Brioche Rolls

Soft buttery brioche dinner rolls. No other bread can quite compare to brioche. It is rich and buttery, sweet and savory. It’s delicious as plain toast or as toast points with foie gras. It makes a tasty sandwich too! But for today’s post, I formed this bread into dinner rolls. This brioche was made into […]

Mac & Beer Cheese

Macaroni noodles in a cheddar-pepper jack beer cheese sauce with bacon garlic breadcrumbs. The mixture of beer and cheese has been around for centuries but has been gaining popularity in recent years. Today, I am taking this delightful mixture and turning it into mac & cheese. The beer cheese sauce is easy to make and […]

Potato Pumpkin Tart

Flakey butter pastry, with a creamy rosemary parmesan filling, layered with potato and kabocha pumpkin. This recipe can easily be altered to a quick version by substituting store bought puff pastry for the dough. The quality of the tart will not suffer, and it will trim three hours from the prep time. If time isn’t […]

Pumpkin Apple Slaw

Shaved kabocha pumpkin, gala apples, and brussels sprouts, with black pepper honey pumpkin seeds, bourbon macerated craisins and orange dressing. The majority of people probably aren’t used to eating raw pumpkin. It is a hard, starchy fruit that most often requires boiling or baking. But when shaved, shredded, or spiralized, the pumpkin’s texture becomes crisp […]

Hawaiian Sweet Rolls

Golden brown and mildly sweet. These buns are great for sandwiches or can easily be made into dinner rolls. I started developing these buns to use for a fried chicken sandwich. My first recipe turned out terribly. I was using way too much liquid and most of that liquid was fresh pineapple juice. Fresh pineapple […]

Cucumber Kimchi

Cucumber kimchi a traditional Korean side dish that is quick to make. With well-balanced flavors of sweet, salty, spicy, and just a little bit funky. Cucumbers, Cucumbers, what to do with all of these cucumbers? I planted cucumbers in my garden this year to make pickles and juice. But I think I overestimated the amount […]