RECPE: Marinated Grilled Eggplant, Mushrooms & Zucchini

When the grill is fired up, try this easy. Grilled Marinated Eggplant, Zucchini, and Portobello Mushrooms from Patsy’s Italian Restaurant in New York City. The restaurant is famous as Frank Sinatra’s favorite restaurant, and is still popular with his family. RECIPE: MARINATED GRILLED EGGPLANT, MUSHROOMS & ZUCCHINI Ingredients For 4 Servings 1 medium eggplant, about…
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RECIPE: Marinated Anchovies

Marinated fresh anchovies. Photo courtesy Flavor Your Life.   This one‘s for sushi, sashimi and anchovy fans, requires no cooking and is served chilled—great summer fare! There are many more ways to serve anchovies beyond Caesar salad, canapes and pizza. One of our favorite ways is as a first course or hors d’oeuvre: This recipe,…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Composed Salad

A composed salad (salade composée in French) is not tossed. Rather, the dish is brought to the table with the ingredients arranged separately (and artistically) on individual serving plates, with a ramekin of dressing. The diner can take a forkful of whatever ingredients he or she wishes. In this recipe from Cookie and Kate for…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Beat The Heat With A Pressure Cooker

The Kuhn Rikon 7.4-quart pressure cooker. Photo courtesy Kuhn Rikon.   We’re in the middle of a heat wave, so the less the stove and oven are on, the better. We’ve turned to our trusty pressure cooker to make an entire meal from scratch. This is not your mother’s (or grandmother’s) pressure cooker. Totally safe…
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FOOD FUN: Fork, Knife & Spoon Cookies With Crème Caramel

At the Chocolate Lab restaurant in San Francisco, crème caramel is served with a surprise: streusel crumbs and cookie utensils. Make it yourself! If you don’t want to go into baking overdrive, you can surprise your guests with just a spoon or a fork. You can buy the cookie cutters online: Spoon cookie cutter Fork…
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