Creamy Sausage Gravy on Toast with Tomato Relish
I think we all can agree that we have been eating loads of food other than butter and jam on toasted bread long before the food cognoscenti decided that 2015 was the year of “toast”. I realize that as I write this, fancy “toast” is probably out and crostini is back in. How do you…
Hurricane Cocktail
Fat Tuesday; the day before Lent (if you’re into that sorta thing), is a great excuse to tie one on midweek and there’s no better way to do that than with the Hurricane Cocktail. Transport yourself to one of my favorite cities, New Orleans, and throw on some Preservation Hall Jazz Band, make yourself a…
Peach and Thyme Clafoutis
It’s stone fruit season, hell yeah!!! Peaches are one of my all-time favorite fruits and this time of year I tend to put them in everything. This week alone I’ve already planned some recipes sweet, savory and alcoholic: Old Fashioned Peach Pie, Grilled Peach and Carrot Salad with Carrot Top Mint Pesto and Boozy Peach…
Surf and Turf Kabobs with Spicy Sesame Butter
Let’s pretend it’s 1965, you’re wearing a fabulous muumuu poolside and a man who eerily looks like Don Draper is making Mai Tais. Your friends are coming over, you probably have Don Ho playing in the background and you need something to nosh on at this fabulous make-believe party. I’m thinking Ramake, Crab Rangoon, a…
