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...

Ingredients Crust 2 cups unbleached flour 1 ½ stick on unsalted butter 2 large egg yolks 3 tablespoons raw sugar 1/2teaspoon vanilla salt...

I have been working on my 6th cookbook a sequel to my first cookie book when I came across this recipe written on the back of chicken...

I try to create a cocktail that I will serve for the summer when we have friends over, I think this will be this year's cocktail...

I make this dish a lot in the early summer just as the different types of radishes start to hit the market. You can use the everyday red...

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...

It surprising that when I go to the market I can not find cut chickens but there plenty of whole chickens, which I prefer to use and if...

As I am going through my recipes I came across this one that was written in the margins of another recipe for Lemon Chicken with the...

Ingredients 2 lbs of boneless and skinless chicken thighs, cut int quarters 1/2 cup of gin 1/2 cup of chili paste, I use a Korean style...

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,...

These are fun to make, a wonderful devil's food cake-like cookie. You can fill them with ice cream, a simple icing, or what I like to...

Chocolate Hazel Nut Cinnamon Rolls Ingredients 4 cups unbleached flour 1 cup whole milk or Half & Half 6 tablespoons of unsalted butter –...

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...

As you can tell I am going through all my chocolate recipes, this one is a take-off from my Chocolate Pot de Creme, which is usually one...

Here is another recipe from 2005, I have not made this in a long while and with no flour in the stores and plenty of prepared frozen pie...

As I am sorting out all these recipes I am choosing which ones to post and which ones will go in my next few cookbooks. This recipe is...

Now I do have several versions of clam chowder on this blog, it is one of my favorite dishes and a few weeks ago I made it again only...

Here is a recipe from 2009, as a kid I really liked Tuna Noodle casserole, know, but it was gooey and was like a warm hug. In my notes, I...