Travel to Italy without leaving the house. This simple colorful dish comes from Puglia in southern Italy. The "Orecchiette” pasta translates to“little ears,” and is the perfect shape to capture the sauce. Traditionally this is peasant dish is made with just the pasta, rapini … [Read more...] about Orecchiette with Cime di Rape (Rapini)
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Delicately Flavored Chamomile Tea Salmon
Tea is a wonderful cooking ingredient. Incorporating chamomile tea in this fish dish, results in a delicately flavoured dish. Delicately Flavored Chamomile Tea Salmon Tea is a wonderful cooking ingredient. Incorporating chamomile tea and lavender in this fish dish, … [Read more...] about Delicately Flavored Chamomile Tea Salmon
Comforting Chicken Pot Pie
As the weather gets cooler, craving for comfort foods increases. This is a great downstairs dish which stretches your food budget, using whatever vegetables you have on hand (even frozen) to add to chicken. Comforting Chicken Pot Pie As the weather gets cooler, craving … [Read more...] about Comforting Chicken Pot Pie
Mrs. Beeton’s Meatloaf
While you may think of meatloaf as a 1950s innovation, it actually dates back to Roman times. This recipe comes from Mrs. Beeton, the first Domestic Goddess from her best selling book “Mrs. Beeton’s Book of Cookery and Household Management”, published in 1861. Mrs. Beeton's … [Read more...] about Mrs. Beeton’s Meatloaf
Royal Soufflé au Fromage (Cheese Soufflé)
Soufflé literally means "puffed up," in French, and is a culinary term for a light, frothy dish, just stiff enough to hold its shape, and which may be savoury or sweet, hot or cold. The basic hot souffle is based on a roux--a cooked mixture of flour and butter--and then … [Read more...] about Royal Soufflé au Fromage (Cheese Soufflé)
