Borrowed Recipe, Dinner, European, Italian, My Recipe, Recipe Review, Side Dish, Snacks and Appetizers, Wine

Pairing Food with Sicilian Orange Wine

The nutty nose, apricot preserves with orange citrus and a salty finish paired well with the sweet, smokey carrots and lemony walnut gremolata. Continue reading Pairing Food with Sicilian Orange Wine

jonathantnOctober 29, 2017October 29, 2017Leave a comment

Borrowed Recipe, Dinner, Entrée, Middle Eastern, My Recipe, Turkish

Ali Nazik: Smoked Eggplant Yogurt Purée and Ground Beef Stew

Serve the hearty tomato sauce steaming hot over the warm eggplant yogurt purée. The contrast between the hot, meaty acidic sauce and the cooler creamy yogurt purée will delight the palette. Continue reading Ali Nazik: Smoked Eggplant Yogurt Purée and Ground Beef Stew

jonathantnJanuary 9, 2017August 21, 20181 Comment

Dessert, Entrée, European, Hors d'oeuvre, Snacks and Appetizers, Spirits, Vegetarian

Longest Night Party

We invited friends to our Longest Night party to celebrate the Winter Solstice on December 21, 2016 which began at sunset at 4:52 PM, Central Time, in Memphis. To mark the solstice, we turned off all electric ceiling, table and floor lamps in the house and decorated the inside of the house with white votive candles, strings of white electric lights, and white Poinsettias. We placed white candlelit … Continue reading Longest Night Party

jonathantnDecember 22, 2016October 1, 20181 Comment

Bread, Creole, Hors d'oeuvre, Lunch, My Recipe, Side Dish, Snacks and Appetizers, Soul Food

Smoked Pepper Corn Fritters

For this recipe, I used leftover ingredients from other meals in my kitchen: andouille sausage, a jalapeño pepper, a red bell pepper, and scallions. Continue reading Smoked Pepper Corn Fritters

jonathantnDecember 4, 2016October 1, 2018Leave a comment

Borrowed Recipe, Dinner, Lunch, My Recipe, Soup, Vegan, Vegetarian

Smoked Corn and Crookneck Squash Soup

Smoking the corn in this recipe really adds a whole new depth of flavor. Continue reading Smoked Corn and Crookneck Squash Soup

jonathantnSeptember 5, 2016October 1, 2018Leave a comment

Bread, Breakfast, Lunch, My Recipe, Vegetarian

Tomato Sandwiches with Smoked Corn Aioli

I woke up a few minutes before the Cooper-Young Farmer’s Market opened on Satuday with a determination to buy heirloom tomatoes and corn on the cob to make a tomato sandwich with a smoked corn aioli for breakfast. An episode I watched on PBS’s A Chef’s Life introduced me to the idea. I succeeded in finding tomatoes but no corn on the cob at the market. … Continue reading Tomato Sandwiches with Smoked Corn Aioli

jonathantnJuly 23, 2016Leave a comment

Dinner, Entrée, Lunch, My Recipe

Smoked and Slow-Cooked Brisket Sliders

At a party in May, I debuted a tray of sliders made with slow-cooked brisket which received complimentary reviews. I didn’t find a recipe for what I wanted to make back then so I struck out on my own. For the Fourth of July, I revisited this creation and finalized a recipe that I am now comfortable sharing. Memphis and the Mid-South is steeped in traditions … Continue reading Smoked and Slow-Cooked Brisket Sliders

jonathantnJuly 5, 2016July 5, 2016Leave a comment