Table of Contents

BASIC STORE OF INGREDIENTS

TOOLS/TECHNIQUES & TIPS

• Chicken Stock

• Beef Stock

• Cooking Pasta

• Cooking Rice

• Basic Risotto

• Basic Polenta

• Oven-Baked Polenta

• Cooking Turkey

• Basic Tomato Sauce

• Clam Sauce (red)

• Clam Sauce (white)

• Sautéing Meat

• Substitutes for Buttermilk

• Hardboiled Eggs

• Pie Crust

APPETIZERS & ODDMENTS

• Danny’s Hot Tomato Jam

• Guacamole

• Liver Pate

• Sukanya’s Liver Pâté

• Tapenade (ala Bartleby)

• Large Sun Dried Tomatoes

SOUPS

• Gazpacho

• Navy Bean Soup

• Split Pea Soup (with Ham)

• Seafood Stew ala Carolyn

• Chili con Carne

• Lentil Soup with Kielbasa (ala Mike Dries)

• Potato Leek Soup

• Swiss Chard and Potato Soup

• Oyster Stew (ala Gary Christensen)

• Rice and Potato Soup with Parmigiano-Reggiano Rind

ENTREES & SIDE DISHES

• Scrambled Eggs

• Potato & Egg Frittata

• Mashed Potatoes

• Artichokes

• Potato Salad (With Eggs)

• Pork Loin (or Lamb) Roast

• Cannellini Bean & Tuna Salad

• Sautéed Spinach

• Broccoli & Tomatoes

• Meat Loaf

• Dennis’s Version of Ma’s Corned Beef & Cabbage

• Corned Beef & Cabbage – Traditional

• Horseradish Sauce

• Braised Ligurian Chicken

• Chicken Cacciatore

• Lamb Shanks ala Nana

• GrandNana Benina’s Flank Steak and Sarsa (Salsa)

• Sarsa For Cooked Flank Steaks

• Beans

• Cream Puffs (Eclairs)

• Enchiladas With Chicken and/or Shrimp

• Nana’s Dishwasher Poached Salmon

• Baked Acorn Squash

• Bluefish In A Cast Iron Skillet

• Braised Endive With Cherry Tomatoes

• Breaded Veal (or Chicken) Cutlets

• Broiled Tomatoes

• Brussels Sprouts Slaw With Mustard Butter

• Brussels Sprouts Puree

• Fried Calamari with Aioli

• Creamy Chicken Tarragon

• Cod in Red Wine

• Cod with Herb Crust

• Creamed Chicken

• Dill Mustard Sauce

• Edamame Mashed Potatoes

• Favorite Roast Chicken (ala Ann Derry)

• Egg Noodles With Left Over Gravy

• Tarragon Chicken Salad

• Braised Fennel

• Fennel and Blood Orange Salad

• Flounder Baked With Fresh Lemon Zest & Pepper

• Gravlax

• Green Bean and Pearl Onion Casserole

• Green Beans with Almonds

• Baked Halibut with Tomato, Capers, and Olive Vinaigrette

• Halibut Marinated In Ginger-Soy

• Macaroni & Cheese

• Lasagna

• Lemon Chicken Breasts

• Lisa Jagai’s Chicken

• Maybelle Guertin’s Hamburger & Rice

• Mussels (and other bi-valves)

• Nina’s Beans

• Whole Baby Okra in Olive Oil

• Olive Mill Pasta

• Pan Roasted Potatoes

• Pasta With Anchovy Sauce

• Pasta With Tuna Sauce

• Pasta With Gorgonzola and Arugula

• Pearl Onions Caramelized

• Penne With Roasted Cherry Tomatoes

• Perogi Dough

• Pesto Sauce

• Basic Pilaf and Variations

• Poached Trout In Vegetable broth

• Potato Gnocchi

• Ram’s Black Mustard Potatoes

• Red Chicken (ala Nina)

• Rice Pudding

• Roast Pork Loin (or Boneless lamb) 

• Roasted Vegetables

• Salmon (ala Jacques Pepin)

• Salmon Marinade (ala Harry Levy)

• Saltimbocca

• Scampi ala South Street

• Sea Bass

• Shark/Swordfish Marinade

• Leeks With Ginger and Shrimp

• Dry-Rubbed Skirt or Flank Steak

• Sole in Lemon & Butter

• Danny’s Spaghetti Carbonara

• Gingered Sweet Potato Puree

• Veal (Chicken) Marsala

• Veal Stew With Endive and Carrots

• Watermelon and Tomato Salad

BREADS

• Onion Dill Bread

• Wheat Germ Bread

• Corn Bread

• Corn on Corn Bread

DESSERTS

• Benina’s Cookies

• Quick Mix Spritz

• P-nut Fingers

• Mocha Crisps

• Rich Roll Cookies 

• Jelly Tots

• Devil’s Food Cake

• Chocolate Icing

• Skillet Apple Brown Betty

• German Apple Pancake

• Apple Crisp

• Apple Fritters (ala Terry the Teacher)

NEW GENERATION ADDITIONS

• Home Fries

• Soft Shell Crab Sandwiches

• Fried Zucchini Blossoms