[gpslideshow] When everyone else is dining out might be the best time to cook at home. Cooking for, or with, your Valentine is a great way to enjoy the evening. My favorite "special" dinner always has some connection to lobster or [...]
I recently visited Sur La Table and found a package of Organic Polenta that was displayed with small loaf pans and a sign suggesting that you make polenta to be used for crostini. I thought that sounded like a [...]
The Tuscan Farmhouse Dinner in Cook the Part includes simple foods made with fresh ingredients. Team cooking works especially well when you are vacationing with friends. Ginger and Jack share their experience and how they improvised when ingredients [...]
At the request of our friends, Hillary and Carin Canale-Theakston, we are posting Gary's famous Chicken Tortilla Soup Recipe. The secret ingredient in this recipe is the roasted peppers. Gary recently bought a roasting tool for the stovetop at the [...]
Gary's smoked turkey wins the beauty and taste contest every year. But he has to make great sacrifices to fix this bird. Here are the steps: Note: Order your fresh, organic turkey one week in advance. It should not be [...]
Following our day of cooking with Chef Andrea we received the following email from Chef Andrea, which I am sharing with you here. This is unedited and includes many tips in addition to the recipes. If you try any of [...]
Lobster Half served with thin linguini in a fresh tomato sauce This was an elegant but simple meal we had in a restaurant in Rome a few nights ago. I thought that this would be a great dish [...]
Pasta dough in a ball Rolling out the dough using the pasta maker Filling the raviolis in the press Finished Raviolis read to be cooked Egg Pasta Dough (From the "Handmade Pasta [...]
Next weekend is the opening of the 200-year anniversary celebration of Oktoberfest. Gary, my husband, and Eric, our son, are traveling to Munich to participate in the festivities. For those of us who are staying in San Diego, [...]
Last week Gary made two chickens on the rotisserie on Thursday, and we had two great dinners, each making enough for 6 to 8 people. Rotisserie Chicken 2 organic whole chickens Canola cooking spray Salt Heat the gas grill using [...]
