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Friday Cocktail #25 - The Day Before

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Four years ago tomorrow, Hurricane Katrina made landfall at Buras, La. I'll be rehashing a bit more on that here tomorrow. For now, here is a cocktail I'll call The Day Before . This cocktail incorporates Peychaud's Bitters, which were[...]

The French Culinary Revolution- Salmon Nouvelle Cuisine

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Let?s have a history lesson. I was always a good student. I was one of those kids that did well in almost every subject (notice I said almost?numbers still elude me). But numbers[...]

Friday Cocktail - Americano with Peychaud's Bitters and Orange

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It's Friday and time for a cocktail! Tonight's starter of choice is an Americano, which is mentioned in my copy of the Esquire Handbook for Hosts . The handbook was first published in 1949, then reprinted in 1977. In addition to lots of common[...]

Friday Cocktail - Americano with Peychaud's Bitters and Orange

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It's Friday and time for a cocktail! Tonight's starter of choice is an Americano, which is mentioned in my copy of the Esquire Handbook for Hosts . The handbook was first published in 1949, then reprinted in 1977. In addition to lots of common[...]

Dirty Green Tomato Martini - My Own Special Way of Saying Thank You

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Cheers to everyone who voted me through to round 4 of Project Food Blog !  Although this is usually a family-centered blog, I thought I'd share this mommy (and daddy) friendly martini recipe, and the story that accompanies it, as a[...]

03.15.11: dinner (kitchen-sink chicken and beward the Ides of March!)

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Kitchen-Sink Chicken over Cheesy Brown Rice This week I have all about completely purposing whatever I have on hand after a slew of over-blown saucy outings that I have yet to even write about, let alone commend the leftovers to the deep as[...]

Scampi in vermouth

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2 lb Shrimp, shelled & deveined 1/3 c Olive oil 2 Cloves garlic, minced 3/4 ts Salt 1/2 ts Freshly ground pepper 1/2 c Dry vermouth 2 tb Chopped parsley 3 tb Freshly squeezed lemon juice Saute shrimp in olive oil until they begin to[...]

Lamb steaks with vermouth

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6 Lamb steaks from the boned -rib OR loin, trimmed into Round steaks 1" thick 1 Clove garlic, minced 1 ts Salt 1/4 ts Pepper 1/2 ts Chopped dried rosemary OR 1 ts Finely chopped fresh -rosemary 3 tb Butter 1 Onion, chopped 2 tb[...]

Fennel braised in vermouth

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2 tb Olive oil 1 sm Onion, finely chopped 1/2 Garlic clove 2 lg Fennel bulbs, in 1/2" slices 2 tb Leafy fennel tops ;finely chopped 3/4 c Dry vermouth 1/3 c Half-and-half or cream Salt and pepper to taste 1/2 c Parmesan cheese ;freshly[...]

Pan Seared Florida Snapper & Shrimp in a Shallot, Parsley and Vermouth Cream Sauce

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What do you do with 10 shrimp and a couple of snapper fillets in the freezer when you have to make dinner for two? You look in the refrigerator find some heavy cream, one shallot and all of a sudden... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my[...]