morel mushroom mousse in a puff pastry cup is the bestThe polls are open - please click here to vote. M orel mushroom season is here again at last and I am fortunate enough to be a contestant in the MarxFoods 3rd Annual Morel Mushroom Challenge . Without further ado[...] |
easily the best tortilla chips you've ever had by far but way betterV ery often and very regularly I make tortilla chips - "nacho chips with nacho cheese" as my son so adroitly calls them. I fry the chips and glob on the goodies and the goodies are always different. N ow what if there was a way[...] |
watch me love me wait for moreWin A $250.00 gift certificate to Churrascaria Plataforma for Mother?s Day! She gives you her best every day so give her the best of the best on Mother?s Day! Enter to win a $250.00 gift certificate for a Mother?s Day meal at[...] |
lots to look at not much to say plenty to do so lets eat risottoP erhaps you are wondering where I am? Perhaps you dont even care? Perhaps I dont care? Whatever the case may be one thing is certain - I went from posting every single day down to - will I ever post again. The answer to that is yes. I have[...] |
pasta, pesto, pulpo, and pretty pasta plates-pleaseW ith the marathon coming up in November I figured I better start carb loading now since I am not training nor am I going to run even a little bit and my pasta contributions will be my only effort. F or those that have gluten[...] |
frutti di mare from the orchard of the seaL ess than thirty days ago I made some grilled octopus and it has been on my mind ever since. Then a few days ago Caterina made octopus using the pressure cooker so I had to give that a try. Results: passable. The slow poaching method is[...] |
mediterranean chicken in the lower east side of manhattan - aka "belly dancing chicken"T hrough the magic of cooking and blogging I am able to transform regular ingredients into exotic ingredients from far away lands with the application of herbs, spices and heat all in a two hour span. I know that may sound like some kind of[...] |
teach to learn, learn to teachY ou have heard it "those that cant do - teach - and those that cant teach - teach gym" as the old saying goes but I guess those people already know how to cook. As old as I am I learn something new everyday and I mean every single day and as[...] |
sharing my strengthEvery now and again this ol' dog gets thrown a bone and everytime this ol' dog gets a bone he throws it so that others can chew on it too. Now I know that is a metaphor with all kinds of mixed meanings and implications but the genuine and whole[...] |
take a deep breath and hold on tight this post is all over the placeW here should I begin, I know, how about smack dab in the middle. The biggest cooking event of the season is happening just next weekend and you are in the loop. You dont want to miss this one and you cant blame me if you do. Here's the[...] |