From The Kitchen of Kim & MaryShrimp Scampi in a Garlic Butter Sauce with Pasta Main (Tom and Tracy Note: Two of our favorite places to dine on the road in Southern California or Northern California are at one of the homes of our intrepid traveling companions, Kim and Mary […]

Say “Cheese!” Borough Market Cheese Toastie Main Having returned from our London / Scotland holiday (trip report here), we were in the mood for the delicious Cheese Toastie we devoured at the Kappacasein Stall at the Borough Market in London on a previous trip.  We tried this sandwich on our […]

Corn To Be Wild! Creamed Corn and Pancetta Orzo Main From the Tracy’s Kitchen archives, here is a recipe that I first came across in Bon Appétit magazine and it was our Recipe of the Year for 2008.  I have made this periodically over the years and had forgotten how […]

Scrumptious South Of The Border Enchiladas Some Like It Hot Chicken Enchiladas with Hatch Chile Sauce Main Tom Preface:  (About five years ago, when I was gainfully employed, I interviewed my friend Robert at Melissa’s Produce.  I asked him what was new, and he replied, “Well, it’s almost Hatch Chile […]

Some Like It (Really) Hot Chili Black Bean Chili Chipotle Chili with Steak Main This chili is our go-to meal when the frozen tundra of winter hits Southern California (or when the calendar says it is winter, otherwise how would we know? Seriously, it is supposed to be 80 later […]

Italian Perfection Tom’s Perfect Pumpkin Tuscan Risotto Main Here is a recipe that Tom and I sent out with our Christmas cards in 2005 having deemed it “Tuscan Tom’s Recipe of the Year.”  We had just returned from a three-week vacation to Umbria, Tuscany, Venice, and Rome, so we were […]

Comfort Food Extraordinaire Meat Loaf With A Kick Main While lying on the floor with a bad back watching daytime TV last week (a sad tale of water conservation gone awry), I came upon Chef Jeff Mauro making meatloaf on a show called The Kitchen.  Tom happened to be walking […]