Latest Food Blogs from The Artful Gourmet
An Interview w/ Italian Chef Pia Vallone :: Spring Vegetable Soup Recipe
I love Italian food. I mean really loooove Italian food.. And who doesn?t? But especially authentic, homemade Italian – cooked with fresh ingredients and simple, healthy recipes that are downright divine. I recently took a cooking class at the Institute of Culinary Education in New York City with Chef and Culinary Instructor Pia Vallone, who [...]
A Dose of Southern Comfort & Down-Home Recipes :: Part 1
I recently took a cooking class at ICE that was all about Southern Cooking. In the spirit of the Kentucky Derby, I wanted share some of the awesome down-home Southern food we made. These are classic Southern recipes you’d find on the Sunday “Supper” table with a large group of friends and family, that scream [...]
California Dreamin? :: Chicken, Wild Mushroom & Fontina Lasagna
On a recent trip to San Diego with a group of friends, we made an awesome dinner one night, and definitely one to remember. We rented an amazing house right on the ocean at Mission Beach that had gorgeous views of the sunset - - a huge round disk of bright orange, yellow and red [...]
Food to Inspire: La Tartine Gourmande ? Recipes & Cookbook Giveaway!
La Tartine Cookbook Giveaway! Enter now for a chance to win a copy of La Tartine Gourmande Cookbook! Starting today (5/3/2012), I am running a giveaway for one (1) La Tartine Gourmande Cookbook, courtesy of Roost Books. The giveaway runs until 5/13/2012 at 12:00 AM EST. To enter the giveaway (open to US/Canadian residents only): Comment on this [...]
Behind the Scenes w/ Chef Madison Cowan & Nat?l Pork Board :: Recipes, Photos & Videos
Last week I had an amazing opportunity to meet Chef Madison Cowan – Iron Chef America Winner, Chopped! Grand Champion, Extreme Chef Judge on Food network and star in the new television show, No Kitchen Required at a live taping of his media satellite tour with the National Pork Board here in NYC. To help home [...]
Spicing it up with Vindaloo Beef Curry
Vindaloo Curry is a spicy Indian curry made with a variety of spices, vinegar, coconut milk and crushed tomatoes. Its origins come from the Goa region of India, however, the Vindaloo name is derived from a Portugese dish Carne de Vinha d’Ahlos which was typically made with pork, vinegar and chiles. I used a Vindaloo [...]
Top 10 {Things I Love} :: April 2012
1. Taproom 307, NYC I happened to stumble upon this place on my way home one night, lured in by its moody lighting and buzzing atmosphere. Taproom 307 is a bar and restaurant with over 40 varieties of local and domestic craft beers, beer cocktails, wine, unique artisan cocktails and amazing food. I tried their [...]
Behind the Scenes with Healthy Eating Expert Kathy Freston
Kathy Freston is is a bestselling author with a focus on healthy living and conscious eating, a health activist, vegan fashion lover, and person obsessed with living and eating well consciously. I had the opportunity to interview Kathy on her healthy living strategies for cooking and eating right, and find out more about her background, bestselling [...]
Recipes Worth Sharing: A Collection of Favorite Regional Recipes
I recently picked up a cookbook at a conference called Recipes Worth Sharing by Favorite Recipes Press. It’s a collection of the most prized, tried-and-true tested home cook recipes from some of the most popular regional community cookbooks and charitable organizations in America. I remember my Mom and Grandmother would occasionally cook from these spiral-bound [...]
Moussaka + Memories of Greece
Classic Greek Moussaka Classic Greek Moussaka, (pronounced moos-sah-KAH) is one of the most well known of all Greek dishes and a staple ?comfort food? and main course meal in Greece (as is Lasagna in Italy). This tasty Greek delight is a culinary experience to those who sample it for the first time. I first tried [...]
