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    Restaurant Style Recipes

    Let Chef Dennis demystify home cooking with his easy-to-make restaurant-style recipes and family favorites. Learn Basic Techniques and Chef Secrets with his step-by-step recipes. Join Chef Dennis on his culinary journey to find delicious food and adventure!

    Seasonal Favorites

    When you’re looking for delicious dinners, desserts and appetizers for this time of year, you can count on Chef Dennis for help! My chef tips, along with step-by-step instructions, will help you look like a master chef in your kitchen this winter without any of the stress.

    • white bowl of pulled pork in barbecue sauce
      Easy Oven Cooked Pulled Pork Recipe
    • slice of jewish apple cake on a white plate
      Jewish Apple Cake
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      Authentic Guinness Beef Stew Recipe
    • Tiramisu with a fork on a white plate
      Best Tiramisu Recipe {step by step}
    • side view of slice of bee sting cake being taken out of full cake
      German Bee Sting Cake (Bienenstich) Recipe
    • chicken chasseur on a white plate
      Chicken Chasseur Recipe (Hunters Chicken)
    • overhead partial view of chicken cacciatore over linguine in a white bowl
      Chicken Cacciatore Recipe
    • overhead view of baked seafood casserole in a white casserole dish
      Baked Seafood Casserole

    Trending Recipes

    Everyone loves my restaurant-style recipes! They have been tested and approved by thousands of my readers and continue to be the most popular recipes on my blog.

    • overhead view of barbecued half racks of baby back ribs on a white platter
      Easy Oven Baked Baby Back Ribs
    • hot crab dip in casserole dish with pita chips on a white plate
      Maryland Hot Crab Dip {Very Best}
    • crispy seasoned chicken leg quarters on a white platter
      Best Baked Chicken Leg Quarters
    • overhead shot of baked crab imperial on a white plate with sauteed greens and roasted potatoes
      Maryland Style Jumbo Lump Crab Imperial
    • sliced meatloaf with the rest of meatloaf on a white platter
      Classic Meatloaf Recipe with Zesty Glaze
    • shredded cabbage mixed with coleslaw dressing in a glass bowl.
      Homemade Coleslaw Dressing Recipe
    • chicken parm with pasta on a white plate
      Chicken Parmesan Recipe
    • sliced dry rub roasted brisket with cilantro and tomatoes on on a white platter
      Easy Oven Baked Beef Brisket Recipe
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    My name is Dennis Littley or “Chef Dennis” as I’m known both at work and across the blogosphere. As a classically trained chef with 40+ years of experience in the kitchen, I share my time-tested recipes, knowledge, and chef tips to help you create easy-to-make restaurant-quality meals in your home kitchen.

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    New Recipes

    See what I’ve been up to in the kitchen lately! My carefully tested & perfected recipes are always guaranteed to bring smiles to your table!

    • 4 lobster rolls on a white platter.
      Best Lobster Roll Recipe
    • whole smoked turkey on a white platter with greens.
      Easy Smoked Turkey Recipe
    • slice of devils food cake being taken out of cake with spatula.
      Devil’s Food Cake Recipe
    • stack of cranberry oatmeal cookies.
      Chewy Cranberry Oatmeal Cookies

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    30 Minute Meals

    No one should have to spend all day in the kitchen making dinner, and my 30 Minute meals are not only easy to prepare, they’re also delicious!!

    • garlic butter shrimp in a white casserole dish.
      Garlic Butter Shrimp
    • Chicken Milanese with salad on a white plate
      Chicken Milanese
    • overhead view of ravioli shrimp scampi on a white plate
      Ravioli and Shrimp Scampi Recipe
    • Korean Pork Barbecue and spinach on a white plate
      Korean Pork Barbecue Recipe
    • Penne alla Vodka in a white bowl garnished with chopped parsley
      Best Penne alla Vodka Recipe
    • fried lobster tails on a white plate
      Restaurant-Style Fried Lobster Tails
    • overhead view of a swordfish steak topped with garlic ginger topping on a bed of spinach on a white platter
      Ginger Garlic Swordfish
    • garlic butter salmon with broccoli and potatoes on a white plate
      Baked Garlic Butter Salmon

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    Low Carb Recipes

    Although I don’t start out creating Low Carb Recipes, many of the restaurant-style recipes I do create are naturally low in carbohydrates. I have started watching my carb intake due to prediabetes, but I still treat myself once or twice a week to one of my not-so-low-carb creations.

    Please remember that these are estimates of the carbohydrate content of the dishes; I am not a dietician.

    • sliced and unsliced grilled leg of lamb on a white plate with chimichurri sauce.
      Grilled Boneless Leg of Lamb with Chimichurri Sauce
    • sliced blackened chicken with other half on a white plate
      Oven Roasted Blackened Chicken Recipe
    • sliced dry rub roasted brisket with cilantro and tomatoes on on a white platter
      Easy Oven Baked Beef Brisket Recipe
    • overhead view of a swordfish steak topped with garlic ginger topping on a bed of spinach on a white platter
      Ginger Garlic Swordfish

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    My Travel Adventures

    Join me on the road as I visit destinations in the US and around the world. Sharing my reviews of cruises, hotels and land excursions; Let me show you how to take all the work out of travel so you can focus on what’s important, enjoying your trip.

    • girl with a map looking back at you
      Revealed: The Best Cities in the US for Healthy Foodies
    • fountain of neptune in piazza duomo, Trento Italy
      Visit Trento – Italy’s Best Kept Secret
    • sunrise over the ocean looking through palm trees at the King and Prince Resort
      Visit St. Simons Island – Georgia’s Best Kept Secret
    • rear view of the UnCruise Safari Endeavour
      Sea of Cortez with UnCruise

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    My name is Dennis Littley or “Chef Dennis” as I’m known both at work and across the blogosphere. As a classically trained chef with 40+ years of experience in the kitchen, I share my time-tested recipes, knowledge, and chef tips to help you create easy-to-make restaurant-quality meals in your home kitchen.

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    • loaf of homemade artisan bread on a wooden cutting board
      Almost No-Knead Artisan Bread Recipe
    • 2 Maryland crab cakes on a white plate
      Jumbo Lump Maryland Crab Cakes
    • chicken parm with pasta on a white plate
      Chicken Parmesan Recipe
    • seasoned crispy chicken legs on a foil wrapped tray
      Best Baked Chicken Legs {Drumsticks}
    • side view of slice of bee sting cake being taken out of full cake
      German Bee Sting Cake (Bienenstich) Recipe
    • Tiramisu with a fork on a white plate
      Best Tiramisu Recipe {step by step}
    • overhead view of barbecued half racks of baby back ribs on a white platter
      Easy Oven Baked Baby Back Ribs
    • overhead view of veal parm and linguine on a white plate
      Restaurant Style Veal Parm Recipe

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      Best Baked Chicken Leg Quarters
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      Authentic Guinness Beef Stew Recipe
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      Maryland Style Jumbo Lump Crab Imperial
    • close up of half a chicken salad sandwich on a white plate
      Best Chicken Salad – Deli Style
    • oysters rockefeller with a slice of lemon on a bed of rock salt on a white platter
      How to Make Restaurant Style Oysters Rockefeller
    • sliced dry rub roasted brisket with cilantro and tomatoes on on a white platter
      Easy Oven Baked Beef Brisket Recipe
    • rack of pork with end cut off
      Oven Roasted Rack of Pork {Pork Rib Roast}
    • sliced meatloaf with the rest of meatloaf on a white platter
      Classic Meatloaf Recipe with Zesty Glaze

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