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Couscous infused with orange juice, Moroccan spices, dried apricots and raisins.  It's aromatic, delicious and cooks in 5 minutes. 

Big juicy fat Maine scallops. With the addition of butter this honey soy glaze is better described as a honey soy caramel sauce. Nice little sauce to use for salmon too!

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. 

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

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.

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.



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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?

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.