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Pickled Beets & Eggs
A Traditional Pennsylvania Dutch Dish I grew up eating pickled beets and eggs. I LOVE them and even eat them for breakfast. It is a traditional Pennsylvania Dutch dish. I guess I should book weekend at Schrute Farms. “Schrute Farms is the number one beet-related agrotourism destination in Northeastern Pennsylvania. We offer the finest accommodations […]
Continue ReadingRaspberry BellaVitano from Sartori
I happen to love cheese. Yes, it’s one of my many downfalls. A Grand Day Out with Wallace and Gromit Wallace: Gromit, that’s it! Cheese! We’ll go somewhere where there’s cheese! [Looks at “Cheese Holidays” magazine, then out window] Wallace: Everybody knows the moon is made of cheese… [a machine malfunctions] Wallace: Well, what’s wrong […]
Continue ReadingCorned Beef & Cabbage Pizza
Erin Go Bragh We already had our Corned Beef and Cabbage on Sunday. I know this is a ridiculous idea, but I find the following recipe appealing. I think if you drink enough green beer, it just might work. Corned Beef & Cabbage Pizza Makes 2 medium (14-inch) pies For the dough 2 tsp sugar […]
Continue ReadingEarthquake Cake
I’m All Shoke Up We woke up this morning at 4:04am to an earthquake. Not a big one – 4.4, but the epicenter was quite close. It certainly got one’s attention. So, here I am with a splitting headache, nursing a cup of coffee and trying to figure out what on earth to write about […]
Continue ReadingChicken Tikka Masala
I really fancy an Indian (Need a curry fix) My cousin, Marissa, asked me to post a Chicken Tikka Masala recipe. I love getting suggestions from people. It’s not easy to wake up every morning with a new culinary idea! Thanks Marissa! I have been cooking Indian food for 25 years. It is my desert […]
Continue ReadingSausage & Potato Coddle
A Traditional Irish Coddle St. Patrick’s Day is around the corner, and what a better way to celebrate than with traditional Dublin Coddle? Irish coddle is a hearty dish that involves layering meat and vegetables and “coddling” or cooking just below the boiling point. In the days when Catholics were not supposed to eat meat […]
Continue ReadingIrish Coffee
The original Irish coffee was invented by Joseph Sheridan, a head chef at Foynes, County Limerick but originally from Castlederg, County Tyrone. Foynes’ port was the precursor to Shannon International Airport in the west of Ireland; the coffee was conceived after a group of American passengers disembarked from a Pan Am flying boat on a […]
Continue ReadingCouscous with Melted Scallions
Another Simple Side This is another dish I made from a random cookbook, which I adapted. Couscous is a coarsely ground semolina pasta that is a dietary staple in North African countries. It is also widely used in Middle Eastern countries and has become popular in American dishes. It is made of semolina, flour, salt, […]
Continue ReadingSplit Pea Soup with Lemon Dill Sour Cream
No Exorcism Needed Here! This weekend, I did one of my favorite things, which is to open up a random cookbook and choose a random recipe. I chose Lemon Split Pea Soup. I don’t even like split pea soup! The nice thing about this soup is you can substitute the chicken stock for vegetable stock […]
Continue ReadingClafouti
Clafouti, that’s easy for you to say! I am catering an Oscar party on Sunday and my client wants Beef Bourguignonn, everything by Julia Child. I decided to make a clafouti for dessert. Clafouti, is a baked French dessert of black cherries arranged in a buttered dish and covered with a thick flan like batter. […]
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