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How to make apple cranberry cobbler
Apples and cranberries are a well-loved combination. This is a great cold weather dessert that’s perfect for the holiday table. Cobblers are like deep-dish pies except that they have no bottom crust. Traditionally, cobblers have been topped with biscuit...
How to make a terrine of foie gras
Today, it’s virtually impossible to find a menu from a top restaurant the doesn’t include something made with fresh foie gras, a duck or goose liver product that dates back to the Egyptians of 2500 B.C. Thankfully, availability of fresh foie gras...
How to eat a whole fish
Once you master this easily learned craft, you’ll love eating whole fish at the table.
How to make a German chocolate cake
This cake was not actually invented in Germany. The original recipe was sent by a homemaker in Dallas to a newspaper in Texas in 1957. It used Baker’s German’s Sweet Chocolate, which was created in 1852 by an Englishman named Sam German for the Baker’s...
How to bake macadamia encrusted halibut with orange sauce
Here’s a popular fine dining dish that can be served with confidence. Anyone who tries a bite of this will come back for another, whether they eat fish regularly or not. Halibut is wonderfully delicate in flavor, soft and flaky in texture. The encrusted...
How to make a Monte Cristo sandwich
Top of any sandwich connoisseur’s favorites is this classic delight, a hybrid of French toast with grilled ham and cheese. Restaurants vary from place to place about exactly how this is cooked, whether on a flat top grill or in a deep-fat fryer. The latter...
How to make Beef Wellington with a bordelaise sauce
Beef Wellington conjures up images of the famous nineteenth-century English general, the vanquisher of Napoleon, and later, his nation's prime minister. Strangely, references to this dish are hard to find in British cookbooks. However, it seems likely that...
How to enhance and improve food flavor
Because taste is such an individual thing, one secret to good cooking is variety. We can all become deadened to taste if we don’t have surprise flavors in our everyday food to add some zip. Take any or all of these ideas and keep them handy in your kitchen....
How to bake an apple walnut tart with butterscotch glaze
Tarts, the European equivalent of American pies, have become very popular in the U.S. over the last few decades. Besides tasting great, they are very beautiful topped with colorful apples arranged in geometric patterns and glazed to a high shine. This deep...
A Delicious Vegan Chocolate Cake
So you're a vegan, but you haven't given up dessert. You can find delicious soy ice "cream" but you need cake to put under it! I mean, you can eat cake without ice cream, or ice cream without cake, but the two belong together.
All the cake...
How to make lobster thermidor
Lobster thermidor was created in 1894 by Marie's, a Paris restaurant near the theater Comedie Francaise to honor the opening of the play Thermidor by Victorien Sardou. Unlike the recipe, the play was not a critical success, and is rarely performed. Due to...
A Primer on Tea, or How to Become a Tea Snob
it's easy to educate yourself about tea, and then it's a short step to full-fledged tea snob. People do it with wine, why not tea?!
How to Make Great Chilli
This is a tutorial on how to make delicious chilli. You can either make this in a crock pot or on the stove top. Although I find that the making this recipe in the crock pot provides for a much better eating experience.
Valentine's Day Drink Recipes
Some different kinds of drink recipes that you might want to try on Valentine's Day or maybe just try on any day! Enjoy!!
Quick and Easy Indian-Style Curry Beef
Just as the title says. Quick and delicious curry beef. The original recipe can be found on the back label of a bottle of Patak's Curry Paste, but i have taken that and improved upon it with my own touch. Enjoy!
