Category Archives: VERY CULINARY

Small flour tortillas cut into 8 triangular sections each, then shallow fried in a non-flavored oil like coconut oil. Remove onto a paper towel and salt (with sea salt) as soon as they are out of the skillet (in batches) so the salt will stick. NOTE: These burn very easily – put them in – […]

Perfectly cooked and moist salmon served with veggies. Start with a 10” piece of center cut salmon fillet, put it in the bottom of a buttered roasting pan, sprinkled it with “seafood seasoning”, put pats of butter down the center and slices of lemon in the valley of the fillet. – Cover the pan as […]

OLD SCHOOL SUNDAY DINNER – An organic whole Roasted Chicken cooked on a bed of onions and served on a bed of home made croutons to absorb the juices, with the baked onions served on the side. With so much pre-cooked frozen foods being served on dinner tables today, we forget how GREAT old school […]

EASY (AT HOME) BEIGNETS Café Du Monde in New Orleans is packed 24/7/365 with tourist to the French Quarter and local New Orleanians ordering one thing – beignets with café au lait to wash them down. This is a rare treat outside of New Orleans, but here is a (95% as good) home version that’s […]

®ARTS&FOOD’s Mock Turtle Soup 2 large pork chops, t-bones, cooked to med-well – done but still soft to the touch, not hard as a rock 1 + Tbs of olive oil to coat the skillet for sauté 1 cup onions, diced 1 cup celery, diced 6 cloves garlic, chopped 1 cup flour (browned in a […]

You deserve a treat, if for no other reason, than just for surviving the past several months! At our household we have Bananas Foster for fun – no need to go out for a $200 meal at Brennan’s – using our Home Recipe Options! – Jack Atkinson, Editor ARTS&FOOD® 1) Melt two pats of butter […]

Crêpe Suzette   Crêpe Suzette is a French dessert consisting of a crêpe with a sauce of caramelized sugar and butter, orange juice, orange zest, and liqueur on top. It is flambé (usually table-side) before being served. Directions: – first make basic crepes, stack & set them aside Ingredients – place 2 knobs of butter in […]

AVOCADO TOAST! Quick & Tasty. The 21st Century’s Best Food Contribution to Date! Here it is served on toast and a layer of spinach leaves. The natural oil in the avocado is the only dressing. It’s garnished with smoky Chipotle Chile Powder. INGREDIENTS 1/2 avocado sliced a layer of whole spinach leaves A slice of […]

Cornish Game Hens Stuffed with herbs, onion and garlic cloves and roasted on a bed of carrots, onions and celery. RECIPE for Two Cornish Game Hens For a fancier poultry meal go with a more exotic bird. Here we have used small Cornish Game Hens. Rub the birds with olive oil and sprinkle generously with […]

• Black Eyed Pea Salad • Ham Steak w/ sweet horseradish glaze • Tomato Confetti Aspic These great dishes go together to make for a wonderful summer picnic in the back yard these days! Black Eyed Pea Salad: INGREDIANTS: 1 1/2 cups cooked or canned black-eyed peas 3/4 cup chopped bell peppers (use a mixture […]