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	CRAB AND SHRIMP STUFFED FLOUNDER by Cecelia Heer One Saturday afternoon, I saw Chef John Besh prepare this dish on his cooking show, Chef John Besh's New Orleans, which is an accompaniment to his first cookbook of the same name, so I opted to try it myself. Well, back in the late 1970's, I used to make Stuffed Fillet of Flounder for dinner parties, but it was nothing like this one.…	1 vote 11927 views
	VODKA AND SPICY TOMATO-CREAM SAUCE WITH PENNE, KING CRAB LEGS AND SHRIMPS by Cecelia Heer Back in 1993, Patricia Wells' recipe for Penne with Vodka and Spicy Tomato-Cream Sauce (Penne alla Bettola) from her cookbook TRATTORIA was published in The New York Times. Although it has been more than 20 years, I still have the tattered and stained…	1 vote 7430 views
	KENTUCKY HOT BROWN SANDWICH by Cecelia Heer The Kentucky Hot Brown Sandwich is an open-faced sandwich of roasted turkey breast and tomatoes, covered in a Mornay sauce, and baked or broiled. It is topped with bacon, Pecorino Romano cheese and garnished with parsley and paprika. It was originally created at the Brown Hotel in Louisville, Kentucky, by Fred K. Schmidt in 1926. In…	1 vote 6208 views
	DUCK WELLINGTON by Cecelia Heer This is a take on the classic Beef Wellington which is typically a preparation of filet steak coated with pate' and duxelles (finely minced mushrooms and herbs sautéed in butter and reduced to a paste) then wrapped in puff pastry and baked. Some recipes include wrapping the coated meat in a crepe. Since the term Wellington is…	1 vote 9605 views
	CLASSIC VINTAGE CHEESECAKE ALMOST by Cecelia Heer The other day I had the urge to bake a cheesecake. I have no idea where that came from. There are only about five, or probably less than that, recipes that I make which are desserts. One is a classic cheesecake. Now it's called Vintage. This is one of those recipes that probably has thousands which have been written over the years.…	1 vote 2412 views
	TAGLIONLINI PASTA WITH BARBARESCO WINE AND TRUFFLE by Cecelia Heer I purchased a package of Tartufissima Barmarasco & Tartufo Pasta (Tagliolini pasta with Barbaresco Wine and Truffle) at a specialty Italian shop one day because it looked like an interesting alternative to the typical pastas that I normally use. And it was. Later, I learned that this is the first pasta with truffle ever produced in…	1 vote 2979 views
	PORTOBELLO MUSHROOM and RAINBOW SWISS CHARD LASAGNA by Cecelia Heer For mushroom lasagna, this is actually lighter and doesn't have the heaviness of a typical tomato and cheese lasagna dish. I made a béchamel sauce using lower fat (2%) milk and used a low-fat cream cheese in lieu of the mascarpone cheese that is sometimes found in mushroom lasagna recipes. My farmers market had portobello…	2 votes 4466 views
	SHRIMP AND CRABMEAT ETOUFFEE by Cecelia Heer Several weeks ago, after enjoying a great etouffee at a cooking demonstration and tasting from a local top-rated chef, I was inspired to make my own version the following day. Since Mardi Gras was coming up the following week, and since I am a seafood lover, I wanted to make a version with seafood, or more likely shellfish. So, I…	1 vote 12207 views
	PURPLE AND WHITE EGGPLANT PARMIGIANA--BAKED--NOT FRIED by Cecelia Heer I think that the first time I ever made eggplant parmigiana was in 1979. Back then, it was the "typical pizza parlor" dish with eggplant fried in vegetable oil and then covered with that Polly-O mozzarella cheese "stuff" that was wrapped in plastic and tasted as such, dusted with Parmigiano "cheese" that had the consistency of baby…	1 vote 6117 views
	Quail Stuffed With Foie Gras and Topped With Wild Mushrooms by Cecelia Heer Whenever I visit my favorite butcher shop in NYC (Ottomanelli & Sons), I like to stock up on certain proteins that are never available at my local grocery stores. Boneless quail is one of those items. And the mini frozen packages of foie gras is another. All of Ottomanelli's products are very high quality and, although these…	1 vote 4158 views
	MUSSELS STEAMED IN TEQUILA WITH LIME by Cecelia Heer What screams summer more than tequila and lime? Well, how about mussels cooked in tequila and lime as an accompaniment to the drink. During my 10 pounds of mussels week, I discovered that we had a bottle of Jose Cuervo Black Oak Barrel Single Blend tequila on the bar. This was probably one of the best discoveries that I made that…	1 vote 3382 views
	Chinese Long Beans by Cecelia Heer This is a popular Szechuan dish. Much better than the traditional green beans, in my opinion. Serves 4.	1 vote 4150 views
	LOBSTER STOCK by Cecelia Heer Recently, we visited Lobster Place in Chelsea Market in NYC and bought some fully-cooked lobsters which we brought home to eat. In my opinion, Lobster Place has the best lobsters outside of New England. With a name like that, one would think so. After enjoying the richness of the lobster meat, I saved the leftover bodies to use…	1 vote 4746 views
	EPIGRAMS de SOLE by Cecelia Heer This is another favorite recipe of mine from Chef Michel Roux Jnr of the two-star Michelin restaurant Le Gavroche in London. Chef Roux demonstrated this on the Master Chef UK series. He said that it is such an intricate dish that his "Chefs hate it when it is on the menu at the restaurant." Of course, I had to give it a try. It is…	1 vote 6851 views
	RAMP AND BLACK GARLIC PESTO by Cecelia Heer After a recent visit to one of my produce vendors, I was excited to see that they had black garlic and ramps. Of course they did. They are one of the top produce vendors that service many of the restaurants in the City. My first thought was to make a ramp and black garlic pesto. Different. Very. But, you would have to be a true…	1 vote 3187 views

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