Unique Food Recipes & Dinner Ideas

The Dinner Party: Rebuilding our Declining Social Connections

The Dinner Party: Rebuilding our Declining Social Connections

Research concludes that this happiness from strong social connections is a vital contributor to good health and longevity. Read more to learn about this study and discover how your next dinner party can be the connection everyone needs!

Hutterite Turkey - Smaller scale Farming's Success (Plus recipe and menu ideas)

Hutterite Turkey - Smaller scale Farming's Success (Plus recipe and menu ideas)

What exactly is a heritage turkey? It's a naturally mating bird with a slow growth rate (taking 26-30 weeks to mature) that spends most of its long life outdoors. In a Bon Appetit taste test, the Heritage turkey won, 4 out of 5 tasters preferring the Heritage. Learn more about why these turkeys are better and tastier than commercial turkeys.

Wild About Prepared Game Meals

Wild About Prepared Game Meals
  The Rise of Prepared Meals The popularity of prepared meals is rising due to busy lifestyles, with consumers seeking convenient, nutritious opti...

Porterhouse Steak Recipes

Porterhouse Steak Recipes

The porterhouse is the same cut as the T-Bone but from the rear end of the loin thereby including more tenderloin steak. It is the cut the Italians prefer for their steaks and the premium cut at US steak houses. We think it belongs on everyone's grill. 

Ideas for the Holiday Party

Ideas for the Holiday Party
Holiday gatherings, whether they be cocktail and hors d'ouevres affairs, a buffet or a festive sit down dinner, can take less work than it seems - and the easier they are, the more fun you can have. One of time tested ways to keep the party simple is with really great food. Let the food do the work, not the recipe.

The Five French Mother Sauces

The Five French Mother Sauces
For musicians, chords are the structure that enables the artist to build a melody and composition. Similarly, sauces often underpin a recipe and provide the harmonic thread throughout the dish. 

Aged Standing Prime Rib Roast

Aged Standing Prime Rib Roast
Prime Standing Rib Roast Is there anything more truly beautiful than a perfect prime rib? A deep brown crust crackling with salt and fat, sliced op...

How to Cook With Herbs and Spices - The Definitive Guide

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Cooking with herbs and spices expand culinary horizons taking you to far off lands with unique flavors and traditions. Cooking becomes less tedious and more adventurous and interesting. And as comfort levels using diverse herbs and spices increase, the ability and desire to experiment and fuse the flavors and character of one ethnic tradition to another further opens the world of cooking and the joy it can produce.

And herbs and spices are believed, and in many cases proven, to impart important health benefits. We have included a listing of the specific most widely held assessments of each herb and spices' beneficial characteristics in our definitive chart of spices featured below.

And herbs and spices help you create healthier dishes. Ditch the sugar and salt and add some spice to improve and extend your lifestyle and challenge your culinary comfort zone.

Quail Recipes

Quail Recipes

To-Table features two types of quail. The jumbo Coturnix from Cavendish game birds in Vermont and Bandera (Bobwhite) Quail from the Diamond H Ranch. Both are considered the finest. We include recipes for quail, preparation for the poppers and ideas for using quail eggs.

Colorado Lamb Recipes

Colorado Lamb Recipes
 To-Table's current cuts of Colorado all natural lamb are first and foremost from Colorado - with a distinctive and real difference in Flavor and t...

Wild About Mushrooms for Thanksgiving

Wild About Mushrooms for Thanksgiving

The colonists at the first Thanksgiving definitively had venison, and the fowl also could have been wild turkey, but if so, it was a very distant relative of that bird in the supermarket case today. The wild birds (Heritage Turkeys are similar domestic birds) are firmer, and have a rich, intense flavor since they are mostly dark meat. If you decide to go wild here, why not add the produce of the forest floor to the Thanksgiving table? Foragers have been out gathering wild mushrooms and the flavors are perfect for your Thanksgiving Feast.

The Simple Clambake

The Simple Clambake
When you have the best ingredients, simple is best. All Lobsters sold are not the same quality. Some are kept in tanks or pounds for weeks or more. Day boat trapped lobster that was in the ocean the day before you received them makes an incredible and deliciously discernible difference. The same is true for steamer clams.