We were fortunate to be able to get most of the ingredients for this recipe from my friends at Campagne when I lived in Park City, Utah. They would bring in great produce and cheeses and the salad mix is the same as you would get at many of the gourmet restaurants in Park City. […]
How to Prepare Great Caesar Salads One of my favorite salads and one that I usually request when dining out is Caesar Salad. I remember dining at a couple of restaurants in New York City where they made the Caesar Salad table side with such flair and showmanship. Now you are lucky if they make […]
This is a very simple recipe for tomatoes that make an excellent side dish. I would only make this dish when tomatoes are in season and full of flavor. Depending on where you live, that shortens the window of opportunity but there is nothing worse than eating mealy tomatoes. Claudia tells me, I have taken […]
Bean Salad A while back we had a birthday party in State College, PA for my mother-in-law. Although my sister-in-law Judy put out another fabulous spread, she asked some family members to bring one of their favorite dishes. Cousin Vicki brought a bean salad recipe that was so good everyone had to have the recipe. […]
I just interviewed Chef Antony Osborne from the Culinard culinary schools. He is an amazing person who has traveled around the world cooking at some of the top restaurants in the world before becoming the Dean of the cooking schools at Culinard. The interview is amazing especially if you’re thinking about going to culinary school […]
Tuesday was the first day of summer and when I think of summers past, watermelon comes to mind. As a kid, watermelon was a special treat on a hot summer evening after dinner. Sitting on the front steps with some of my neighbors over to share a freshly cut melon and seeing how far we […]
Roasted Mushroom Salad with Fig Balsamic Vinaigrette Recipe Yesterday I posted a little history of figs going all the way back to Adam & Eve written by my friend Chef Mark Vogel. Here is a great recipe for a fig balsamic vinaigrette that can go with this roasted mushroom salad. Thanks, Mark. PrintRoasted Mushroom Salad […]
Every year Chef Mark R. Vogel writes an article about various summer salads and looks at them from a different angle. I think you will enjoy this years addition featuring Scallop & Watercress; Garbanzo Bean with Cucumber-Yogurt Dressing and Lobster & Avocado Salad. Summer Salads While specific guidelines vary, health pundits generally recommend consuming 7 – […]
All About Fennel & How to Cook With It On the whole, the foods that restaurants deliver to the consumer use basically the same ingredients that a home cook would use. There is, however, a short list of ingredients that are commonly used in commercial kitchens that are underused by home cooks. If you ask […]
Tuscan Bread Salad or Panzanella Tuscan Tomato, Cucumber & Bread Salad Right now I am into everything Tuscan, Italy because I just finished reading The Reluctant Tuscan (I will talk much more about this wonderful book in another post) and am now reading Frances Mayes’ Under The Tuscan Sun, another delightful book about an American […]
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How to Grill Your Turkey on a Gas Grill
Something Different – Grilling Your Turkey I wanted to share with you a novel way we cooked our turkey one year while we were still living in Park City, Utah. We grilled it on the barbecue. Now I’m sure many of you are saying to yourselves, “RG, get real. We’ve been grilling our bird for […]
Turkey Buying and Cooking Tips With Thanksgiving right around the corner, I thought you might enjoy talking turkey including some tips on choosing a bird and how to cook it. You would think cooking a turkey is not that big a deal but looking at all the articles in the current November issues of cooking […]
Moist Thanksgiving Turkey Tips
How To Roast A Perfectly Moist Turkey A whole turkey, perfectly cooked, juicy in thigh and breast and richly caramelized all over is a thing of beauty, but it is, indeed a rare bird. Turkeys are large, they have a big hole inside them. They are thick in some places and thinner in others. They […]
