You can make a P.G.Q. (Pear & Gorgonzola & Quinoa) Salad P.D.Q. (Pretty Darn Quick). This quintessential salad will satisfy both the vegetarians and meat eaters in your life! Yum! Yum! BTW: quin·tes·sence /kwin-ˈte-sən(t)s/ Quintessence means the most perfect or typical example of a quality or class. It was also the name of my Junior…
Vegetarian Recipes
No meat, no poultry, no seafood — and nothing sacrificed on flavor. These vegetarian recipes are built the same way every TKBT recipe is: real technique, real ingredients, and results that stand on their own.
Homemade Balsamic Glaze
This is a great finishing glaze for tons of recipes, from appetizers to main courses.
Cinnamon Chip Banana Bread
The age-old question about whether or not to put nuts in your Banana Bread has been finally answered: Who Cares!?! We’re putting Cinnamon Chips in ours and it’s gonna be sooooo much better.
The Best Tomato Sauce Ever!
Isn’t it great when the Best Tomato Sauce Ever happens to also be the easiest! You’ve got an hour. You’re hungry. Let’s Eat!
Oven-Roasted Beet Salad
New Year, New You! I think I’ve heard that in at least a dozen advertisements and it’s only the second week of January. Everyone is starting fresh in 2017…and with that comes the usual New Year’s resolution to eat healthier and to get back into working out. Well, I can’t help you with the working…
Sautéed Zoodles (Zucchini Noodles)
Sautéed Zoodles (Zucchini Noodles) are fun to say and easy to make. They’re a perfect side dish that pairs well with anything from fish to meat.
Cannoli Stuffed French Toast
There was an Italian word that I heard a lot growing up every time I cooked: phonetically, it’s pronounced “en Gweiki.” I have no clue how to spell it, so forgive me if it’s literal translation in English is actually offensive…but what was explained to me is that it describes an mixture of ingredients thrown…
La Di Da Di, We Like Biscotti
Family recipes are always so special to me….especially around the holiday season. Wrapped up in each recipe are distinctive memories of times, places and faces that have help to shape me into who I am today. Look, I don’t mean to get all melodramatic about a cookie recipe, but for me, at Christmastime, there is…
Presto! Pesto!
Don’t ask me why, but for some reason, some members of my “so-called” Italian family—who shall remain nameless—don’t like garlic. Simply shameful. To be totally accurate, let me qualify that a bit…or justify it as they do…they don’t like “too much garlic.” Now, where that falls on the scale of how much is too much…
Fat Free Ginger Cookies
I LOVE THE HOLIDAYS! Literally, I love the holidays. I love everything about them…and I especially love that moment when I hear the first Christmas song of the Season. This year, it was November 16, at right around noon; I was at LAX (Los Angeles International Airport) on my way to New Orleans when I…
Broasted Truffle-Smacked Brussel Sprouts
Poor Brussel Sprouts. They always get a bad rap. But then again, so did Kale…and look at where it’s at these days. It went from a garnish on a cafeteria’s Blue Plate special to sitting on some of the fanciest menus in the World. It’s even taken potato chips to task as a healthy snacking alternative….
Beer Bread
Bread. Bread. Bread. Just saying the word makes me happy. There is nothing like the smell of fresh bread filling the house (or apartment, in my case). But who has time to bake fresh bread these days??? Umm….YOU DO! I do. We all do with THIS recipe. And once you try it, I guarantee you…