This is a really easy recipe that I learned from my neighbor from Normandy, France my friend Fernan. She showed me a lot of simple things that the ordinary people do from France (as opposed to formally trained Chefs)
I always appreciated her little tip of placing the vinaigrette in the bottom of your salad bowl [...]

There is nothing like the beautiful city of New Orleans, and nothing like a delicious bowl of hot steamy Gumbo…
New Orleans is one of my favorite towns in the world to visit. Not only for its rich history, but for it’s amazingly diverse culinary history as well…Check out New Orleans’ new Food and Beverage Museum at: http://southernfood.org [...]

Sweet Cherry Sorbet
Recipe courtesy of National Cherry Growers
16   ounce bag frozen pitted dark sweet cherries, thawed, juices reserved
1/2  cup hot water
1/2  cup sugar
1/2  cup pineapple or cherry juice
1/2  teaspoon rum extract, optional
Stir water, sugar, pineapple or cherry juice and rum extract in medium bowl until sugar dissolves; set aside. Coarsely chop cherries and their juices [...]

This easy and delicious  recipe was donated to me from my good friend Chef Russell Keane, from Hilton Head, South Carolina. Chef Russell was so kind to have let me do a cooking demo with him in Sept.09, at the  incredible restaurant http://www.wiseguyshhi.com/ where he, the Executive Chef and his wonderfully talented  staff work.
Hilton Head Island, South Carolina  is a beautiful [...]

Grass fed beef folks is really the way to go. It’s lower in calories ounce per ounce, has omega 3’s, (which corn fed doesn’t) and CLA…Nature’s natural liposuction… We all want to be as healthy as possible, so if you enjoy eating red meat, think about switching to Grass Fed. It’s the way cows used to [...]