This is such an easy pan fried trout recipe and is wonderful on a summer night. It doesn’t take long to prepare but will appear like you spent a lot of time on it. When I have friends over for dinner on a busy weeknight, I prepare this and usually get a lot of “ooh’s” because it’s so colorful and fresh-looking. This is one of my go-to dishes when I want to make something special but don’t have a lot of...
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Adopt an Olive Tree in Italy…. This is a brilliant idea that was shared via Amanda Hesser’s Food52 blog. The Nudo cooperative of olive farmers in Italy has created a wonderful program. Adopt one of their olive trees and you get to track it throughout the year and receive the olive oil extracted from that tree. They have a many varieties of oils from different groves. You select your tree and receive first cold-press oil...
Read MoreChef Rima Olvera’s Tejana Style Chile Rellenos www.omnivore.co.il From Rima – In her own words: This technique of this unique and unusual type of Chiles Rellenos, using dried, (instead of the more common version using fresh) ancho chiles in a sweet and fragrant tomato sauce, was taught to me about 25 years ago by one of my very first mentors in the kitchen, Vilma Macias, who was an exceptional chef specializing in traditional...
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Paula Deen’s Real Women of Philadelphia – Recipe Contest! Just over two weeks ago, Paula Deen announced the four winners of the Real Women of Philadelphia contest! After receiving nearly 6,000 video entries from all over the country the choice was tough. There were so many talented ladies all over the country but these four rose to the top! Each of them won $25,000 and will help Paula create a cookbook featuring recipes using...
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For Sons and Daughters Without Fathers Happy Remembrance Day I was inspired to follow in Michael Ruhlman’s footsteps on this Father’s Day morning. He posted a very simple and heartfelt post on his blog with photos of his father. Like me, he lost his dad and Father’s Day for those of us without fathers is about remembering. It can be sad and a bit heavy-hearted. His post was dedicated to Father’s Without Fathers....
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Homemade Popsicles! Photos by Zoku and Williams-Sonoma I’ve loved popsicles my whole life! It’s possible that I love them more than ice cream. To this day whenever I have a cold, I send my husband out for two “medicinal” remedies…. hot and sour soup and popsicles! The downside is the commercial packaged popsicles are loaded with sugars, food colorings and other chemicals. They just aren’t good for...
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