Category archives: Recipe of the Month
SIPS - The Aurum Manhattan
- Vernon Duke's heartfelt and melancholy song "Autumn in New York" is the perfect listen for homesick New Yorkers this time of year. The song was originally written for the Broadway musical Thumbs Up! My favorite version was recorded by Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald. Listen. Short of being in[...]
SIPS - The Spritz
- All new this month, I am deputing SIPS; a specialty cocktail blog post for each month of the year. Happily, I have both my own experience with some really great SIPS and will also be drawing great cocktail ideas from some of my favorite friends, clients and caterers to contribute to this series of [...]
Mamma Mia! Meatballs
For years now, I have been trying to make meatballs. I mixed the meat with veggies, ketchup and other choice ingredients, rolled them into balls and then placed them in a saute pan to cook. Invariably, they would fall apart and my spaghetti and meatballs always became spaghetti with Bolognese sauce[...]
Twix Pie
Shortly After Halloween I entered the local bake off contest. I decided to enter all four of the categories: cakes, cookies, pies and miscellaneous. I had been working on a chocolate cake for some time so I knew I would go with that as my cake submission. For the miscellaneous category I entered [...]
Luna Loves Lima Beans
Perhaps it was Camilla Cream, the main character from the book A Bad Case of Stripes, or perhaps it was just my curiosity. Whichever the inspiration as I was strolling down the bean aisle of the grocery store I picked up a bag of Lima Beans. After unpacking the groceries I must admit the beans wer[...]
Italian Cooking with Hannah Hopkins
My friend Hannah Hopkins, Executive Chef at Steamboats' Mambo Italiano, asked me to assist her at last weekends Culinary Arts demonstration as part of the All Arts Festival. So of course I said "YES."
What a treat to cook with such an accomplished chef and all around great woman (and she's a fel[...]
What to do with your leftover Turkey
I am on day 3 of what to do with my leftover turkey. Here's what I whipped up for dinner tonight: a chili with lentils - one of the healthiest beans around. It's got a bit of a kick, so if you are sensitive to heat just use one chili.
Turkey Chili
3 dried ancho or habanero chili’s (each abo[...]
Arugula, Pecan and Goat Cheese Salad
I just couldn't resist the lovely looking bunch of arugula sitting in the produce section. It was so green and vibrantly fresh! So with that as a salad base what could I pair along with it? How about some lovely goat cheese and toasted pecans. I whipped up a simple honey mustard dressing and aft[...]