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Soldier’s Feast

August 29, 2010
Beef, Chicken
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My soldier-son is home on weekends. He spends the week in the field (which means either MREs or military chow - my son says he prefers the MREs) so I try to make sure he's well-fed when he's here.I also…

Sear-Roasted Beef Filet, Béarnaise Sauce, Mussels au Vert, Risotto Primavera

July 25, 2010
Beef, Fish & Seafood, Pasta and Risotto, Vegetables
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I have a confession to make: I've never made Hollandaise or Béarnaise sauce the conventional old-fashioned way. With the Vita-Mix blender here, it's just too fast, easy, and fool-proof not to make it in the blender.Tomorrow begins a 2-3 week…

Boeuf Bourguignon

March 26, 2010
Beef
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Oh So Good. The recipe was out of Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking so I won't repeat it here. The beef: oh so tender. Though it was just stew meat bought at Safeway, it was heavenly. In…

Stuffed Filet Mignon with Port Wine Sauce

February 8, 2009
Beef
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I have prepared this dish several times but I made a couple of small changes that dramatically improved it. In fact this may be the best beef tenderloin I have ever prepared.It is a combination of the Beef Tenderloin recipe…

Sauteed Beef with Rosemary

December 28, 2008
Beef
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Proof that you can eat cheaply and still eat well.My nephew gave me a subscription to Gourmet for Christmas. Thumbing through it, I spied this recipe for Sauteed Beef with White Wine and Rosemary. I confess: I'm a little burned…

Quick and Easy

June 10, 2007
Beef
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As the frenzy is winding down (the For Sale sign goes up on the house tomorrow), I found a little time to try something I saw a few days ago. While in the Williams-Sonoma store (I didn't buy anything, Heather,…

French Cooking Class Part IV

October 15, 2006
Beef, French Cuisine
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This is the final installment in a series of posts describing the French Cuisine cooking class I recently attended at Plate It Up! a gourmet kitchen tools store here in Glendale AZ and taught by Chef Patrick Karvis. You can…

Mushroom-Stuffed Beef Tenderloin with Port Wine Sauce

I love Gwen Ashley Walters' Cool Mountain Cookbook. She has collected recipes from several great ski lodges, and everything in the Cool Mountain Cookbook is not only memorable and great tasting, it is also easy to prepare. I have yet…