By La Cuisinière | Gift Ideas For Someone Who Loves To Cook , Kitchen Musings
Cheese Board Knife Sets – Let’s talk cheese. In our home, the menu for all festive meals and special occasion dinners includes an elaborate cheese plate. Do you need a reason to have a cheese tray as an appetizer at any gathering? We sure don’t. Thanks to our diverse traditional favorites, the cheese board has a […]
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By La Cuisinière | Menu Ideas
Thanksgiving Meal Menu Ideas – With just over a week to go before Thanksgiving, I woke up in a start very early this morning overcome by a sense of complete panic. As the chief cook for this big meal, I have never felt so unprepared. Help is needed if for no other reason than for […]
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By La Cuisinière | Soups
Easy Homemade Mushroom Soup – Today is homemade soup day and I’m getting ready to make homemade mushroom soup. Mushroom soup in all its variations takes the number one spot on our list of easy homemade soups. Calling All Mushrooms Lovers! Don’t pick wild mushrooms for food unless you can distinguish the harmless variety from the poisonous kind. […]
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By La Cuisinière | French Country Cuisine Recipes
Blanquette De Veau A L’Ancienne – Maman has spent a lifetime trying (often in vain) to replicate the delicious French country cuisine recipes prepared by her mother and grand-mother. It now falls to me to duplicate the delicate flavors created by two great home chefs. Finding any cut of veal for this recipe in third world […]
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By La Cuisinière | Soups
Chorizo Sausage Soup Recipes – Chorizo sausage can be a little on the spicy side as a pork sausage but it is perfect in soups, omelets and a variety of other regional dishes. When it comes to soups, it does not matter if you select the Spanish (chorizo), Portuguese (chouriço), Italian or Argentinian varieties of […]
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By E. Grace | Baked Goods
Semi Homemade Birthday Cake – Calling all chocoholics! It’s the best tasting cake – Actually, it is one of two. Think of it as the bakery look with store bought ease. Originally posted in March of last year, we’ve updated the post and scheduled it to appear on October 28th – National Chocolate Day! My daughter, a […]
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By La Cuisinière | All Recipes , Side Dishes
Southern Sweet Potato Casserole: – Every year, as we inch closer to Thanksgiving, we think turkey…and all the trimmings. It also brings back vivid memories of Aunt Grace and her southern style cooking skills. Years ago, my “Aunt Grace” was a highly sought after caterer in the Willow Grove area of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her cooking […]
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By La Cuisinière | Perfect Thanksgiving Dinner Recipes
Recipe French Bread Stuffing – I’m not sure why it never crossed my mind to make turkey stuffing using a baguette or any other type of French bread such as a Boule or a Pain de Campagne (country bread). Until now. It’s not as if the choice of breads is limited. In fact, the flavor and […]
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By La Cuisinière | All Recipes , Baked Goods
Simple Homemade Cinnamon Rolls are a Thanksgiving tradition. In our family, homemade caramel cinnamon rolls are part of a very traditional Thanksgiving breakfast. It is a hearty, country-style breakfast that includes sausage, sautéed potatoes, scrambled eggs, lots of strong coffee, frosty orange juice, assorted fresh fruits (or fruit salad) and, of course, my freshly baked […]
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By La Cuisinière | World Cuisine Recipes
Okinawa Shoyu Pork Recipe – Do you need a recipe to make Okinawan Shoyu pork? Try ours. Our recipe is super easy to prepare. While well versed in geography, for some odd reason, I never think of Okinawa as part of the Japan. In fact, even in Okinawa, the largest island in the Ryukyu Islands chain of Japan, […]
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By La Cuisinière | All Recipes , Comfort Foods
Simple Salisbury Steak Recipes – They are easy to find. The trick is to find an easy comfort food dinner recipe – or prepare one – that delivers a big flavor punch from the thick, rich beef gravy and the caramelized onions and mushrooms. Every bite of meat must be coated in gravy! It’s July 4th so […]
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