Last weekend we were catering for a large group, with multiple meals. Menus were gone over carefully making sure we weren’t duplicating anything, and that each meal would be memorable on its own. Dish selection for buffets can be quite difficult, when you’ve got the same group of people back again the next night. The…
Category: Meats
Guinness Braised Beef with Shallots & Mushrooms
When I get an idea for a recipe in my head, it tumbles around until the pieces get sorted. It takes several tries to get it right, and sometimes it needs to be left alone for a long while, until something pops into my head to make it right. Last year when we were in…
Lemon Roasted Prawns
Preparing a lunch the other day for visiting friends, I was wrapped up in a gluten-free, vegetarian, lactose intolerant, garlic-free menu preparation. I really don’t mind being given parameters to cook from, as it simply narrows down the field of options. Which is not a bad thing as it helps me to be creative. Recently…
Chicken Marbella
The Silver Palate Cookbook offers the most well known version of Chicken Marbella. Regardless of this dish’s roots from Spain’s south coast, it is their recipe that has made the dish well known in North America. I have always used the proportion of ingredients exactly as written, allowing for a change of amounts depending on…
Crab Cakes
About 15 years ago, we had an epic snowfall over the Christmas holidays. Not that it takes too much for us to be excited, as in this area more than a foot is remarkable. This storm brought us about 3½’ of snow over a couple of days. Just when we thought it was over, it…
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