One of my favorite dishes is the Italian classic veal saltinbocca. Now I am using venison which is much stronger than veal so I accounted for that with the other flavors. Sage, prosciutto, capers, shallots, garlic, in a white wine sauce. My neighbor Chris game me some venison and I was off to the kitchen….

Fancy football food or new Hors d’oeuvres. We This is something my oldest would hate; allergic to shellfish and hates mushrooms. For the rest of us it has a fried Italian herb oyster, capers, and Parmesan cheese. I used large cremini mushrooms to hold more goodness. I hope you like it. 12 cremini mushrooms stems…

This is the result of spending too much time in the grocery store. I was walking the isles and saw cinnamon sugar pretzels and my Mad Scientist kicked in. I had a chocolate cookie mix at home and decided to pair those items. I broke the pretzels in pieces added some to the cookie mix…

I’m doing a Southwest flavor turkey on the grill for a pot luck. As Eric Cartman famously asked “will we be having any side dishes with our frozen waffles?” Yes Eric we will be having some chipotle cranberry sauce. Now this is for the 55 and over Prilosec crowd so I took it easy on…

Here is a mash up that combines two old time dishes; babka a Mid East treat and bread pudding which is hard to find outside of Amish country. I used chocolate babka for more chocolate flavor in the egg and milk batter. Chocolate chips and dark cherries to bring bitterness and sour notes to cut…