Just in time for Halloween! Blood orange cosmopolitans made with Dracula blood oranges imported from Australia. I found my oranges at Fresh Market. Gushing with lots of juicy red orange juice. And a SECRET ingredient – blood orange marmalade.
I love fresh corn on (or off) the cob. Add it to fresh tomato salsa and I am over the moon happy! Here’s my recipe for my favorite fresh salsa. The heat is added with jalapeno lime olive oil and green chile infused olive oil. Olivelle infused olive oils and
I love simple fun snacks. Pistachios & Michigan Dried Cherries are the perfect combination of salty, tart and sweet. Make sure you pick up a bag of the regular dried cherries – not the “no sugar added” dried cherries because the “no sugar added” are SUPER tart. I like the
One of my favorite salad dressings (sandwich spread, roasted chicken sauce) is Green Goddess. It is full of herb, lemon and garlic flavors. I make my Green Goddess Dressing in the blender – super easy – and store it in a mason jar in the refrigerator so it’s always ready
The Mary Pickford Cocktail is a sweet and fruity cocktail that originated in Cuba in the 1920’s. The cocktail is named after the Canadian-American silent film star Mary Pickford who was visiting Havana with her husband, actor Douglas Fairbanks, while filming a movie there. The most popular story is that
Summers in Virginia can be super hot. That’s when it’s just to hot to cook and I look for easy breezy recipes that do not require turning on my oven. One of my favorite “cool” recipes is Mediterranean Couscous Salad.
Gazpacho is one of my favorite dishes to serve during the hot summer months. I have three criteria for my gazpacho: it must be served very cold, in shallow chilled soup dishes; it must be made with brioche (to add a touch of sweetness to the soup) and it must
Super flavorful chili ready in 15 minutes! Gunther’s Jalapeno Salsa Fresca (made in Richmond, Virginia) gives my chili a kick! Only 5 ingredients…so easy!
The perfect summer salad. Crisp English cucumber with red onion and French radishes. If you cannot find French radishes at your local farmers market, you can substitute traditional radishes sliced thinly on a mandoline.
Frozen daiquiris are the MOST REFRESHING cocktail during these hot summer months. My raspberry strawberry frozen daiquiris are made with raspberry balsamic vinegar and seedless raspberry jam (make sure your jam are seedless so you won’t have pesky little raspberry seeds in your cocktail), which makes my daiquiris less cloyingly
Grab some bubbly and join me while I show you around. I can’t wait to share my love of southern food, cocktails and champagne with you.
