I stuff, therefore I am – Stuffed Peppers!
I stuff, therefore I am - Stuffed Peppers The opportunity to use any type of stuffing puts you firmly on the road to culinary greatness! It matters not if what you are stuffing is a chicken, turkey, zucchini or pepper, stuffing is transcendent. By stuffing a stuffing...
Southern Italian Desserts by Rosetta Costantino: A Review.
Southern Italian Desserts by Rosetta Costantino: A Review. What should we expect from a cookbook? With 1000s of recipes on the web, a cookbook must go beyond lists of ingredients and methodology. It must take us to places we have never been. It must teach us...
Recipe Ideas: A New Series
Sometimes even the most seasoned chefs get stuck when it comes to creating a recipe. Finding the inspiration for new and exciting recipe ideas can be daunting task - particularly when you don't know where to begin. How do you know something will taste good? Or how to...
Fall Desserts: The Effervescent Pumpkin Pie
Okay, so pumpkin pie isn't really effervescent. But our love for it certainly is! As far back as I can remember, important family occasions have been seasoned with some kind of pumpkin pie. Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas - even the occasional birthday party. And...
Preparing the Fall Kitchen
It's official: The cooler temperatures are slowly inching their way into the nights and the days are getting just a wee bit shorter. Fall is quickly upon us and while part of me revels in it - there's nothing like the home baked smell of fresh pumpkin pie and slow...
What is Sorrel and how do I use it?
We're all pretty familiar with spinach, arugula and chard these days but have you ever heard of sorrel? It's popping up everywhere right now in fields, farmer's markets and specialty grocers and it's pretty exciting. You all know I'm a big fan of taking something...
10 Delicious Recipes to Make with Sweet Corn on the Cob
Do you know anyone who actually doesn't like corn? I didn't think so. Corn is hardwired into our taste buds - there's just something about it that we absolutely crave. Whether that be the crunchy texture of the kernels, the inherent sweetness of the corn or the juicy...
Dog Days of Summer: Iced Coffee
I don't know how people function without a good cup of steaming hot coffee in the morning. Unless of course it's 100 degrees outside. In which case, I don't know how people function without a good cup of refreshing iced coffee in the morning. It's true. The dogs days...
Feature Food Innovator: Heather Modell
Chef "Red" - aka Heather Modell of Red Rocks the Kitchen - is a classically trained pastry chef who works freehand without stencils, projections or transfers; that takes some serious creativity! Her culinary expertise though isn't limited to baking - the woman has got...
The Blueberry Fool (or any other fool for that matter)
I'm sure you've heard the old adage that "only fools rush in", right? Well in the case of The Blueberry Fool, I'd say the only thing foolish about rushing in, is not doing so. A Blueberry Fool is a make-ahead dessert that highlights the very best of Summer fruit - the...
