Chicken hearts are not on the menu in a lot of restaurants. Could be because most folks only use them in stocks or give them to the dogs. Let me say if properly treated, they can be tasty little morsels. Three simple rules: 1) Don’t over cook, 2) Don’t undercook, 3) Season aggressively. The last…

I gave a version of this to my brother for Christmas Eve, and he said it was the star of the meal. So I am doing version 2.0 for New Year’s Eve. Now, there is a French technique here using boiling water and slowly adding butter until an emulsion is done. There is a name…

Need something quick for New Year’s Eve? You may want to give this a look. It’s quick, it’s simple, and it’s tasty. I hope you like it. 8 ounces cream cheese (softened)6 tablespoons sugar1 teaspoon vanilla1 teaspoon elderflower syrup (Erin’s Elderberries)8 ounces cool whip24 mini phyllo dough shells6 ounces elderberry jelly (Erin’s Elderberries) Preheat oven…

My vegetarian daughter is not difficult to cook for. I just make risotto. As long as she approves the wine, it is a simple process. A lot of stirring but simple. Lots of stirring. I hope you like it. 2 cups aborial rice6 cups vegetable stock1 cup white wine4 tablespoons butter2 cups mushrooms, diced1 yellow…

My riff on an Italian dish, but the original is done with brandy and shrimp. I switched a lot of things up: sherry, gnocchi, lagostino and spices, but my results were tasty. I also used gnocchi instead of the original angel hair pasta. The roll call has tender veal, lagostino, mushrooms, gnocchi, spinach, onions and…