Here at Spectacularly Delicious we strive to present a little bit of something for everybody -- in the USA and the big wide world beyond. With our 2012 readership growing in such far flung reaches as Fiji, Laos and Azerbaijan perhaps, just maybe, we are inching along toward that goal. So let's close out the year with a look at the most popular stories and recipes visited by … [Read more...]
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HOME MADE CHICKEN AND SHITTAKE SAUSAGES: SISTERS ARE DOIN’ IT FOR THEMSELVES
The Hip Girl's Guide to Homemaking -- how can you not love the name of this blog? Written by Kate, a flashy cook, who sticks to things that are alarming as opposed to required (sound familiar?). She's author as well of this book with the same name. I've been following Kate and HGGH for a while and not just for the recipes -- stuff like a … [Read more...]
WHY YOU SHOULD MAKE YOUR OWN SAUSAGES
There are many reasons and benefits of making your own sausages, not the least of which is the enjoyment of the process. Grinding the meats and other ingredients and seeing the casings steadily grow as the stuffing is extruded from the filler funnel is very satisfying. It's primal; it's mad-scientist; it's fun and … [Read more...]
TURDUCKEN SAUSAGE: ORIGINAL GOURMET RECIPE
Until now I'd thought that the monster that is Turducken (a turkey stuffed with a duck stuffed with a chicken) sprang fully-formed from the head of Chef Paul Prudhomme, a Zeus and Athena kind of thing. Probably due to the go go days of ragin' Cajun cuisine, when everything was blackened-this, Zydeco-that, and we cared about the difference … [Read more...]
10 BEST GIFTS FOR COOKS
Here are our favorite foodie gifts with easy links to purchase. But whatever you might be shopping for make this Christmas extra-special (for SpecD that is) and always enter Amazon.com via the ad link on the right hand side of this page. 1. Paderno Stainless Steel Truffle Shaver ($46) -- although one might not often have the pleasure of blizzards of truffle slivers … [Read more...]
DUBLIN LAWYER: LOBSTER IN WHISKEY CREAM SAUCE
Every time March rolls around the search for new Irish recipes commences. After all, corned beef only gets you so far. Even at its most creative (St. Patrick's Day sausages anyone?) it is still corned beef. That's not to say there aren't a lot of tasty Hibernian dishes. Witness General Vegetable Soup and the Sullivan family's soda bread recipe. A few notches up the gourmet … [Read more...]
JULIA DELLA CROCE’S SPECTACULAR LENTIL SOUP
I got involved in the Kips Bay Boys and Girls Club Decorator Show House this spring -- House Beautiful partnered with KitchenAid and designer Christopher Peacock to create an über glam kitchen in a grand Manhattan townhouse. Helping pull the kitchen together, working with the above and as well as friends at Caesarstone, Grothouse Lumber and Frontgate, was a lot of fun and the … [Read more...]
ST. LOUIS WORLD’S FAIR HOT DOGS
The impact of the spectacular St. Louis 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition still resounds lo these 108 years later. Among other splendors, the fair launched the careers of the hot dog (St. Louis World's Fair Hot Dog recipe here), the waffle cone, peanut butter, iced tea, cotton candy and Dr. Pepper. Sadly there are those who will dispute these culinary creds. I feel sorry … [Read more...]
PASTA AL DUOMO: BAKED PASTA MOLD
In setting out to write this recipe for Pasta al Duomo, an architectural marvel of baked pasta with summer vegetables named in honor of Florence's famous cathedral, my mind strays to snippets of lyrics attributed to another Catholic icon, Evita Peron. "It won't be easy, you'll think it … [Read more...]
10 RULES FOR SPECTACULAR PAELLA
Once you get the hang of paella, which won't take long if you heed these simple guidelines, you will be able to spread your wings and fly with any combination of tasty enhancements that strike your fancy. After years of academic study (reading tons of recipes) and hands-on trial and error (lots of trial, minimal error -- I said … [Read more...]