
The Famous French Onion Soup Dumplings
(Photo Credit: Quentin Bacon) This is the dish that made Chris Santos famous. The longtime judge on CHOPPED is known ...
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Italian Rainbow Cookies
I know cookies. So, when I post a recipe, you can be sure it is a winner. I have so ...
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Spicy Wings for Super Bowl
No one has ever accused me of being a sports fan. I'm the guy in the group who could care ...
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Zeppole for St. Joesph’s Day
I'm not Italian. Not a drop. But I have worked with some incredible (one might even say iconic) Italian cooks, ...
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Tommy Bahama’s Famous Piña Colada Cake
Photo by Peden + Monk. Recipe from FLAVORS OF ALOHA, available only at Tommy Bahama stores, restaurants, and www.tommybahama.com. My ...
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Lemon Meringue Cake
When winter has dug in its heels, it is time to enjoy citrus desserts. My family had a lemon tree ...
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Salt-n-Pepa’s The Ultimate Super Bowl Spinach Dip
You may think that calling ANYTHING "the ultimate" is just hyperbole. Nope. How do I know? Personal experience. This was ...
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Limoncello Pound Cake from Frankie Avalon
The Frankie Avalon Italian Family Cookbook (which I cowrote with a man who can truly be called an American show ...
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Moist and Cakey Cornbread with Fresh Corn
I often swap (swipe?) recipes with (from?) my dear friend Beth Hensperger, who has written almost as many recipes as ...
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Berry Meringue Slices
It's been over a dozen years since I first had this perfect summer dessert while researching my KAFFEEHAUS book in Vienna ...
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Portuguese Pork and Garlic
I am the human equivalent of a mutt, with roots in Hawaii, Portugal, Ireland, and...Liechtenstein. Each branch of the family ...
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Chicken Savoy
Chicken Savoy is a popular dish at many Italian restaurants in my area. How popular? There are people who call ...
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Old-Fashioned Rice Pudding
When you have lemons, make lemonade. When you have beautiful, fresh-off-the-farm, golden yolked eggs with gorgeous, naturally hued, make…rice pudding ...
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“Divorced” Sicilian Pizza
Mixing culinary metaphors isn’t really my thing, and I like my cooking straight-up authentic (and tasty). But, last night I ...
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Easter Meat and Cheese Pie
Here's another Italian specialty that I've learned to make in the last few years. It is meat and cheese pie, ...
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From-Scratch Green Bean and Mushroom Casserole
I belong to a Facebook group of cookbook lovers. Recently, someone there started a post about making green bean casserole--the ...
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Bourbon Gravy 101 with Video
(Recipe from THE BIG BOOK OF SIDES; photo by Ben Fink.) I have shared my recipe for making perfect gravy ...
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Concord Grape Pie
What is it about autumn that makes people think of pie? Apple, pumpkin, and mincemeat are the Thanksgiving triumvirate. (Although ...
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Lemon Sweet Potatoes with Meringue Topping
(Recipe from The Big Book of Sides, published by Ballantine Books. Photo by Ben Fink.) Every autumn, I hear heated ...
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Stuffed Artichokes with Romano and Oregano
Growing up in the San Francisco Bay Area, artichokes were everywhere--we even had them growing in my grandparents' garden. There ...
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Chocolate-Orange Macarons
I have been baking professionally for a long time. How long? Let's just say that when I started, my age ...
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Warm Cheese Strudel with Vanilla Custard
This is one of my very favorite recipes from my book KAFFEEHAUS, which is quite a comment considering the treasure ...
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Viennese Sachertorte
Sachertorte has been famous almost since its conception almost 200 years ago. It made its inventor so famous that he ...
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Seeded Bread Twists
When I was a caterer, I learned one of the most important rules of setting up a buffet table: Tall ...
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Homemade Potato Rolls
(Photo by Ben Fink.) During the holiday season, even those of us who already love cooking seem to expend a ...
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Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Maple and Bacon
(Photo by Ben Fink.) It is easy to say: "This is the perfect cold weather side dish." The truth is ...
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Baked Ham with Pineapple-Mustard Seed Glaze
Whether you are planning a buffet or a sit-down dinner, baked ham is a great main course. I have created ...
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Manhattan Clam Chowder
At the request of my buddy Guy Bower (I love being on his radio show at KNSS AM Wichita), here ...
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The Perfect Manhattan Cocktail
The Manhattan is a retro cocktail that is re-establishing itself. It has long been one of my favorites, but in ...
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Cherries Jubilee for Your Mad Men Party
On March 25, the long awaited (and long delayed) Season Five premiere of Mad Men will occur, and many fans ...
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