(Photo Credit: Quentin Bacon) This is the dish that made Chris Santos famous. The longtime judge on CHOPPED is known ...
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I know cookies.  So, when I post a recipe, you can be sure it is a winner.  I have so ...
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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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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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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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When winter has dug in its heels, it is time to enjoy citrus desserts.  My family had a lemon tree ...
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You may think that calling ANYTHING "the ultimate" is just hyperbole.  Nope.  How do I know? Personal experience.  This was ...
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The Frankie Avalon Italian Family Cookbook (which I cowrote with a man who can truly be called an American show ...
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I often swap (swipe?) recipes with (from?) my dear friend Beth Hensperger, who has written almost as many recipes as ...
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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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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 is a popular dish at many Italian restaurants in my area.  How popular? There are people who call ...
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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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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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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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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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(Recipe from THE BIG BOOK OF SIDES; photo by Ben Fink.) I have shared my recipe for making perfect gravy ...
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What is it about autumn that makes people think of pie?  Apple, pumpkin, and mincemeat are the Thanksgiving triumvirate. (Although ...
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(Recipe from The Big Book of Sides, published by Ballantine Books.  Photo by Ben Fink.) Every autumn, I hear heated ...
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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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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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This is one of my very favorite recipes from my book KAFFEEHAUS, which is quite a comment considering the treasure ...
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Sachertorte has been famous almost since its conception almost 200 years ago. It made its inventor so famous that he ...
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When I was a caterer, I learned one of the most important rules of setting up a buffet table: Tall ...
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(Photo by Ben Fink.) During the holiday season, even those of us who already love cooking seem to expend a ...
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(Photo by Ben Fink.) It is easy to say: "This is the perfect cold weather side dish."  The truth is ...
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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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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 Manhattan is a retro cocktail that is re-establishing itself.  It has long been one of my favorites, but in ...
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On March 25, the long awaited (and long delayed) Season Five premiere of Mad Men will occur, and many fans ...
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