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Here are some photos of my truffles and soufflés that I made.

I am making a few Valentines Day treats, first I started with making a good ganache in which to make dark chocolate truffles. This is in the fridge as we speak firming up. I will shape and dip those later. As for fannings, I am thinking about cayenne + cocoa powder, cocoa powder, toasted cocoanut, […]

A few weeks ago I saw on “Everyday Italian” a recipe by Giada De Laurentiis for limoncello. While in Kingsport TN we purchased 1.75l of vodka, 1l rum, 750ml brandy, and some cabernet sauvignon. A few days ago I decided to make limoncello from some of the vodka. I deviated from Giada’s recipe by making […]

Well so far I have the turkey in the oven, and have prepared the cole slaw. My menu so far is: Turkey Dressing Cole Slaw Potato Salad Carrots Green Beans Shrimp Cocktail Corn Rumballs Fudge Coconut Cranberry Macaroons Fruit Cake Caramel Popcorn Yorkshire Puddings Roast Vegetables Gravy Christmas Pudding Brandy Butter Mint Chocolate Chip Ice […]

Here is a sample plate from Thanksgiving, it has ham, turkey, potato salad, cole slaw, dressing, and a potato roll. The ham was incredible, I basically coated it in brown mustard, brown sugar, and crushed gingersnap cookies (courtesy of Alton Brown). The cookies were a combination of a chocolate chip recipe we have been having […]

I have created a tentative menu for Thanksgiving and purchased most of what we need, just a few things remain to be purchased tomorrow when we visit Jonesville. Quite a bit of cooking for a couple without dinner guests. The menu is as follows: Turkey City Ham (à la Alton Brown) Potato Salad (Elli’s version) […]