Chocolate Orange Manhattan
A Chocolate Orange Manhattan is the perfect combination of these three delicious flavors and creates a transcendent cocktail.
Lasagna Bolognese
Lasagna Bolognese has flavors unlike any lasagna I have ever tasted. Beef, pork and veal plus a “mystery meat” and bechamel sauce make it unique.
Bechamel Sauce
A simple white Bechamel Sauce is one of the five “mother sauces” of french cuisine and a basic building block for other sauces.
Super Bowl Nacho Bites
Super Bowl Nacho Bites are perfect for game day. Each bite is perfect, with plenty of fixin’s on every chip, just the way you like it.
Cotton Candy
Cotton Candy is a beautiful pink nectar made with blueberries. oranges and kiwi. It’s the first cocktail using my new Porthole from Crucial Design.
Steakhouse Mushrooms
Watch out Smith and Wollensky, Cattlemen’s and Del Frisco’s, homemade steakhouse mushrooms for that beef is here!
Cuban Black Bean Soup
Cuban Black Bean Soup and I go way back, so far back that Marty McFly would have to drive me there to taste that particular recipe again.
Le Pigeon – Portland
Le Pigeon is helmed by Gabriel Rucker, a two time James Beard award winning chef. He presents contemporary French inspired cuisine in a cozy space with a laid-back atmosphere.
Carne Asada Street Tacos
Carne asada street tacos are just one of my favorite culinary gifts from Mexico. We have several local restaurants and tacquerias here that I label authentic based upon my trip to Mexico City last summer. I call myself lucky.
Vieux Carre’
As cocktails go, the Vieux Carre’ is a relative youngster compared to many of the classics. Pronounced voo-ka-RAE, the name literally translates as “old square”, which we know today as the French Quarter.
Argentinian Dulce de Leche
Argentina and Uraguay fought to claim Dulce de Leche as their own, but like penecillin, plastic or chocolate chip cookies, it was an accident.
Lavender Bubbles
Lavender bubbles are perfect for a New Year celebration. A glass of bubbly is de rigueur because it’s both traditional and elegant