Whipped Potatoes with Basil Oil

While associated with New York’s celebrated Park Avenue Cafe, Chef David Burke developed Whipped Potatoes with Basil Oil – one of the most popular items on the menu. It is served as a side dish or under a poached or Read More …

Spice-Crusted Roast Salmon with Ginger Beets

This simple, festive treatment for a whole side of salmon is an easy way to feed a crowd with style. You can substitute a mix of peppercorns (green, white, pink and black—sometimes called rainbow peppercorns) for the black and pink Read More …

Smoked Salmon with Black Pepper Potato Chips and Lemon Creme Fraiche

Black pepper potato chips (use kettle-cooked, which are sturdier) are a surprising and delicious base for this starter. 1/4 cup creme fraiche; or sour cream 1 1/2 teaspoons finely grated lemon peel 16 large black pepper or salt-and-pepper potato chips Read More …

Black and Orange Halloween Pasta

Cooking by color might not be the surest way to devise holiday-appropriate recipes, but who can resist the lure of black linguine on Halloween? Tossing it with pumpkin-hued vegetables lusty with garlic and hot pepper might seem like hobgoblin overkill, Read More …

Pepperoni Pizza Swirls

Add fun to your menu with another creative idea using Bridgford’s Frozen Ready-Dough sheets. Simply add pizza sauce, cheese, pepperoni and black olives, roll, cut & bake. 1 (36 oz.) Bridgford Frozen Ready]Dough Sheet 3/4 cup pizza sauce 1 1/2 Read More …

Spaghetti Carbonara

A carbonara sauce is typically made with just Italian bacon, eggs, cheese, and black pepper. A little half-and-half creates an even silkier texture. 1 pound(s) spaghetti 8 ounce(s) (8 slices) bacon, cut 1-inch-thick crosswise 3 large eggs 3/4 cup(s) grated Read More …

Caviar Tartlets

To make these easy, stylish appetizers, use domestic red, black, or golden caviar or fish roe, or some of each, for visual contrast. Crisp filo pastry shells, about 1 inch in diameter, are available in well-stocked supermarkets. About 8 ounces Read More …

Watermelon, Feta and Black Olive Salad

As improbable as it might sound, this combination is utterly fantastic, both savoury and refreshing at the same time. You can pare it down to the essential contrast, and serve no more than a plate of chunked watermelon, sprinkled with Read More …