Food, Travel, and Cooking!
Brussels sprouts seem to like getting all gussied up! Here is a delicious way to serve the cute little things! You have to admit, they are so cute! Makes 6 Servings 1 ½ lbs. Brussels sprouts 2 Tbsp. unsalted butter, room temperature 2 Tbsp. EVOO 6 large garlic cloves, chopped fine 1 cup chicken stock […]
An excellent and delicious way to eat your veggies! Shop your local farmer’s market if you can, support local farmers and get fabulous produce! 1 lb. 10 oz. new potatoes (any waxy small potato will work) 1 lb. + carrots 1 large butternut squash, peeled, seeds & stringy bits removed 4 Tbsp. EVOO 2 Tbsp. […]
Sunday, November 17th, a very important and poignant day! The rose in the photo comes from her favourite rosebush that I saved when their house was sold. My mom would have celebrated her 93rd birthday this year and I wish we could spend the day together. I would make her a cake. Most of the […]
Thank goodness for PBS and their T.V. cooking shows in the ‘70’s, 80’s and ‘90’s. What would I have done without them! Julia Child, Jacques Pepin, Pierre Franey “first you take the chicken”, Anne Willan, Keith Floyd (for his infectious joy of food and sense of the ridiculous), Lorenza di Medici and Lidia Bastianich to name a […]
This recipe for Tacchino alla Cacciatora is from Julia della Croce’s lovely cookbook “Umbria.” The book explores the foods and traditions of that region of Italy and is filled with great recipes. Turkey, either wild or farm raised, is eaten all over Umbria but not the whole roasted bird we are accustomed to in North […]
This curry powder is a Malaysian style one. The cuisine is a mixture of Indian, Chinese and Malay to name a few. I consider this to be my “house” curry powder when I am cooking Asian. Hope you enjoy the exotic taste as much as we do. It’s pretty darned good in curried butternut squash […]
I wish I could count how many hundreds of these I baked when I was a corporate chef! One of the executives would always ask that some be set aside for her to have later! I think making a double batch of muffins is a great idea to store in the freezer, ready for breakfast […]
An excellent, light dessert of pears poached in wine and spices. I love the juices! We get our pears from our farmer’s market in the fall when they are in season here. Cookies might be something nice to enjoy with the pears. Makes 4 Servings 4 Bosc pears, peeled & cored, seeds removed (a melon […]
Don’t you just love the combination of coffee and chocolate, I know I do! I like this dessert a lot because you can do it the day before and because it tastes good too! Makes 6 Servings ¾ cup sugar 8 large egg yolks 1 Tbsp. coffee liqueur ½ tsp. pure vanilla extract 3 cups […]
My father was Danish and this was a side dish he loved to see on the fall/winter table, especially at Christmas! You can choose to omit the red currant jelly, but it’s really a nice addition! This dish goes really well with turkey, roast pork or roast goose. 2 Tbsp. unsalted butter 2 ½ lbs. […]