Bananas Foster is a dessert originally-created at Brennan’s Restaurant in New Orleans back in the 1950s. The popular dish consists of ripe bananas cooked in a butter, dark rum, banana liquor and brown sugar sauce then topped with vanilla ice cream. It’s decadent, old school and a most perfect dish. When I was growing up […]
[Continue reading...]10th Annual New Jersey Wine & Food Festival at Crystal Springs Resort
This year marks the 10th annual New Jersey Wine & Food Festival at Crystal Springs Resort. The weekend-long Festival takes place May 4 – 6, 2018. To mark this milestone, Crystal Springs has partnered with ment’or to jointly celebrate the 10th anniversaries of both organizations. Ment’or was founded by Daniel Boulud, Thomas Keller and Jérôme Bocuse […]
[Continue reading...]Harissa Yogurt Sauce
Today’s Blue Apron lunch yielded an incredibly tasty topping, harissa yogurt sauce, on a lamb burger. Harissa is a roasted red chili pepper paste with a bit of spice and lots of smokey flavors. It’s just a few ingredients mixed together, so not truly a recipe, but it’s great and could be used as a topping […]
[Continue reading...]Fascino Guest Chef Dinner with Chef Anthony Bucco
On February 28th at 7PM, Fascino Chef/Owner Ryan DePersio will welcome Chef Anthony Bucco of the soon-to-open Ridgewood restaurant, Felina. The five-course dinner held at Fascino is $75 and features the following menu: CO U R S E 1 Heirloom Beets, Burnt Bread, Robiolina, Horseradish, Dill CO U R S E 2 Local Bass Crudo, […]
[Continue reading...]Top Dishes for Mardi Gras Celebrations
According to Wikipedia, Mardi Gras, also called Fat Tuesday, refers to events of the Carnival celebrations, beginning on or after the Christian feasts of the Epiphany (Three Kings Day) and culminating on the day before Ash Wednesday. Mardi Gras is French for “Fat Tuesday”, reflecting the practice of the last night of eating richer, fatty […]
[Continue reading...]Kimchi Smoke Robert Austin Cho on Beat Bobby Flay
Robert Austin Cho, Chef/Owner of Kimchi Smoke in Westwood, will be appearing on Beat Bobby Flay on February 22 at 10PM. The episode, “Sour with the Sweet” will include a Round 1 Battle between BBQ fusion master Cho and Brian Malarky, a Top Chef finalist. What was the secret ingredient Bobby Flay chose in Round […]
[Continue reading...]Valentine’s Day Paella Class at Denville Meat Shop
Celebrate Valentine’s Day learning how to make (and eat) paella at Denville Meat Shop. Chef Jeff will answer all of your questions and will demonstrate and walk you through SIMPLE step by step processes to get you cooking healthier and economically. The class and dinner will be served family style – bring some wine (Denville […]
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