Apple Butter

Fall is approaching, and so is apple season. Capture autumn’s best in this traditional apple butter recipe. Perfect spread on your morning toast or smothered across roasted pork, apple butter can be jarred and presented as a beautiful gift. Makes Read More …

Marshall Field Cinnamon Crunch Muffins

For more that a century, the Marshall Field’s store has been a landmark in downtown Chicago, and has served as a traditional meeting place for several generations of shoppers. This muffin is a favorite with the lunch crowd at the Read More …

Lespinasse Restaurant Turkey Croquettes

Source: Executive Chef Christian Delouvrier, Lespinasse, New York City Rather than making the traditional turkey sandwich the day after, Chef Delouvrier suggests shredding leftover turkey meat and making turkey croquettes. 5 cups leftover turkey meat, shredded 3 eggs 2 tablespoons Read More …

Classic Minestrone Soup

Minestrone is an Italian soup that simply means “dish up.” Typically it is made with fresh vegetables, tomatoes and can have beans, pasta and rice in it. It can contain meat or meat broths or be strickly vegetarian. Minestrone is Read More …

Classic Oyster Stew

Oyster Stew is a classic meal and a Christmas Eve tradition for many. That tradition is said to have started with Irish immigrants who fled here during the potato famine in the mid-1800s. They replaced a traditional stew containing ling Read More …

Sopaipillas

New Mexican Traditional Reservation Recipe Sopaipillas are an incredibly light, puffy fry bread. To eat, poke or tear them open and spread with honey or honey butter. Though recipes vary, the one thing to keep in mind is that they Read More …

Apple Terrine of Foie Gras with Apple Brioche Charlotte, Fresh Blackberry Sauce, and Upland Cress

Although Michael Mina is known for his inventive fish and seafood preparations, his San Francisco restaurant actually serves more foie gras than almost any other establishment in the country. Michael’s background as a pastry chef influenced the creation of this Read More …

Microwave Ratatouille

Ratatouille is a traditional French Provençal stewed vegetable dish, originating in Nice. Though referred to commonly as ratatouille niçoise, ratatouille is popular among the entire Mediterranean coast as an easy summer dish. 1 large onion, thinly sliced 2 zucchini, sliced Read More …

Greek Quinoa Salad

Greek quinoa salad recipe with traditional Mediterranean ingredients including feta cheese, kalamata olives and fresh herbs. You could easily make this vegetarian quinoa salad recipe vegan by omitting the feta cheese or using a vegan soy substitute. 3-4 cups water Read More …

Broiled Steak with Whiskey Sauce

Kick up your traditional broiled steak with this whiskey-drenched version. A mix of whiskey, Worcestershire sauce and Tabasco, this steak-and-sauce combo really puts the finishing touch on your weekend. 4 steaks, sliced (1-inch thick) 1 tablespoon black peppercorns, coarsely crushed Read More …

Babka for ABM

Be sure to give yourself a good head start time-wise by starting preparation several hours ahead or even the day before. This traditional bread-like cake originally hails from Poland. Dough: 1 1/4 cups (3/4 pound) unsalted butter, softened 1/2 cup Read More …

Tefteli

These traditional Russian meatballs are the ideal way to clear the fridge. Like many other cultures, Russia has its own form of meatballs, tefteli. Ideal for using up leftover meat, bread and vegetables, tefteli are a great winter comfort food. Read More …

Kutya

Kutya is a traditional Christmas dish in Russia. It is a porridge made from wheat or rice served with honey, poppy seeds, fruit (especially berries and dried fruit like raisins), chopped walnuts or sometimes even fruit jellies. Kutya is sometimes Read More …

Clotted Cream

This specialty of Devonshire, England (which is why it’s also known as Devonshire or Devon cream) is traditionally made by gently heating rich, unpasteurized milk until a semisolid layer of cream forms on the surface. After cooling, the thickened cream Read More …