HONEY CORNBREAD

Ingredients:

4 Ears of Corn

2 Tablespoon of Good Honey

3/4 Cup of Corn Meal 

1  1/4 cup Flour

1/2 Cup Sugar

1 Teaspoon of Salt

2 Teaspoon of Baking Soda

1/4 Cup of Melted Butter

1 Cup of Milk

1 Egg

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

Slice corn kernels from ears and place in large sauce pan 

on medium high with honey.

Stir occasionally until honey melts.

Set aside.

Mix dry ingredients. In large bowl.

Mix wet ingredients. In medium bowl.

Add the honey corn.

Place in 9 X 9 dish.

Cook for 25 minutes .

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Christian Dior

VELVETEEN MAC & CHEESE

Ingredients...

Serves 4.

1 Box of Orecchiette Pasta

Large Handful of Cherry Tomatoes

12 Slices of Prosciutto

1 Cup of mozzarella

Olive oil

Salt & Pepper

Alfredo Sauce:

1/4 Cup of Butter

1 Cup of Heavy Cream

1 & 1/2 Cup of Parmesan

1 Bulb of Garlic

It takes longer to peel the garlic and grate the parmesan cheese than it actually takes to cook this dish. Preheat oven to 350. Once heated, take a large handful of cherry tomatoes and wrap them up in a blanket of foil. On a sheet pan, lay out each thin piece of prosciutto, place in the oven at the same time. Now get your water started for the pasta... at the same time you can work on your alfredo sauce. In a large pan on medium to low heat, melt the butter, then add your heavy cream. Let simmer and stir occasionally for 5 minutes. Next, add your chopped garlic and parmesan cheese and whisk away until thickens. traditionally you add parsley, but I decided to use green onion for good luck.

While you are whisking away, your pasta will most likely be done. And remember, you always want it to be al dente, there is nothing more unattractive than eating pasta that is overcooked and mushy. Strain pasta, place in a large bowl and add 2 tablespoons of olive oil and many dashes of salt.

By this time, your homemade alfredo sauce will have thickened to the perfect consistency. And, your prosciutto will be crispy, and tomatoes cooked long enough for them to burst open when all is mixed together, which will make your pasta dish a beautiful light pink. Final touch: 1 cup of shredded mozzarella to create the perfect gooiest mac and cheese and the thoughts of: "If this dish were a fabric, it would be velvet..."

Enjoy with red wine.

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MIU MIU

REMEDY FOR FLU SEASON

Ingredients...

Skinless Chicken Breasts

Yellow Squash

Red Onion

Yukon Gold Potatoes

Carrot

A Lot of Garlic

A Lot of Garlic Powder

Rosemary

Bay Leaves

Salt & Pepper

Olive Oil

When you are ailing, you best not waste a single minute and start multitasking ASAP. So, in a pan, with a tad of olive oil in it, I cooked a couple of chicken breasts with 8 cloves of thinly sliced garlic (Remember: You are sick. Garlic is your friend). And, in a pot of boiling water, throw in your chopped yukons. This is the kickoff of your kitchen smelling incredible for the rest of the night.

In a bowl of chopped carrot, squash, and red onion, pour a fair amount of olive oil, rosemary, garlic powder, and salt and pepper. Once the chicken is slightly browned, let cool, shred with your fingers and transfer (along with the garlic) to your veg bowl. Mix well and let sit while the potatoes are cooking for a bit (15 minutes).

Combine all of your healthy goodness and let simmer for an hour or longer. Add 3 bay leaves for good luck.

Get well...

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Talbot Runhof

SALTED COD TACOS

Ingredients...

1 1/2 LB of Salted Cod

Small Corn Tortillas from Anita's

Black Beans

Roasted Corn

Tomatoes

Avocado

White Onion

Italian Parsley

If you are craving salted cod, you will need to make sure you can resist the desire for the next 2 to 3 days. Salted cod needs to soak. And, not only does it need to soak but the water needs to be changed about every 6-8 hours.

Once that has happened, you can do whatever you like with it. I decided to take the easy route and poach it. After it has been cooking in boiling water for 10 minutes, I took my spatula and started to break it up. I cooked the cod until all the water was evaporated and then finished it with a splash of white wine and oddly enough, salt and pepper. I forgot the lemon.

I chopped up my tomatoes, avocado, onion and roasted some corn from a cob in a pan. Black beans on the stove, all of this is EASY. But I did make my own shells and even that was super simple. In a pan, about 1 and 1/2 inch of vegetable oil, wait till it's at 200 degrees and set half of your tortilla in, let fry. Once browned and crisp, do the other side. Set on a paper towel to dry/harden. You will need tongs for this.

Assemble to your taco desire.

F.Y.I.- As you can read, there are an array of colors in this dish. But here, Bottega

Veneta spring 2009 collection came out with gorgeous silk dresses the exact color of saleted cod. And sometimes all you need is the color of the main ingredient.

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Bottega Veneta

FRESH VEG FOR THE NEW SEASON

Eat your vegetables!

Ingredients:

Arugula

Roma Tomatoes

Red Onion

Mushrooms

Carrots

Feta Cheese

Lemon

Olive Oil

Balsamic

Salt & Pepper

Very simple salad for the weak who need some greens.

Get out your largest salad bowl and start finely slicing your mushrooms. Place in bowl and add a good amount of oil and balsamic so they can marinade and soften a bit. Thinly peel carrots and slice Roma's, taking out the heart (sorry). Next, the red onion, however you like it sliced, chopped or diced. Now for the Arugula- stems and all, just make sure you give it a good 3 minute soak to soften. Mix well with your fingers but make sure you wash your hands... trust me, no kind of flatware, spatula, or special salad tongs mixes a salad properly than your fingers.

Your salad should look and feel really dressed just from the mushroom marinade. Drizzle a half of a lemon, salt and pepper and add as much feta cheese as you would like. Mix again!

This salad was enjoyed with T-bone steaks, salmon, pasta salad and my famous fried onion rings. Hello, October feast.

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Alexander McQueen

ALASKAN SALMON QUICHE WITH GREEN ONION & CREAM CHEESE

Ingredients...

Pastry
1 Cup of Flour
4 Tablespoons of Sugar
1 Stick of Butter
1 Teaspoon of Salt
1/4 Cup of Ice Water

Quiche
5 Eggs
Large Chunk of Salmon
1/4 Cup of Chopped Green Onion
2 Heaping table spoons of Cream Cheese
Salt and Pepper

In my little mini Cuisinart, I mixed the pastry's dry ingredients together. Next, I added the butter after I chopped it into cubes. Then added the ice water- pulsing it about 12 times with each step until the dough became the size of peas.
Press, form and knead a bit if you have to and form into the shape of a disk. Wrap in plastic and place in the refrigerator for about 1 hour.

This salmon that was delivered to us was the best I have ever tasted. It was caught from a friend of ours who was in Alaska for the summer and the flavour was unlike any salmon I had ever tasted before. This "large chunk of salmon" (maybe a quarter of a pound) was leftover from last night's dinner which was cooked in a chicken broth (interesting but awesome) mixed with mayonnaise, mustard and white balsamic. We devoured it with a simple feta salad and coconut jasmine sticky rice.

I thinly sliced the salmon and then in a large bowl I whisked 5 eggs with some salt and added in the green onion.

Once I was ready to put everything together I took my dough out of the refrigerator add shaped it into a round glass dish. I then evenly placed the salmon down along with small spoon fulls of cream cheese. Next I poured in the egg and green onion mixture and placed in the oven for about 40 minutes on 375 degrees.

Keep in mind my oven is ancient and if your is not then it is probably half the cooking time. Also, you can just tell when it's done. Pretty obvious...

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Marni

IF THIS DISH WERE MY LAST MEAL

Do you know what this is? A Burger? Um, no not really. Cheeseburger? Sort of. The height on this thing is quite high, don't you think?



On Sunday Morning this is what I had for breakfast.


There is no outfit to describe the poached egg on the cheeseburger. It pops in your mouth and in the end leaves you with hallucinations. I am serious. But than again, this is a serious meal....

Ingredients...

Hamburger

Cheddar Cheese

Yellow Onion

Butter Lettuce

Roma Tomatoes

Poached Egg

Good Mayonnaise