Unique Food Recipes & Dinner Ideas

Friends to Table - Late Summer Bistecca Menu

by Charles Duke
Friends to Table - Late Summer Bistecca Menu
Its late August and autumn is slipping into the evening air. With the crisp nights come new foods harvested with earthy and warm flavors. We at To-...
Posted in Amorosa Fingerling Potatoes, Bistecca alla Fiorentino, Iberico Ham, Jamon Iberico, Rocky Ford Cantaloupe, Squash Blossoms, Wild Huckleberry Pie

Coming Soon - Seasonal Sourcing Series from Chef Kyle Mendenhall

by Charles Duke
Coming Soon - Seasonal Sourcing Series from Chef Kyle Mendenhall
  One of the reasons we love seasonal food is that it makes cooking, and eating, various foods a unique experience throughout the year. In honor of...
Posted in Buffalo, Dogfish, Hickory greens, Huckleberries, Kyle Mendenhall, Maine Diver Scallops, Peekytoe crab, Seabeans, Seasonal Foods

Wagyu Beef Cooking Tips

by Charles Duke
Wagyu Beef Cooking Tips
  Wagyu is the breed of cattle and can be raised anywhere in the world. Like Bordeaux or Champagne, Kobe is a place, a city in Japan. Kobe beef is...
Posted in kobe, wagyu, wagyu beef, wagyu beef cooking

To-Table's Summer Picnic Ideas

by Charles Duke
To-Table's Summer Picnic Ideas
Summer Picnics: Casual, Varied Foods and Lots of Taste  When you take it outside, in the garden, in the mountains, or on the beach, the menu...
Posted in Summer picnic ideas, To-table summer picnic ideas

Herb Series: Epazote

by Charles Duke
Herb Series: Epazote
  Epazote Epazote is one of those ingredients that will scare a cook off. A lot of people don't know what epazote is..they also don't know what ...
Posted in Epazote, Mexican Seafood Soup, Red Chile Seafood Soup, Seafood Soup

North East Crab, Lobster, shellfish, Haddock, and Dried Seaweed

by Charles Duke
North East Crab, Lobster, shellfish, Haddock, and Dried Seaweed
   Amazingly fresh seafood from Stonington, Maine and Buxton Day Boat Fresh. Here is some general information on the available products. FInd an as...
Posted in Atlantic oysters, buchot mussels, dried seaweed, east coast oysters, Finnan Haddie, hard shell lobster, kombu, lobster, mussels, Oysters, peekytoe crab, Smoked Cod, Smoked Haddock, wakame

Salsa - Simple and Very, Very Fresh

by Charles Duke
Salsa - Simple and Very, Very Fresh
How Fresh Can Salsa Be? Ingredients: 6 Jalapenos Peppers 10 Ripe Roma Tomatoes 3-4 Cloves of Garlic 1 teaspoon Kosher Salt  Preparati...
Posted in Fresh Salsa, Jalapenos, Pico de Guillo, Salsa

Mochomos - A Sonoran Delicacy

by Charles Duke
Mochomos - A Sonoran Delicacy
Now for something completely different and incredibly sensational Introducing Mochomos   Contrasting textures as you chew and unleash the complex ...
Posted in Beef Brisket, Bison Brisket, Buffalo Brisket, Fresh Salsa, Mexican food Recipe, Muchomos, Muchomos Recipe, Sonoran food

Shellfish

by Charles Duke
Shellfish
For great recipe ideas, visit our pinterest board Shellfish Lets get past the first major question: are oysters nature’s Viagra? You have probably ...
Posted in Aphrodisiac, Oysters

Bison

by Charles Duke
Bison
100% grass-fed bison meat has a distinctly natural flavor. It's slightly sweet, just the way nature intended. There is no bland fatty after taste w...
Posted in Bison, Buffalo, Export rib roast, Grass Fed Bison, Grass Fed Buffalo, Tri Tip

Food and Wine Recipe for Short Ribs with Mushrooms and Spring Vegetables

by Charles Duke
Food and Wine Recipe for Short Ribs with Mushrooms and Spring Vegetables
Here is Rory Herrmann's recipe, published in Food and Wine in May of 2011, for Braised short ribs using spring vegetables and mushrooms. Within the...
Posted in Beef Short Ribs, Foraged Mushrooms, Morels, Ramps, Spring Vegetables, Wild Foraged Vegetables, Wild Mushrooms

Late Summer Cooking and Entertaining - With Incentives

by Charles Duke
Welcome to the end of Summer - a great time to show-off or enhance your culinary skills. In these ideas for late summer, you will find a bias for f...