Grilled Pork Chops with Balsamic Peaches

This is an interesting concept – grilling peaches. Let’s get fancy! One thing I like about these institutional recipe cards is they cover basic methods very clearly, so the user learns the skills needed to create delicious dishes and can transfer this knowledge to future cooking. Even though I still follow recipes for new dishes, … Continue reading

Brandy-Cranberry Glazed Pork

This particular recipe is brought to us by Ralph’s Grocery, leading me to think the former owner lived in California or at least the West. Ralph’s is a grocery chain that is now owned by Kroger, but was originally a regional grocery. The ingredients in this make me think of Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays, so … Continue reading

Passover Prune Compote Cake

Prunes really have a bad reputation, but the really are a nice fruit in the plum family. They just happen to be associated with…regularity. They are a blue-black in color, and most people find them dried or stewed. You used to be able to find them fresh, although I think the demand has dropped off … Continue reading

Passover Kugel

Here’s another Passover dish called Kugel. According to Wikipedia, kugel was traditionally a savory pudding made from egg noodles or potatoes. At some point, different regional tastes created sweet kugel with the addition of sugar and cinnamon. This particular one calls for fruits and nuts. The name comes from the early shape which was a … Continue reading

Fruited Cheese Salad

From the Food section of a newspaper in Van Nuys, CA we find a Fruited Cheese Salad. At first I wasn’t quite sure what exactly that would be, but as it turns out, it belongs in Jello hell. Maybe the canapĂ© recipe off to the side can make up for it. To compensate I included … Continue reading