Summer Pesto
Italian mayo? This well loved herby sauce from the Liguria region of northern Italy is almost like making a mayonnaise,...
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Blueberry Cobbler
I first started making cobblers when I moved to Covington and met a friend with a blueberry farm. This led...
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Blueberry Basil Martini
It’s blueberry season and I can’t get enough of these sweet juicy antioxidant powerhouses. Fresh blueberries and granola in the...
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How many cookbooks is enough?
Do I have to answer that question? One hundred and five, yes, 105 cookbooks, give or take a few that have been borrowed and are out on permanent or temporary leave, fill the shelves in my humble kitchen. But there is always room for one more. It fills me with great happiness to acquire or […]
Macadamia and Coconut Tart
In her cookbook, “Cindy’s Supper Club,” Cindy Pawlcyn, the Napa Valley California chef shares recipes learned from her travels and...
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Salade Nicoise
Salade Nicoise, a staple of Provence in Southern France. Think Nice, beaches, and the Mediterranean Sea. In its purest form,...
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Salade Composée
A composed salad. That is the literal interpretation of salade composée. Each food is placed with care and with thought on the plate. A salade composée gives you artistic license to assemble beautiful little tastes and samplings of complimentary foods on one plate, or individual plates, with attention to their taste, texture, and color. In […]
Greek Salad Sandwich
Greek Salad Sandwich? Yes, that’s correct. Make a traditional Greek salad and spoon the ingredients into a lightly toasted pita...
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Cuban Style Chipotle Roasted Pork Tenderloin
Roasted pork tenderloin with a latino touch usually includes lime and orange and sometimes vinegar as the acid, a little...
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Shrimp with Feta Cheese
This recipe is from one of my new favorite cookbooks, “Milk Street, Tuesday Night” by Christopher Kimball. I served Milk...
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Crawfish Bread
This crawfish bread is a crowd favorite. The perfect use for a bag of crawfish tails or those leftover tails...
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Passion on the Beach
Inspired by the tropical flavors of the Caribbean and the Yucatan Peninsula, my “Passion on the Beach” cocktail is perfect...
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