April 10, 2010.   Categories Chef Viviane Banquet Farre, Cocktails, Southwestern / Mexican.

Yellow Watermelon Margarita with Chipotle Rim   Recipe and photo reprinted with permission by Viviane Banquet Farre www.foodandstyle.wordpress.com Thoughts From Viviane:  I had other plans for the fragrant watermelon I’d bought at the farmers’ market last Sunday, but Kate Bush’s song “Eat the music” inspired me to make a sinfully delicious cocktail, one that is sure to make your taste buds sing… I also thought the watermelon...

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April 7, 2010.   Categories Arugula, Breakfast / Brunch, By Ingredient, Chef Viviane Banquet Farre, Contributing Chefs, Cream, Easter, Eggs, Poached, Mushrooms, Shiitake, Sourdough bread, Truffle, white, Truffles, Vinegar.

In my quest to find the “best” recipes, I’ve been so fortunate to discover incredibly talented professional and home chefs and bloggers.  And many of them have been so willing to share their recipes and techniques with me and the readers of this site.  Chef Viviane Banquet Farre is even more generous then most.  Whenever I visit her website I am captivated with the mouth-watering photos and elegant combination of ingredients....

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March 19, 2010.   Categories Light / Healthy, Soups, Southwestern / Mexican.

Chicken Chile Tortilla Soup Ingredients: 3 large ripe tomatoes 6 cups chicken broth (homemade or Organic boxed – not low sodium) 6 garlic cloves 2 cascabel chiles, wiped then stemmed & seeded – toasted 2 large pasilla chiles, wiped then stemmed & seeded – toasted 1 chipotle chile w/ TBSP adobe sauce 1 tsp cumin seeds, toasted 6 6 inch fresh corn tortillas (preferably homemade or fresh locally made...

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February 11, 2010.   Categories Chef David Wells, Light / Healthy, Seafood.

Yield: Six Portions Prep time: 60 minutes Cooking time: 15-20 minutes Equipment Needed: Parchment Paper Sheet pan(Baking Pan) Ingredients: 6 Pieces Parchment cut into hearts see illustration 2 T melted butter 6, 6-8 ounce portions Mahi Mahi fillet 2 large Carrots, julienned 2 Stalks celery, julienned 9 Snow peas julienned      9 shittake mushrooms stemmed and slice thin(optional) 1 leek julienned 1 ½  “ chunk ginger, julienned 1...

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February 10, 2010.   Categories Chef Dawn Viola, Contributing Chefs, Gluten Free Recipes, Mediterranean, Poultry.

Mediterranean Chicken Recipe and photo reprinted with permission by Chef Dawn Viola www.wickedgooddinner.com Dawn Viola of “Wicked Good Dinner” is an award-winning chef and food-writer.  She recently won the 2009 Crisco National Apple Pie Championship (professional division) for her wonderful Vanilla Vanilla-Bean Roasted Apple Pie.  Dawn has also appeared on Food Network, Fox News, Martha Stewart Radio, Cooking with...

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