Grilled Mexican Pizza

May 16, 2012

Got leftover Mexican food stuff from Cinco de Mayo? If so, just round up those piquant Mexican cheeses and crunchy jalapeños and start making some pizza! We recently did just that, and it was exquisito. Depending on how “top heavy” you prefer your pizza, you can alter the amounts of each ingredient below to your liking. […]

Read the full article →

Pain de Mie (Pullman Loaf Bread)

May 12, 2012

It had been another rainy, cold spring day here on the East End of Long Island. If the temperature had been below freezing, we would have picked up a foot or so of snow. I was forlornly looking out the kitchen sliders at our seedlings struggling to germinate and grow. I sighed, shrugged and thought…you […]

Read the full article →

Ratatouille

May 7, 2012

Early spring brings the season’s first small green peas. Their season doesn’t last long, so when I find them, I hoard them and use them in almost everything I make. A case in point was my ratatouille I made a couple of nights ago. Not only did I use a healthy dose of fresh green […]

Read the full article →

Dragon Fruit Ice Cream

March 23, 2012

It must be dragon fruit season. I found an abundant supply of them in Chinatown this week, and I grabbed three of them with the intention of making ice cream.  These happened to have red pulp, or rather more like a deep magenta, which makes for a more interesting ice cream color than their white […]

Read the full article →

A Couple of Birthday Cakes

March 16, 2012

six layer genoise, chocolate-hazelnut meringue layer cake with hazelnut praline buttercream

Read the full article →

My Seafood Lasagne is Ready for its Close Up

March 11, 2012

  Seafood Lasagne Close-up I was sorting through a case of photographic equipment which I hadn’t used in years with the thought of selling most of it on Ebay. Then, I came across a Nikon F Bellows Focusing Attachment.  Remarkably I couldn’t even remember ever buying it let alone ever using it. After about a […]

Read the full article →

Bi-Color Tomato and Olive Tartin

March 4, 2012

I was recently away for a week or so. In my absence the other gourmaniac found perfect red and yellow grape tomatoes, or so she informed me via text message. I replied that I hoped they would last until I could get home so I could make a bi-color tomato and olive tartin, something I […]

Read the full article →

Short Listed for Food Photographer of the Year

March 2, 2012

I was very excited to receive this email this morning: Dear Robert, CONGRATULATIONS! We are delighted to tell you that your image has been shortlisted for the first ever Pink Lady ® Food Photographer of the Year! Your picture ‘Butcher & Kabob Stall, Afghan Refugee Camp’ submitted to Food in the Street has been selected […]

Read the full article →

Occupy Our Food Supply

February 27, 2012

Occupy Our Food Supply

Read the full article →

Chocolate Truffles with Italian Elixir Liquer

February 14, 2012

Chocolate Truffles with Borsci S. Marzano Italian Elixir Liquer, coated in cocoa, nuts, and coconut

Read the full article →

← Previous Entries

Next Entries →