Chicken Piccata
I seem to be trying a lot of chicken recipes lately. At least I have finally figured out how to pound a chicken breast flat without having it disentigrate: Put it in a heavy-duty ziplock bag. Place it on the…
Wine Sauce Chicken
It doesn't get much easier than this. Make sure you start with a nice organic chicken. That and the pan sauce make this very tasty. Wine Sauce Chicken 1 cut up frying chicken 1 tablespoon oil 1 tablespoon butter 3/4…
Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream
The neighborhood Baskin-Robbins had closed. In my house this qualifies as a full-blown crisis. It was natural then that one of the first ice creams I would make in my new Cuisinart Ice Cream Maker would be mint chocolate chip.…
My New Chef’s Knife
The J.A. Henkels rep was at my favorite gourmet kitchen tools store yesterday (yes, I know. The knife in the photo is not a Henkels). He was showing off a new line of Henkels' knives, the Twin Cuisine series. Ergonomic…
Heirloom Tomatoes
Maybe I'll have tomatoes this year. My good friend Shelly is growing tomatoes and appears to be having some success! And I have been jealous. As is typical of banjo payers, I decided to be different. I bought an heirloom…
Chicken & Shrimp with Lemon Butter Sauce
This dish was inspired by a recent lunch at the Macaroni Grill. Chicken & Shrimp Scaloppine was a new menu item and so I decided to try it even though I think it is nothing more than MG's Chicken Scaloppine…
Gentlemen, Start Your Ice Cream Makers
With the arrival of my new Cuisinart Supreme Commercial Quality Ice Cream Maker yesterday, I just had to make some ice cream. Or in this case some Orange-Pineapple-Banana Cream Sherbet 12 oz can Frozen Orange-Pineapple-Banana Juice Concentrate (thawed) 3 tablespoons…
Ice Cream On Demand
Summer will be here soon. (It's Arizona, where the weather bureau is not allowed to use the word 'hot' until the temperature hits 105. At 104 it's just 'sunny and warm'.) I have been eyeing this Cuisinart ice cream maker…