Garlic Shrimp Scampi

Ingredients : 3 tablespoons chicken broth, low fat 2 tablespoons dry white wine 1 1/2 tablespoons olive oil 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon ...

Average Betty and Above Average Estonia

Estonia Photo (c) Average Betty Remember that time you won a Taste Award for Best Web Food Program, which included a fabulous trip to Eston...

Coney Sauce

Ingredients : 5 pounds ground beef 2 regular onions, finely chopped 2 (6 oz) cans Hunt's tomato paste 2 (10 1/2 oz) cans condensed tomat...

Israeli Couscous & Cheese – It Takes a Lot of Balls to Make this Recipe

I’ve always been fascinated with Israeli couscous, also known as pearl couscous, and have received several food wishes recently for a recipe...

Artichoke and Portobello Mushroom Lasagna

Ingredients : 2 tablespoons olive oil 1 large onion, medium dice 1 pound portobello mushrooms, medium dice 1/2 cup dry white wine 4 cloves ...

IFBC and Be Seen

Photo courtesy of Robin Ove , from the blog, What About the Food Michele and I just returned from a wonderful long weekend in Portland, wher...

Red Lobster Fresh Tuna Club

Ingredients :  24 oz (4- 6oz portions) fresh tuna 1 tsp sea salt black pepper to taste 12 slices sourdough bread 1/4 cup softened butter 1/...

Salted Caramel Sauce – Take That, Hot Fudge!

It may be blasphemy to say that hot fudge isn’t the ultimate warm ice cream topping, but after tasting this amazing salted caramel sauce, th...

Pan-Fried Rib-Eye Steaks with Gorgonzola Butter

Ingredients : 6 Tablespoons butter; (3/4 stick), room temp. 3 1/2 Tablespoons Gorgonzola cheese; crumbled 3 Tablespoons shallots; minced 2 t...

Slow-Roasted Baked Chicken

 Ingredients : 1 whole large roasting chicken salt and pepper to taste Basting Sauce: 1 stick butter 1 lemon, squeezed and zested 1 tsp. Wor...

Hello from Delicious Portland

Just a quick note to let you know we're thoroughly enjoying our first visit to Portland. As we'd heard, they take their food (and ap...

Heading to Portland for IFBC!

Michele and I are on our way to Portland for the 2012 InternationalFood Blogger Conference . I’m going to be doing a cooking demo as part of...

Potato & Italian Frying Pepper Frittata and How I Learned to Swear in Italian

One of my earliest and fondest food memories is that of my grandfather making frittata. It wasn’t the taste of this hearty, Italian omelet t...

We Came, We Saw, We Concassed

As promised, here’s the tomato concasse video I mentioned during the Steak Pizzaiola recipe . The technique is relatively quick and easy, an...

Hola Granola

I recently heard someone call San Francisco a “granola town.” Not sure what that means exactly, although I assume it has something to do wit...

Steak Pizzaiola – Better Late (Summer) Than Never

I’ve been wanting to post this steak pizzaiola recipe for a while now, but was bidding my time, waiting for those perfectly ripe late-summer...

Happy Birthday Julia!

Today would have been Julia Child's 100th birthday. As I recounted in the post " A Chicken for Julia ," she was a great influe...

Perfectly Puffy Popovers – What Do These Have in Common with Most Chefs?

They’re crusty outside and full of hot air inside. After posting that picture of the perfect popover I had in Chicago , a reader by the name...

Chopped Salad

Dressing: 2 jalapeños 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons mayonnaise Juice from 1 lemon 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil Salt and pepper Roast th...

Grilled Lemon & Rosemary Lamb Chops – Classic Inditalian

When it comes to grilling lamb loin chops, I usually go one of two ways. Usually, I take an Italian approach, and marinade the meat with lem...

Time Machine Chefs to Air Thursday, August 16th!

(Left to right): Art Smith, Chris Cosentino, Jill Davie, Ilan Hall. Photo ABC As some of you may remember, last year I flew to LA for a mont...

Chicken Nuggets With Honey Mustard Dip

Ingredients: 2 boneless skinless Chicken Breasts (that’s 4 breast fillets) 1 teaspoon of Salt 1/2 teaspoon of Parsley flakes 1/2 teaspoon of...

Shrimp-Shitake Mushroom Fried Rice

Ingredients : 2 tablespoons of oil, for sautéing 5 cloves of garlic, minced 2 tablespoons of chopped onion 1 teaspoon of ginger minced 100 g...

Triple Chocolate Meltdown

Ingredients : 2 cups heavy cream 1 cup white chocolate chips 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips 1 pound bittersweet chocolate chips 8 tablespo...

Peach Melba – Let's Toast to a Great Summer Fruit Dessert

You know you have mad opera skills when they name not one, but two recipes after you. This spectacularly colored Peach Melba was created for...

Happy National Rice Pudding Day

Can you believe it's already National Rice Pudding Day? Man, time flies. Anyway, someone somewhere decided that August 9th should be Ric...

Bacon & Cranberry Bean Ragout and Public Apology to Mr. Bean

During this video, which features a rustic and deeply satisfying bacon and cranberry bean ragout, I make a joke about the great British acto...

Classic Potato Salad

Ingredients : 8 medium potatoes, cooked and diced 1 1/2 cups mayonnaise 2 tablespoons cider vinegar 2 tablespoons sugar 1 tablespoon yellow ...