Tag: Revs and Recs
Rules for Cooking Class
Truly, we had a wonderful time at The Stock Pot and our cooking class on Modern Italian Cuisine, but why does there have to be one idiot in every crowd?
Chicken Saltimbocca with Caponata
Chef Marcus’ modern take on traditional Italian recipes.
Pasta Puttanesca
The next course after the charred octopus was Chef Marcus’ take on Pasta Puttanesca. Puttanesca can be loosely translated to “spicy like a prostitute” and most puttenesca sauces are spicy. Chef Marcus switched it up a bit with his rendition. (This post is the next installment of our Modern Italian Cuisine Cooking Class with Chef…
Charred Octopus (or “You ate what?”)
OK, I can talk big about being a foodie and an adventurous soul, but when it comes to seafood, I am a bit squeamish.
Amuse-bouche and an Italian Compote
This was a tasty little bite which inspired me to create my own Italian preserve: Triple Berry Mostarda
Another Cooking class
Please join us on another cooking adventure. This time the focus is Modern Italian Cuisine with Chef Marcus Vause from Tavolo.
Double Chocolate Ice Cream with Cocoa Nib and Pistachio Praline Crumble
Well, that is delicious mouthful. There is even more—the “double chocolate” requires a chocolate ganache swirled in the already chocolatey ice cream. This is the sixth part of a series documenting our Chocolate Cooking Class with Chef Sarah Leavell of The Canebrake. Double Chocolate Ice Cream with Cocoa Nib and Pistachio Praline Crumble was the…
Cocoa-Chili Rub for Steak
This is the fifth post in my series documenting our Chocolate Cooking Class with Chef Sarah Leavell of The Canebrake.
Chocolate Raspberry Cupcakes with Milk Chocolate Earl Grey Buttercream
You may have surmised from my recent OCD posts that I am a bit competitive. No, really, I am. 🙂 Well, one of The Hubs’ colleagues at work has a girlfriend who runs a cupcake catering business. Her cupcakes are sublime. We have tasted many at different company functions and even purchased others from her…
Chocolate Almond Cups and Marble Dipped Strawberries.
This is the third post in a series of many to document our supremely chocolatey cooking class with Chef Sarah Leavell of The Canebrake. The chocolate almond cups were the second treat we tasted from Chef Sarah’s kitchen. I really enjoyed these tiny bites more than the truffle (which I didn’t think was possible). Chef…