Rustic Lemon Herb Chicken | Recipe
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Rustic and simple, much like the feel of Autumn lately. This is a one pot recipe that fills your home with the aromas of fresh rosemary thyme and lemon.
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Seasoning Advice.
It's funny, looking back at all those years as an apprentice and commis chef, there was always someone there tell you how its done. Here are the rules for making pasta, cooking the perfect steak, filleting fish, shucking scallops. However, no one ever teaches you how to be creative, there is no simple guideline
Crostini | 5 Ways
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Pick a flavor, any flavor. and just smother it on crusty bread. You can't go wrong with this one.
Soul Food
Looking Back On...
2011 Melbourne Cup at The Royal Randwick Race Track in Sydney Australia . This photo was published in The Sydney Daily Telegraph and we had no idea until we saw it online 3 years later. One of our top 10 best days ever while living in Oz. I think you can tell who bet on winning horse "Americana"..... and who didn't.
Sear It. Seal It. Rest it. An Essential Kitchen Habit.
Tommo (ashley) is quite the little cook when she has the free time to let her mind wander, take a deep breath and tackle a recipe she's been wanting to conquer. But the novice cook or chef for that matter can fall into some sloppy mistakes.
Pan Seared Scallops | Brown Butter Sauce
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When your seafood is this fresh and good, a simple brown butter sauce is more than perfect. Makes me feel I'm back on the French Rivera. A great sauce for fish and shrimp. Add your favorite herb and fresh or fried capers to make it your own.
Fresh Maine seafood. Need i say more?
Recipe | Seared Pork Tenderloin with Roasted Grapes
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I know what your thinking, um grapes??? Look, I usually don't do hot fruit in food either, but these little bad boys make for a great sauce when it comes to pork. We've road tested this recipe with sausages, chops and tenderloin and they all came out exceptional.
Crumbs | From Panko to Bread to Beer Batter and Then some | A Lesson on Breading
To Crumb or not to Crumb....... sorry what was the question?
Breading, crumbs, batter, coatings and crusts 101
Recipe | Beer Battered Fish and Chips | Pub Style
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Beer Battered Fish and Chips. An Aussie classic traditionally served on newspaper beach side with nothing but the squeeze of fresh lemons and of course some malt vinegar for your fries. They now put a film over the newspaper so the ink doesn't rub off but when I was a kid things weren't so strict. It was always pretty funny to pick up a chip and see a word imprinted on it. I included a recipe for fresh lemon dill tartar sauce for all my friends in the US of A that prefer that as a dipping sauce.
