We have so much to be thankful for... so we are spending the week with friends and family and enjoying the season. We will be back next week with another spice and recipe!
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Creamy Cauliflower, Fennel and Rosemary Puree
I've always been more than a little suspicious of the "Low-Carb" recipes that imitate mashed potatoes. Mostly, I've found them lacking in flavor and mouthfeel, watery and just not good. Lets face it, mashed potatoes are good. So, I say - go for the mashers when you...
Creamy Shallot and Manchego Soufflés
Soufflés Out of the Oven and Ready to Serve! Let's just admit it. We all like to have our own teeny tiny personal servings of food. I'm not sure where this comes from - whether its that we don't like to share:) OR we like to play with our food. What ever the reason,...
Sweet Potatoes with North African Spices
Who doesn't have fond memories of the Thanksgiving table, laden with goodies including the ubiquitous sweet potato casserole. A home run with the kiddos, sometimes most of their plate is taken up with the creamy, sticky, way-way-way too sweet side dish. Chefs have...
Fall and Mushrooms – Wild Mushroom Pate
I’m in a mushroom "kinda" mood this week. The weather is turning to the best of fall…warm days with lots and lots of bright sunlight glittering off the brightly colored leaves. I’m craving the kind of comfort food that is warm and creamy – but not heavy. This mushroom...
HOW TO Make Delicious Herb Pesto!
Maybe the herbs in your garden are giving their last. looking a little spent, or just a tiny bit tired. Have you opened the veggie drawer in your fridge and found some sad looking parsley or cilantro looking back at you? Don't just toss 'em...make pesto. Pesto...
Pumpkin Hummus with Handmade Pita Chips Tonight!
Sous Chef Lea and I are in Fayette tonight getting ready for a demo this evening - after a busy weekend and a super duper busy week in head of us! I'm standing at the kitchen counter quickly passing on this recipe to you. Its one we've already made a couple times this...
Roasted Red Pepper Soup – Perfect for Crisp Fall Days!
About 2 AM last night I woke up while I was writing a soup recipe. Darn it. I can't remember it. Most people think about the opportunity to wear warm fuzzy sweaters and knee high boots when the weather starts to turn crisp. Not me. I'm dreaming up recipes for new...
Turning Kitchen Experience into Action at Home – A Guest Blog by Taste and Savor Intern Michelle
I've learned so much over the past month! One night last week, I decided to put my experience interning with Chef Nancy into good use by having my mom’s friends over for dinner. I incorporated a little of what I have learned in the kitchen with Taste and...
Pinot Noir Poached Figs and Cheese for Easy Fall Evenings
Helloooo Fall! Here in Atlanta, we are having an unprecedented run of days, (Okay, only 2 so far but I'm keeping my fingers crossed), with warm but not hot weather, low humidity and sunshine. After enduring a rainy, building-an ark-and-growing-gills-soggy summer this...
Tomato Basil Dressing
A long weekend at the beach and its Monday. Still here, I am sooo lucky. All I want for dinner tonight is something easy and delicious, full of greens and veggies, cool and refreshing. Can't get enough of the Indian Summer sun and sand - I know what's ready to roll...
Meanwhile, Over on the Wine Side…A Guest Blog by Taste and Savor Intern Michelle
Week three is complete! I experienced the wine side of Taste and Savor, after helping with two wine events. I loved Taste Club! Not only is it wonderful to work with Nancy, Lea, and the Cook’s Warehouse Brookhaven staff but getting to participate at the same time....
Meatless Monday – Spanish Yellow Rice Salad – 090913
Tapas parties are awesome. I love the little savory and sweet bites spread out on a table, set up on a bar or just passed around between friends. We hosted a Wine Tasting and Tapas party last night that was SO much fun. It was for the benefit of "Angels on Earth" a...
A Guest Blog by Intern Michelle – My First Weeks with TASTE and SAVOR
Those of you who personally know Chef Nancy would understand me when I say I am blessed to be her intern. Not only have I learned a great deal from her in just two weeks of work, but I haven’t felt like I have been working. People have told me numerous times that if...
Green Chile and Black Bean Casserole
It all started when I spied a container in the produce section at Whole Foods. Oh yeah...Roasted Hatch Green Chilies. One of my favorite bites in the world. Not too hot, not too sweet, just full of green chile flavor. Have you tried them? Its Hatch season right now -...