Recipes and Ruminations

August 31, 2004

Glass Noodle Salad Wraps

Filed under: Dinner Recipes — Cuisine at home Magazine Recipes @ 3:25 pm
While the glass noodles tell your guests it's something special, this summery salad is easy. It's great with an Asian-stir fry dinner but offers plenty of wonderful eastern flavor all by itself...

August 24, 2004

Pineapple Upside-down Cake Sundaes

Filed under: Dinner Recipes — Cuisine at home Magazine Recipes @ 1:56 pm
Talk about a perfect match ? summertime and sundaes. They're the ultimate dessert for eating out on the porch, watching the lightning bugs and dying embers from the grill. But be sure to take time to make the sauce. Store-bought doesn't hold a candle to homemade. This one can be made ahead, chilled, and rewarmed in a microwave or double boiler....

August 17, 2004

New York Strip Steaks with Herb Butter

Filed under: Dinner Recipes — Cuisine at home Magazine Recipes @ 5:21 pm
High heat, simple seasonings, and herbed butter ? these are the beginnings of the perfect steak. Cooking a strip steak (known as a New York or Kansas City strip) encompasses most steak grilling techniques. Only thick steaks like a 2-inch porterhouse or rib steak are cooked differently....

August 10, 2004

Thousand Island Dressing

Filed under: Dinner Recipes — Cuisine at home Magazine Recipes @ 3:45 pm
Today's mainstream or bottled Thousand Island dressing is miles from what was created by a fishing guide's wife at the turn of the 20th century. The "islands" (flavorful bits of onion, relish, and egg) have been all but wiped out over time. But in this recipe they're back ? a tribute both to flavor and the dressing's home in the island-rich lake area of upstate New York....

August 3, 2004

Summery Corn Soup

Filed under: Dinner Recipes — Cuisine at home Magazine Recipes @ 1:34 pm
Here's a hearty vegetarian soup with plenty of body. Making stock takes time, but it's worth it. The extra flavor from the corn cobs is the key to this soup....