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Garlic Parmesan Roasted Brussels Sprouts Sophisticated fine dining dishes have not been part of our life's schedule lately but it is nice...

Cornbread Casserole

Creamy Tuscan Shrimp Doesn't that photo make this look yummy? It is!!! As a matter of fact, it tasted even better than it looked. I...

Persian Naan Bread

Baked Eggplant Parmesan Eggplant Parmesan is, and pretty much always has been, one of my favorite dishes. If I'm in an Italian...

My mentor, Julia Child, wrote "Like pie crusts, biscuits are a measure of a baker's talents and a pastry in which bakers take particular...

Pop's favorite bread? Pop = soda, get it? It took a lot of words to describe making bagels. This Irish Soda Bread is the exact opposite....

Remember the old joke, "Why are seagulls called seagulls? Because if they flew over the bay they'd be called bagels." Well, this was my...

I haven't forgotten my mentor, Julia Child, but Mastering the Art of French Cooking isn't much of a help when you're in the mood for...

Sometimes a recipe can be a bit of a surprise when it turns out to be pretty easy to make and then tastes really too as well. Well,...

I'm not sure why I've taken so long to make this and write about it since Mexican and Tex-Mex food is no doubt my favorite type of ethnic...

This recipe doesn't really have an "official" name because it is my own invention. I personally refer to it as "The World's Greatest...

It was time for Thanksgiving dinner and I was in charge of the green beans. Lucky for us, a friend shared this recipe for "Crack Green...

Just as grilling season is coming to an end (yeah, its 28 degrees while I'm typing this) I've come across a wonderful local spice company...

My sous chef, Kathryn, turned 17 and I discovered that she'd never had one of our flying saucer grilled cheese sandwiches. Have you? ...

While living in the panhandle of Florida, we learned about red beans and rice and what a wonderful meal it can be. I've made it in the...

I'm sure there are those anti-vegetablarians who'd consider cabbage a weed but I think we'd all agree that combining fire, smoke and...

This might not be "French" cooking but it had enough butter that I'm pretty sure Julia would have approved. This recipe was recommended...

When I came across this recipe it immediately caught my attention when I saw two of my favorite words -- "easy" and "garlic." Easy...

This definitely doesn't come close to the definition of what one would call "Fine Dining" but in the spirit of Halloween (hey, that's...