Sparks of Culinary Creativity & Inspiration! CLICK HERE TO VIEW A SLIDESHOW OF PHOTOS FROM THE AUSTIN TRIP! So I finally had a chance to come back down from cloud nine and get back to reality after an awesome week-long conference in Austin, Texas with the International Association of Culinary Professionals. What an incredible time [...]
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Celebrating Memorial Day with Stoli Vodka! Grilled Honey Orange Chicken Skewers w/ Cucumber-Orange-Cilantro Salsa | Honey Orange
There’s no better time than Memorial Day weekend to break out the grill and cook up some tasty BBQ to celebrate the beginning of Summer! I had the opportunity to create some recipes with Stoli Vodka for the holiday and decided to make Grilled Honey Orange Chicken Skewers with a Cucumber Orange Cilantro Salsa – [...]
A bright, savory Spring chicken dish to celebrate the season
I love Spring. There?s nothing better than a dose of gorgeous sunshine, cherry blossoms in bloom, and the tempting promises of Summer on the way. It?s the perfect time of year to throw open the windows, do some Spring cleaning and celebrate new beginnings. I also love the bountiful selection of fresh seasonal herbs and [...]
Garlicky Greens and Beans with Sausage
On a recent trip up to Rochester, I had the pleasure of discovering a lovely little Italian place called the Mona Lisa Café. My mother and I stopped in there on a whim one afternoon for a cappuccino, but after entering the café and seeing all the delicious pastries and gelato and enticing smells of [...]
Spiced Moroccan Burgers with Green Harissa, Feta and Mint over Grilled Pita
If you haven’t tried Moroccan Harissa before, listen up. It’s a lovely pepper sauce blend made with chili peppers, bell peppers, garlic, extra virgin olive oil, vinegar, salt. That’s it. And it’s totally delicious. Harissa is a staple of Tunisian and Moroccan cuisine, and it is the central condiment in kitchens in North Africa used [...]
Citrus Honey Soy Chicken with Toasted Almond Farro
Tuscan Fields, provider of organic, Italian farro, is offering a scholarship to this spring?s Eat Write Retreat food bloggers conference in Philadelphia. They sent some of their delicious samples to me to create a farro recipe for a chance to win a scholarship to the conference this year! If farro is new to you, you?ll love [...]
Top Ten {Things I Love} :: Spring 2013
1. Sun Noodle Ramen Lab, Teterboro, NJ I recently went on a cool roadtrip with some friends over to Teterboro, NJ to go on a private Factory Tour and Tasting event at Sun Noodle’s Ramen Lab, led by Kenshiro Uki and George Kao, owners and managers of the 6,000 square foot ramen noodle factory. I met Kenshiro [...]
Rochester-Style Chicken French & Lemon Broccolini
This is an amazing dish that is popular in my hometown in Upstate Rochester, NY. The Italian-American immigrants first introduced this dish in NYC and then migrated Upstate. The recipe stems from the French Veal Francaise or Chicken Francaise dish, which uses lightly-floured thin veal or chicken cutlets, which are then coated with a parsley-parmesan [...]
Celebrate St Patty?s Day with Authentic Irish Food from Good Food Ireland
Just in time for St. Patrick?s Day, Good Food Ireland (www.goodfoodireland.ie), the first-ever, all industry network driving food tourism in Ireland, offers the perfect online destination to shop, plan a food trip, obtain great Irish recipes and learn about authentic Irish food experiences. Good Food Ireland sets criteria for the ?best in class? of Irish [...]
New Food Trends Experience and Pride of NY State Food Marketplace are the stars of International Restaurant & Foodservice Show o
New Food Trends Experience and Pride of New York State food exhibits were the stars of the 2013 International Restaurant & Foodservice Show of NY, promoting food trends and local food and beverage producers
New Hero Shots from a photo shoot for Sandra Lee Magazine
WOW. I recently had the opportunity this past January to assist on a photo shoot for Sandra Lee at her house in Westchester for a series of food and holiday shots for Sandra Lee magazine with my photographer friend, Jill Lotenberg. We set up and shot 15 different photos of Sandra in various settings around [...]
