Variations on Cooking

June has been crazy for me, there was a lot of work, well for the moment, thus not too many posts for the month. Here is a recipe from...

Here is my take on this classic dish, I use on the bone chicken, skin on, versus the deboned chicken cubes, I feel it give more flavor...

Here is a sandwich from a time in which we're were what I called the 95% vegan. I found it stuck in one of the yellow pads that were...

This recipe is a two-day process but the deep flavors are so worth it, now it is really spicy just a warning. This recipe you will need...

Here is my take on this classic dish, I do have a few twists like pancetta and parsnips. Ingredients 4 of each - Chicken legs and thighs,...

Our go. to salad, it is quick and easy and not too fussy. This my version of a Ceasar Salad, I use to make it the traditional Mexican...

I'm trying to get all the recipes I have created for the #covid-19 #virtual #dinner-parties - this the FB post from April 3rd, 2020, and...

Here is the dish I posted on FB during our #Covid-19 #virtual #dinner-parties on March 19th, 2020. The saffron takes a bit of time to...

Since we do have a lot of time on our hands, here is a recipe I have been working for a few years, it will be in my next book on chicken....

Ingredients 12 medium tomatoes, cored, seeded, diced 6 medium tart apples, cored, diced 2 medium onions, diced 1 medium red pepper,...

Here is a really simple cranberry sauce. Ingredients 2 bags of fresh cranberries 3 tangerines or 2 blood oranges, zest of two tangerines...

This salsa keeps it crunch after it has been canned. I have tried many types of salsas to can, and while they all taste good, some of...

This took me a while to figure this recipe out; we had it on top of this great steak we had while in South America, it was much different...

Continuing with the sauce recipes here is my take on the classic Bearnaise sauce. Now this is not as easy as the Bechamel sauce, it often...

I recently received a message asking about how to make a Bechamel sauce and what can it be used in. Well, it is a really simple sauce to...

When I was first trying out making a pasta gravy as I was told by many of my first and second-generation Italian friends, "everyone...

Back when I started my food blog 7 years ago my very first post was about Pestos and it was the highest hits on views I received in the...

Ingredients 4 bunches of Garlic Scape's 1 8oz bag of shelled Pistachios Olive Oil Salt and Pepper to taste Place Pistachios in Cuisinart ...

This a repost from last year. I have been transferring and the post from my old blog into the recipe files on the website, but I...

Just like the compound butters Barbecue sauce is endless. I tend just to whip on up on the stop based on what I have on hand at the time....