw is a delicious, healthy weeknight meal, that you can throw together in 30 minutes. Free Fish! Sometimes, life brings you a very nice windfall. In our case, it was a very nice fishfall. No, that’s not a real word. It’s an old saying that I just made …
My Salad with Navy Beans, Goat Cheese, Grape Tomatoes and Warm Bacon Vinaigrette is a light summer dinner recipe. It’s more of a meal than a salad. After all, in the dog days of summer, isn’t it wonderful to have a nice, cool salad for dinner sometimes? This one’s so good, you’l want to enjoy …
Extravagantly Excellent Eggplant Parmigiana I can hear you now: Eggplant Parmigiana? Eggplant??? I HATE eggplant! And honestly, at one point in my life, I would have said exactly the same thing. I grew up hating eggplant. I was raised, in fact, on the hatred of eggplant. Nasty, bitter, detestable stuff, eggplant. I was disgusted by …