Fresh Roasted Shrimp with Tarragon-Pistachio Butterby Chef Rima Olvera of “Duet” www.rimaolvera.com Chef Rima Olvera…. a friend of mine from high school who has become one of the finest chef’s in Europe. She recently tortured me by letting me know she would have prepared this beautiful dish at a party I’m throwing this coming summer. The only challenge is she currently lives in Israel and the party...
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Homemade Meatballs My husband Bill adores really good meatballs. Spaghetti and meatballs…. meatball subs… just loves them. He’s been asking me to make them for quite sometime and I’ve been putting them off. Why? Well, because there is something sacred to this guy about meatballs. The meatball sub for lunch is hollowed ground and he is the ultimate critic. I’ll admit it… I was intimidated by the...
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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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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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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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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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