Category Archives: VERY CULINARY

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 […]

LEMON CHICKEN RECIPE: Start with 10 bone-in, skin-on, chicken thighs. Rub both sides of each chicken thigh with salt, pepper and smoky paprika. Make a bed of lemon slices, baby carrots, and onion wedges in the bottom of a high walled cooking sheet. Place the chicken onto the pan on top of the lemons, carrots […]

SHAKSHOUKA ! ! ! On a recent morning we cooked Shakshouka (the Israeli and quintessential ancient meal of middle-eastern cuisine: Yemeni, Libyan, Tunisian, Algerian, Moroccan, Egyptian, Saudi, and Levantine). It is a tomato, onion, garlic, paprika, tomato paste and hot pepper paste breakfast dish (when made with eggs) and it is traditionally cooked in a […]

Domestic Fowl – “Chicken Vendange” – A mid-century, 1955, recipe. Eating it is like venturing back in time and space. Tonight you should cook “Chicken Vendange” (chicken served with chilled fresh fruit).   RECIPE: Cook the four (bone-in, skin-on) chicken thighs on top of the stove in a high walled skillet./ First sprinkled with paprika […]

A CASUAL SUNDAY BRUNCH! Turkey, Mushroom & Tomato Sauce served over sliced Zucchini. During the COVID-19 lock down people went to the fridge or pantry – what they found there dictated that meal. Here is one example of using the 1/2 pound ground turkey, 3/4 a jar of tomato sauce, 1/4 cup tomato paste – […]

Vegan Soft & Toasty Taco Our (stay at home and quick) Go To Meal. Anyone can make a quick and tasty meal using a tortilla! RECIPE: I warm the flour tortilla in the toaster oven just until its warm. Then I toss the tortilla onto the un-obstructed stove top gas burner for a second or […]