Classic Lattice Apple & Pear Pie

The radiant glow of the moon bounced across the cloud studded sky as I exited the theater Saturday evening. Clearly fall has made its graceful entrance with a crisp chill in the air. This is the time of the year when I crave the warmth of cinnamon and nutmeg. A flip of the ignition and [...]

Steak & Eggs with Hollandaise Sauce

Hollandaise seems like the kind of sauce that everyone wants to order but nobody wants to make. In fact, I have really rarely seen this other than served over poached eggs at hipster brunch spots and fancy restaurants where the servers call me “sir”. I have to admit I have been intimidated to make such [...]

Grilled Caprese Pizza with Balsamic Reduction

Summer is quickly coming to an end, but there are still a few more weekends to take advantage of outdoor grilling. Sure your neighbors might be satisfied with a classic combination of burgers and hot dogs. They even may be ok with a tub of potato salad mush from the grocery store. You, on the [...]

Marinated Grilled Lemon Rosemary Chicken

This was the entrée for my Impromptu Dinner Party. The sun awakens from a restful slumber and shines its golden rays of light through the herbs growing in my kitchen window.  About a month ago, Brent’s mom gave me basil and a parsley plant because she felt our kitchen needed to be filled with some [...]

Classic Potato Salad: My Way

You are almost always guaranteed to run into a bowl of goop claiming to be potato salad at any community pot luck party, family reunion, or summer barbeque across the country.  This statement was confirmed when I was thumbing through my extensive collection of small town “old lady” fundraiser cookbooks.  I glanced though the index [...]

Ask Culinary Cory: Unsalted Butter

Why do you prefer to use unsalted butter? For years, I never really cared about the type of butter I used in recipes.  The decision was almost always influenced by what was on sale.  It could have been the bottom-of-the-barrel margarine, and I wouldn’t have flinched for a second.  Now I that my focus has [...]