This is what was for dinner last night…biscuits and sausage gravy…Italian style. My daughter is visiting from LA and this is one of her favorite dishes. It’s a Southern classic but perfect for an autumn evening in New England. And makes for an easy, quick weeknight meal. You wouldn’t think so because you may […]
I made this dish for a cooking class I did for a wonderful family. In preparation I reviewed a number of Tuscan Short Rib recipes…and I ended up making it much as I do when making beef bourguignon. I brown the meat. Make a roux with the pan oils, add wine and broth and cook […]
I made this butternut squash gnocchi 4 times…each time testing and tweaking the recipe until I got it just right. The first time I used a combo of squash and potato. It was good but too heavy. I hadn’t squeezed the liquid out of the squash. The next time I did squeeze all the […]
Growing up, Sundays in my house almost always began with tomato sauce simmering on the stovetop and meatballs browned in a skillet ready to be added to the sauce. I continued the tradition with my own family…but in my restaurant I mixed this classic combo up a bit by taking classic meatballs and stuffing them […]
The thing about pasta sauce is that it doesn’t have to be fancy. It can be downright humble like this White Puttanesca, made from ingredients most of us have in our pantry: olive oil, anchovies, capers, kalamata olives, garlic and red pepper flakes. Toss it with your choice of pasta and top it with […]
This Sun-dried Tomato Sauce is the bomb! It’s is so filled with creamy flavor that it even got me…a notoriously slow eater…gobbling this up!! Seriously, the sauce is amazing not only with pasta and shrimp as I make here… but with chicken, scallops, or any white fish. No doubt once you make this, you’ll have […]
Some of my favorite meals involves little to no cooking…but it starts with this Easy Homemade Mayonnaise. After making this, this lover of mayonnaise will never go back to store bought. Why would I when this is creamy and delicious and so easy to make and it’s one more processed food I won’t need […]
Tomato, Cucumber Salad with Yogurt Dill Dressing is another great salad celebrating fresh farm grown tomatoes and cucumbers along with radishes and red onions. Each is sliced thin and then tossed in a homemade yogurt dill dressing that compliments their flavors beautifully. It’s the combination of ingredients in this salad that makes it so […]
Balsamic glaze is, in my opinion, one of the best condiments available. And Orange Balsamic Glaze is even better. And it’s simple to make. But like many simple things it’s easy to mess it up. I’ve made a number of attempts to make my glaze because the store bought have lots and lots of ingredients…even […]
It’s spicy. It’s creamy. It’s cheesy. It’s my comfort food any time I want something easy to make that the whole family will love! Spicy tomato soup with ravioli is an outgrowth of my basic tomato soup with is nothing more than my tomato sauce plus chicken broth. How I spice it up and what […]
