Hey Amy!

I sometimes wonder if there is a little Italian in me as I love their food so much.  I think I must be half Italian and half Japanese based on my favorite foods!  There are many ways to make pasta.  Some days I think if we ate a different pasta dish every day we could [...]

The potato. The staple of many a meal. How many ways can we make this potato? This week I tried something new to me and it was a nice change. I used garlic but you can use wasabi, onion, herbs of any kind. Ingredients: 2 medium potatoes 2 garlic cloves Heat oven to 325. Peel [...]

Shrimps!  Delectable shrimp.  This recipe has it’s roots in Chicago, coming out of De Jonghe Hotel and Restaurant at the turn of the century.  Not this century but the 19th to the 20th.  It’s a bit like a casserole dish but can also be an hors d’oeuvres. Ingredients: 2 lb. cleaned cooked, shelled shrimp 5 [...]

I discovered the heavenly flavor of a cedar plank last summer.  After spending some time in Seattle and falling in love with the taste of Copper River Salmon, we called the following year to purchase 12 lbs. of it from Pike Place Fish.  When the cooler arrived, I realized I had purchased too much for [...]

I just discovered lamb.  We were in DC on vacation and the lamb on the menu sounded so delicious I decided to give it a shot.  I found the texture to be similar to beef for those of you who like me, were uncertain.  I thoroughly loved the dish so now I am on the [...]

I can’t recall a time in my life that I didn’t love french fries.  In my youth, I would often make them as a meal when Mom was working her night job (please forgive me Mommie!).  I would get out the electric skillet, pour in inches and inches of Wesson oil and wait for the [...]