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If you enjoy pizza as much as I do, then I hope you already are making it at home. A baking stone is a great thing to have for this purpose, but you can use the back of cookie sheet if you don’t. I like thin crust pizza, so I usually stretch my dough a [...]

  One of my all time favorite foods is shrimp. I can eat them all day! I used to buy shrimp that were peeled and deveined already but I recently started buying wild caught white gulf prawns that I peel and devein myself. They are a superior shrimp, in my opinion, to farm raised ones [...]

Shrimp are one of my “go to” foods because they are fast, versatile, and are relatively healthy with low fat and high protein. And they’re delicious. I usually have a bag of frozen shrimp on hand in the freezer. They defrost in a few minutes in a bowl of cold water, so they are a [...]

This is a great recipe if you want to impress. It is surprisingly simple to prepare and very elegant to serve. I live in the Pacific Northwest so I use locally wild caught salmon that has been smoked and cut thin. Lox, essentially, is what you want. Smoked Salmon Parcels Serves 4 to 6 (ramekin/muffin [...]

  These are always a big hit when I serve them at parties so I thought you might like the recipe this time of year. It is easy to vary the number of servings so you can adjust accordingly. Baking the peppers seems to mellow the heat of the jalapenos, but watch the cooking time [...]

  This is a quick and satisfying starter course or a light lunch. The freshness of the tomato and the zip of the lime really add to the tender shrimp and the creamy avocado. Sometimes the simple things are the best. Shrimp Ceviche with Avocado 2 ripe avocados 1 cup small shrimp 1 medium red [...]

  As the summer comes to a close, the vines are overflowing with tomatoes trying to ripen before the first frost. Heirloom tomatoes are my personal favorite for flavor and color. Those perfectly round anemic little things we eat in the winter are simply not the same. There is no comparison. Here I have enjoyed [...]

  This is a very happy accident sort of recipe. I roasted a single poblano pepper on the grill until it was charred and blistered, in order to time how long it took. I then peeled it and cut it into slices but I didn’t know what I was going to do with it. I [...]

  This is a fast and elegant way to serve a simple smoked salmon cream cheese filling in a tasty little bite of crunchy, cool cucumber. Try this one for an elegant dinner party starter or as a nibble at a picnic. Smoked Salmon Cucumber Bites 2 English cucumbers, peeled in stripes, if desired, cut [...]

  This is easy and incredible delicious. Impressive for a party and a great use for those in-season figs and fresh basil! Fig and Basil Bites with Balsamic Drizzle and Feta Cheese 8 ripe figs, sliced in half lengthwise 16 basil leaves, roughly the same size as the figs 3 Tablespoons Jacksonville Mercantile Vanilla-Fig Balsamic [...]