Recipes by David Martin

	Quick and Easy Fresh Cherry Pie by David Martin With the abundance of summer fruit, I regularly make pies. We are particularly fond of cherry pie and as such I've developed a quick and easy method when I don't have the time for my fully homemade version. If you don't tell your guests they will not realize you didn't spend hours on it. But when time permits, I make it all from…	2 votes 1 comment 10239 views
	Simple Pumpkin Sheet Cake by David Martin Great this time of the year, I found this recipe in the local paper in 2004. When my sister visited recently, we made this cake to use up some pumpkin I had on hand. If you use canned pumpkin it is really simple and delicious. Although it was called a Pumpkin Bar in the original recipe, it's more of a cake in texture. The recipe…	1 vote 2582 views
	Kung Pao Chicken by David Martin As you may know, my spouse is Chinese and we cook a Chinese dinner once a week. So this week I thought I would highlight his version of the Kung Pao chicken, which is my favorite Chinese dish. This classic Sichuan dish is also known as Kung Bao chicken, Gung Po chicken, and Kung Po chicken in English. It is reportedly named after…	1 vote 3566 views
	Roasted Red Pepper and Tomato Soup by David Martin This versatile soup will be welcome as a first course to an elegant dinner or the main course on a blustery afternoon. Its beauty is that it may be prepared a day or several ahead and will be as good as the day it was made. While you can get good boxed soups, I doubt you'll fine one that has as good a flavor as this soup. If…	1 vote 2254 views