Savory Recipes
Rustic Lentil Soup From the Carmine’s book I love, love, love, lentils. I’ve made them all different ways. This way is one of the most delicious. Once again, Carmine’s has outdone themselves. I think it is funny that the first time I ever went to Carmines was in the Bahamas. It was the cheapest meal […]
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Smoked Pork Chops Many years ago, long before I had the house and the Big Green Egg, there was a butcher shop in Hasbrouck Heights, NJ that had some really wonderful treats. Among them were the smoked pork chops. While I don’t have his recipe, I kind of figured out how he would have gone
Every restaurant and diner serves French Onion Soup. Well, maybe not every restaurant, but certainly every diner. I remember the first time I ever saw it on a cooking show when I was a kid. Things were simpler back then. Nobody gave a second thought to using bouillon cubes. Don’t get me wrong, you can
Yeah yeah, I know, why’s a nice Italian boy like me messing around with Israeli stuff? Well, only because it’s delicious. If you go to the supermarket, you will find two different kinds of couscous. The Israeli style couscous is the larger of the two. Looks like bee bees. This is a very simple recipe
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Oven Roasted Tomatoes This is one of those things that is so simple, delicious, and a great accompaniment to any dish. It starts with a few ripe plum tomatoes, though, you really could use any ripe tomato. Also, you can vary it any way you like, use different herbs and or spices. Add cheese. Add
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Pizza – Emulating the Berkshire Cafe in Torrington Where to begin. Pizza has ruled my life. Not really. I grew up with good pizza. I recall my favorite pizza when I was younger than 10, a place in Union City NJ called Continental on Bergen Line Avenue. Later in life, high school, college, there was
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Focaccia Before I begin this section, I can’t recommend the book enough. “Bread Alone” Daniel Leader and Judith Blahnik ISBN – 0-688-09261-6 If you really like this section, then you should purchase the book. I met Dan at the French Culinary Institute when he was giving a demonstration in the grand theater. You can visit
San Francisco Sour Dough Bread Before I begin this section, I can’t recommend the book enough. “Bread Alone” Daniel Leader and Judith Blahnik ISBN – 0-688-09261-6 If you really like this section of posts and videos, then you should purchase the book. I met Dan at the French Culinary Institute when he was giving a
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Caldereta or Kalderetta You don’t need to be Filipino to make great caldereta. Filipino Goat Stew or Braised Beef in Liver Sauce or neither. This is a fantastic stew. The meat can be any meat you choose. In this video we use a beef bottom round. This is one of those stews, that after you’ve
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Picadillo A saucy ground beef stew, or you could call it sweet Spanish chili if you wanted to name it in English, except there isn’t enough chili in it to call it chili. I grew up with this dish, passed down from my grandmother to my mother. They were from Cuba. I noticed over the
