I’ve been collecting recipes for many years now. Here are a few of the ones that caught my eye. Although you may find it in one category, it could easily fit into another i.e. an appetizer could also be found in a main etc. Some have been tried, my comments usually show up in italics if I have made them. I’ve given credit to Chef’s/authors/publishers whose names I wrote down when recording the recipes, but go figure – in at the tail end of the boomer generation and blogs didn’t exist when I started collecting them and I never thought of a website either. If I’ve violated any copyrights – just let me know and I’ll fix it. If you try a recipe and have comments, please let me know, I’ll respond. As always – enjoy! Thanks – Chris (cater@foodinspires.com)

2020 Christmas Treat #12 – Gingerbread Cookies

Well this is the last recipe in the 2020 Christmas Treat series. An unusual year no doubt and I really hope I have given you recipes that made you hungry and blogs that made you smile. This is an old standby, thousands of recipes out there, I put my twist on the spice mix (well [...]

2020 Christmas Treat #12 – Gingerbread Cookies2020-12-23T16:15:21-05:00

2020 Christmas Treat #11 – Flourless Chocolate Walnut Cookies

This is one of the most delicious flourless cookies I have ever tried. It’s from the master Pastry Chef Francois Payard. There are a ton of variations out there and this is another one – more meat on the best bones – so to speak, this is Christmas Treat #11 – Flourless Chocolate Walnut Cookies.  [...]

2020 Christmas Treat #11 – Flourless Chocolate Walnut Cookies2020-12-21T09:31:22-05:00

2020 Christmas Treat #10 – Traditional Goan Cake – Baath

This is the third and final Goan sweet recipe of the 2020 series. It is a lovely textured cake called Baath or Batica (pronounced the same way as the first spelling). This was also one of those cakes that was made with thousands of variations all incorporating the same ingredients in slightly different quantities and [...]

2020 Christmas Treat #10 – Traditional Goan Cake – Baath2020-12-20T12:01:49-05:00

2020 Christmas Treat #9 – Thumb (Finger) Prints

I can’t believe in all the years I’ve been baking, that I have never before baked a Thumbprint Cookie. In my quest to always find interesting recipes, this one comes from my daughter’s good friend Elena – on her own, a professional Food Scientist with a passion for baking and cooking. She made them using [...]

2020 Christmas Treat #9 – Thumb (Finger) Prints2020-12-19T07:35:57-05:00

2020 Christmas Treat #8 – Traditional Goan Sweet – Bolinhas

The second in the Goan sweets category is called Bolinhas. These round cookies are easily recognizable because of the traditional “X” mark on top. It is another coconut based sweet and is also addictive. I made this a couple of times before hitting the mark, but I think this version of the process is spot [...]

2020 Christmas Treat #8 – Traditional Goan Sweet – Bolinhas2020-12-17T13:19:57-05:00

2020 Christmas Treat #7 – Meringue Swirled Shortbread

One of my favorite magazines Food and Drink comes from the LCBO.  It is published every 2 months and I always look forward to the picking up the next edition. By far, the Christmas issue is always a favorite of mine. I give them credit as their recipes have always turned out for me and [...]

2020 Christmas Treat #7 – Meringue Swirled Shortbread2020-12-17T07:58:06-05:00

2020 Christmas Treat #6 – A Devil’s Kiss

Oh come now, you didn’t really think I would miss on a savory cookie did you?! I have a chili pepper for a logo for goodness sakes! Keeping in the tradition of at least one savory cookie in the Christmas collection (https://foodinspires.com/2017/12/01/curry-leaf-and-dry-mustard-cheeselets/; https://foodinspires.com/2016/12/04/christmas-cookie-2-roasted-garlic-and-cayenne-cookies/ - to name a few). A very good friend of mine and [...]

2020 Christmas Treat #6 – A Devil’s Kiss2020-12-16T14:08:12-05:00

2020 Christmas Treat #5 – Traditional Goan Sweet – Gons

I am adding three Goan sweet recipes to this series – a simple Coconut Sweet - Gons, a more traditional Coconut Cake – Baath, and a roundish Coconut Cookie called Bolinhas, with a twist. Jeez, you’d think coconuts grew on trees back home! My wife and I picked the latter two from a collection of [...]

2020 Christmas Treat #5 – Traditional Goan Sweet – Gons2020-12-14T10:50:16-05:00

2020 Christmas Treat #4 – Sweet and Salty Maple, Pecan, Toffee Cookies

These are just ridiculous cookies! And I mean that in the nicest way possible. The sweet/salty maple flavor gives way to the pecan toffee bites. When these are cooling on the rack, it is utterly impossible to walk by and not put one in your mouth. This is Christmas Treat #4 – Sweet and Salty [...]

2020 Christmas Treat #4 – Sweet and Salty Maple, Pecan, Toffee Cookies2020-12-11T12:30:45-05:00

Miso Marsala Glazed Salmon with Scallion-Oil Noodles

This is a complete meal blog - main and side!  What makes it taste special is this simple umami flavor-bomb glaze for the salmon.  The big secret to any glaze - just kidding, no secret, is to always make it super tasty. In the cooking classes I would always teach this concept - common sense [...]

Miso Marsala Glazed Salmon with Scallion-Oil Noodles2020-12-07T09:37:56-05:00
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