Mr. Marco’s Famous Caesar Salad
In the 80’s, there was a well known restaurant here in Rhode Island called Mr Marcos that made Caesar Salad at the table for you. […]
Month: February 2018
Smoked Bluefish
Smoking fish is a three step process which will take you, literally, all day. If you plan on serving this at a party at 7 […]
Le Bistro Bread Pudding with Bourbon Sauce
Le Bistro in Newport Rhode Island was one of the classiest restaurants on the Newport waterfront. Unfortunately, it’s now out of business. There were several […]
Quick and Easy Chicken Pot Pie
We call this chicken pie, but it’s cooked on the stovetop and served in one of our pastry shells. Oh. Are you worried about making […]
Sweet Tender Roasted Carrots
Don’t let the simplicity of this recipe fool you. Carrots and olive oil; that’s it. But something happens when you roast carrots in the oven […]
Bacon Wrapped Pork Loin with Garlic Infused Dijon
Usually, we wait until the recipe is cooked to take a picture of it, but this was so beautiful before we put it in the […]
Elegant Meatloaf Dinner Party
“Elegant” meatloaf? An oxymoron? Every once in a while I like to try something a little different. Usually you try to make something special for […]
Healthy Butternut Squash Soup
Eating healthy usually means staying away from creamy soups like butternut squash soup. Typically, they have lots of cream and butter in them. But, there […]
Rhode Island “Clear” Clam Chowder
New England clam chowder has milk or cream. Manhattan clam chowder has tomatoes. Rhode Island (where I live) clam chowder has neither! This may be one […]
How to Hard Boil the Perfect Egg
This recipe is adapted from a Julia Child recipe. At first it may seem there are too many redundant steps, but it really isn’t that […]
Awesome Granola
Tired of eating breakfast cereal full of sugar and who knows what else? The great thing about this granola is you will be full eating […]
Grilled Swordfish with Linguini
This recipe came about when we had some leftover grilled swordfish steaks, but you can easily grill a couple steaks for the recipe. The image […]
Beef Bourguignon
This recipe has been adapted from Julia Child’s original “The French Chef Cookbook“. This was the same beef stew that was made “semi-famous” in the […]
Beet Sliders a Pleasant Surprise
This recipe has been adapted from a Diners, Drive Ins and Dives episode. Everyone raved so much in the episode, I just had to try […]
Traditional Spaghetti & Meatballs
Have you ever looked at the back of a jar of spaghetti sauce? The first ingredient is tomatoes, and it goes downhill from there. The […]