Variations on Cooking

Shrimp Pasta Salad, a cold salad Ingredients 1 lb. small shrimp, peeled, deveined, and cooked (see note below) 8 ounces pasta shells,...

Lemon Herb Pasta Ingredients 1 pound penne pasta 1 cup baby Arugula 4 large lemons juiced and zested 2 medium, fresh Burrata, chopped...

In one of my newsletters from late last year I went over how to make a whole array of different pesto’s. Since then I have played with a...

Garganelli with Meat sauce Ingredients 1 lb. ground beef, veal, lamb 2 oz. pancetta, diced 2 chicken livers, cleaned and diced 2 cups...

Ingredients 1 lb. of fresh ground meat, beef, veal, or lamb 1 cup dry red wine 2 cups tomatoes, diced and seeded ½ cup of freshly grated...

Ingredients 2 cups tomatoes, diced and seeded ½ cup dry white wine or vermouth ½ cup freshly grated Pecorino cheese 4 oz. pancetta, diced...

Tagliatelle Smalzade Ingredients 1 lb. of organic veal, cubed 4 shallots, chopped 2/3 cup of light cream ½ cup dry white wine 4...

Ingredients 4 oz. of Pancetta or Bacon 1/3 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese 4 egg yolks ¼ cup light cream 3 cloves of garlic, minced 1...

Ingredients 1 lb. Shrimp, cleaned, shelled, and deveined 1 lb. Rock clams, cleaned 1 lb. mussels, cleaned 9 oz. of sea scallops 4...

Ingredients 2 large chicken breast, boned, skinned 1 pound butternut squash, peeled and cubed 2 cups ricotta 2 shallots, diced 1 garlic...

This is a recipe I had sort threw together one night when I invited a few friends over to our apartment for dinner after walking the NY...

Okay, I have been on an Asian kick the last few days, a friend of mine loves Pad Thai but I wanted to make it less saucy. Whenever we...

Ingredients Half of a 16oz bag of baby carrots Medium to large red onion Medium to large Italian red pepper 20-gram bag of dried Porcini...

I was in my kitchen today working on my November News Letter recipes and I came across these recipes in one of my legal pads in the...

Now there are two ways I make this dish one with bacon and one without. I will list both ways. Ingredients 2 large bundles of Swiss...

With all the wonderful fresh herbs in my garden, I decided to break with the pestos and create a creamy herb sauce for pasta. Ingredients...

The next issue of the Variations on Cooking New letter will be all about the endless variations on the Southern Classic, Mac & Cheese. ...

Here is my take on the classic recipe. Ingredients 2 1LB packages of Sage Sausage 2 8oz packages of frozen spinach, thawed and drained 2...

INGREDIENTS 2/3 oz dried morel or porcini mushrooms 1 3/4 cups boiling-hot water 5 tablespoons unsalted butter 1/2 lb fresh cremini...

Ingredients 3 sticks of unsalted butter 1 cup of flour 8 cups of buttermilk 2 lbs of pasta of choice, cook 2 minutes less than it states...