Susan Manlin Katzman | Sweet Leisure

SUNSHINE INN GARDEN OF EDEN SALAD

It’s been my favorite salad for at least 50 years. Through thick and thin; through Nouvelle, Fusion, California and New American Cuisines; through fast food, slow food, farm-to-table, ethnic and international cooking movements, I have loved the Sunshine Inn salad above all others. My sort of comfort food. My family thinks so as well. The […]

CAFE NOVA SPANAKOPITA

KATERINA SHESHI Cafe Nova St. Louis, Missouri Born and raised in communist Albania, Katerina Sheshi knows about oppression and hard work. She learned to cook from her mother and expanded her skills during her formative years by working in restaurants watching the “good cookers” who ran them. Katerina became such a proficient cook that the […]

¶ Posted 15 May 2021 § CHEESE § ENTREES § FAVORITE RECIPES/FAMOUS PEOPLE § IMMIGRANT CHEFS § MISSOURI § RECIPES § RESTAURANTS § ST. LOUIS § Uncategorized ‡ Comments Off ° Tagged: Albanian spinach pie, Cafe Nova, Katerina Sheshi, Spanakopita, St. Louis restaurant

TIM BRENNAN, CRAVINGS AND BANANA BREAD

Tim Brennan knew what he was doing when he named his bakery/cafe Cravings. Anyone sampling his offerings is apt to develop cravings happily ever after.

¶ Posted 30 April 2021 § BREADS § COOKIES § DESSERTS § MISSOURI § RECIPES § RESTAURANTS § ST. LOUIS ‡ Comments Off ° Tagged: Banana Bread, cooking classes, Cravings, pastries, Tim Brennan, Webster Groves, wedding cakes

PIZZA BIANCA. PIZZA ROSSA. PIZZA PERFECTION.

Lo and Behold—my photographer son, Mark Katzman, has started cooking. He’s not been interested before—and why should he have been, being married to a fabulous cook, Hilary Skirboll, who puts glorious meals on the table that would eclipse any effort on his part. Nevertheless he is cooking, but not just cooking ordinary stuff—he’s going for […]

¶ Posted 08 April 2021 § CHEESE § CONDIMENTS § ENTREES § RECIPES § ROME § SAUCES § Uncategorized ‡ Comments Off ° Tagged: Forno Campo de'Fiori, pizza, pizza bianca, pizza rossa, pizza sauce

BEAUTIFUL LIVING FROM CAL-A-VIE

I don’t know Terri Havens, but I am astounded by her creations. Everything that Terri touches seems imbedded in splendor. I love the georgous Cal-a-Vie Health Spa that she and her husband own in the lavender-scented hills of Southern California. I adore the spa’s majestic setting, the flowers, the French antiques, the bedrooms, the public […]

¶ Posted 18 March 2021 § ACCOMMODATIONS § BOOKS § CALIFORNIA § CHOCOLATE § COOKBOOK REVIEWS § DESSERTS § DIETS § RECIPES § RESORTS § SPAS § Uncategorized § VISTA § WINE ‡ Comments Off ° Tagged: avocado, Beautiful Living, Cal-a-Vie, CHOCOLATE, Chocolate Mousse, health spa

BEST LEMON MINI BUNDT CAKES

Many years ago my husband and I were at the top of Nohoch Mul Pyramid at Coba (Yucatan Peninsula) admiring the view when we heard a voice drift up from below, “Ya ba wor it?” the voice asked. Looking down we saw a small old woman, hands like parentheses around her mouth, shouting up to […]

¶ Posted 19 February 2021 § CAKE § DESSERTS § RECIPES ‡ Comments Off ° Tagged: bundt, buttermilk, cakes, lemon

BEST EVER LAMB BURGER

Mary had a little lamb And spinach topped with cheese. She also had some buttered bread And seconds on the peas. She had some cream of celery soup, And fluffy mashed potatoes, And lots of Roquefort dressing On thickly sliced tomatoes. She had a wedge of apple pie, A piece of chocolate cake, A slice […]

¶ Posted 04 February 2021 § BARS § BEER § COLORADO § DRINKS § ENTREES § PAGOSA SPRINGS § RECIPES § RESTAURANTS § SANDWICHES § Uncategorized ‡ Comments Off ° Tagged: burgers, cucumber relish, lamb, lemon oregano aioli, Pagosa Springs, Riff Raff Brew Pub & Eatery, Riff Raff Brewing Company, The Big Lambowski

KEY LIME PIE

We met in Miami when I was barely into adolescence. Despite being tender and impressionable, I fell deeply in love. Even today, much older and shamefully experienced, my desire remains passionately alive and unrelenting. Granted the object of my affection is as rich as sin and rich is a powerful aphrodisiac, but rich isn’t all. […]

¶ Posted 23 January 2021 § DESSERTS § FLORIDA § FLORIDA KEYS § ISLANDS § LITTLE PALM ISLAND § PIES § RECIPES § RESORTS ‡ Comments Off ° Tagged: cashews, condensed milk, Florida Keys, key lime pie, key limes, Little Palm Island

YALANCHI SARMA by NANCY MEHAGIAN

Nancy Mehagian filled her life with an abundance of travel, sex, drugs and food. For a peek at her passion-filled, delicious life and a copy of her favorite recipe for Yalanchi Sarma (chilled Stuffed Grape leaves), read on: