This last of my Tripple Crown baked goods. New York is famous for the Manhattan, thin crust pizza and bagels. So a cookie or a cake won’t work with a bagel or a pizza but I can use the bourbon, bitters and cherries from a Manhattan in a cookie. Now they use maricino cherries in…

This has the three of our favorite crustaceans: lobster, shrimp, and lagostino with a lot of butter and seasoning. This all goes on top of a toasted pretzel roll with some tomatoes and arugula. A great summer dinner. I hope you like it. 4 ounces uncooked lobster meat cut in 1 inch cubes4 ounces uncooked…

As most of you know, I am farm-to-table and snout-to-tail. Know where your food comes from. Today we are using Peppa, an animal I met a while back and enjoyed feeding (just kidding!). I know I’m horrible. I am using pigs’ feet with garlic, onion, ginger, soy substitute, pepper, and some Old Bay seasoning. I…

We were having pulled pork at one of the family cabins my siblings own in Northern Michigan, and my sister said she liked Carolina vinegar based sauce. This was an issue since nowhere in Northern Michigan do stores sell Carolina vinegar based sauce. (They do sell mustard based, but we didn’t want that.) So I…

Everyone thinks of French toast with butter, syrup, and a sprinkle of powdered sugar; you can see it in your mind. Well, I’m thinking savory. WHO says it has to be all sweet? How about garlic and herbs with a parmesan/Asiago crust? Yes, I said it: French toast with a parmesan crust. I dare you…