Yes Virginia, there is more to life than takeout and the microwave
One of the great joys of life for me is cooking. I love to mix up flavors, textures and add the unexpected to dishes when ever I can. That doesn’t I still don’t enjoy the classics, but every now and then I like to change it up a bit. The one thing I miss about [...]
Some weeks the best you can hope for is to wake up every morning, draw a breath in your lungs and stumble downstairs to a cup of coffee…..this has been one of those weeks, but you know…….it could be a lot worse! But today is a happy day, and not only because we’ve reached the [...]
It may be spring, but March is certainly going out like a Lion this week as the temperatures dropped down to 34 this morning, which really wouldn’t be that bad for this time of year, but just last week we saw temperatures in the 80′s. But that’s the way March goes, unpredictable till the [...]
During the years that I worked as a Restaurant Chef one thing I learned right away was to make all the every course on your menu interesting. Too many times all the emphasis is placed on entree’s which is great if all you want to sell are entree’s, but to be successful you need to interest [...]
One of my favorite dishes to prepare during my restaurant days was a Chicken Saltimbocca, it contained different components that came together in a symphony of flavors that truly did “jump in your Mouth”, at least according to the literal translation! Today I begin a new segment for my blog, In my Restaurant Kitchen. I [...]
I know, I know…..sigh…..I am obsessed with squash blossoms. I need a 12 step program! Hi, I’m Dennis and I am a squash blossom addict. Sometimes I lay awake at night and wonder what else I can do with them…..I actually just had an off the wall idea while writing this, but I won’t [...]
