Entertaining sometime soon? Pork shoulder is a cinch with a pressure cooker. Most of the prep and cooking should be done the night before but even early morning on the day of your party will make it easier for you to enjoy your guests. Another advantage to cooking it the day before is that you […]
Is anything more fabulous than seafood stew? Next to steak, it is one of the most ordered meals in restaurants. From the Italian Brodetto to San Francisco’s Cioppino, I love seafood stew. Luckily, it’s one meal my whole family will eat as long as I keep it simple. Seafood stews are fast to make and satisfying as the […]
Buttermilk dressings are notable as they are creamy and slightly tangy. This one is reminiscent of ranch but with far fewer fat calories and bigger flavors. It pairs exceptionally well with cabbage salads and also with endive and radicchio. I’ve used it in the summer with new potatoes. If you have the Savory Spice Shop’s Capitol […]
I am in denial. Conde Nast has broken up with me and I am sick about it. I know Gourmet is just a magazine, but I feel kicked in the gut. Each month, Gourmet arrives in my mailbox and within 24 hours, I have thumbed through the entire issue. The photography teasing my taste buds and encouraging my tendency towards […]
With cool, fall temperatures upon us, I have been hearing the call of all things cranberry and this lead me to my pantry for something I have been saving for “the right recipe.” Pepper jellies are a handy thing to keep on hand for quick, flavorful dishes. New England Cranberry has brilliantly enhanced pepper jelly by adding cranberries and […]
Food52 is a great new website from partners Amanda Hesser and Merrill Stubbs. The idea of the site is that recipes entered from food enthusiasts everywhere will end up in a cookbook. I’ve been entering their contests weekly and have also made a few things from the site. The best thing so far has been […]
I will openly say that there are few bottled salad dressings that I like. The whole category of bottled salad dressings happens to be a pet peeve. Most are too sweet and just not well balanced. The ones I do like are far too expensive and are sold in the refrigerated section of the produce […]
Known as the Traveling Chef, Kirk Warner lives a busy chef’s life cooking and teaching around the world. He grew up in a foodie family in Paw Paw, Michigan. After visiting Flavorista Tracey in nearby Saugatuck this summer, I realized what a foodie mecca it is. Tracey introduced me to Kirk via her great friend […]
Here’s the long and short. I am up to my eyeballs in a recipe development project – which is fantastic but a bit crazy at the same time. It involves hiring extra babysitters and sacrificing some sleep. In the end, it will have been worth all of the effort. In the meantime, here’s some quotes […]
My friend Sue recently had a birthday, we’ll just say she’s nifty and it doesn’t seem possible that her age ryhmes with nifty. Her girlfriends planned a great party- an al fresco dinner on a Boulder creek beach; then cake and champagne on a party bus a top Flagstaff Mountain. My contribution was a fresh orange […]
