MaiTai Tracy’s Kitchen:  Our Favorite Recipes

 

 

 

From Our Kitchen To Yours

“A passion for food is a passion for life” – Old Italian saying

Welcome to MaiTai Tracy’s Kitchen!

Tom and I love to travel … and to eat!  When Tom started Travels With Mai Tai Tom, MaiTai Tracy’s Kitchen was added as a way to help Tom build content.  Somewhere along the way, I realized I enjoyed sharing recipes and really liked writing and taking pictures.  I started by posting some of our favorites recipes from our years of entertaining.  I have kept track of the menus for every single dinner and party we have had at our house since 1999.  We like to host, what can I say?

Our very first party in 1991 was a Blazing Saddles costume party where we served Yankee Bean Soup and Tuna Surprise (food from the movie – not to worry, those recipes are not here).  Our second effort was Thanksgiving, where the turkey erupted in flames.  Apparently, it was a very juicy turkey and the drippings spilled out and caught fire in the oven.  As I recall, everything turned out great despite our beagle snatching a loaf of cranberry bread from the table.

We are much improved since those two efforts.  The recipes I share with you are our favorites; ones that can’t go wrong and that we feel are worth the effort.  Our motto: “Good Food, Great Friends and Fun.” 

On the travel side of things, I am the “Scribe.”  I take copious notes that Tom magically transforms into his trip reports and posts.  These days I also take most of the photos on my iPhone.

I hope you enjoy these recipes as much as we like sharing them!

“People who love to eat are always the best people” – Julia Child

Tracy & Tom

Browse by Course

Breakfast 

Starter

Soup and Salad

Cocktail

Side

Main

Dessert

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February 22, 2018

Cherry ‘N Cream Cheese Pie with Cinnamon & Rice Krispies Pie Crust

Cherry, Cherry Good! Cherry ‘N Cream Cheese Pie with Cinnamon & Rice Krispies Pie Crust Dessert Recently, I was going through my Nana’s recipe cards looking for some old-fashioned inspiration when I came across a handwritten recipe for Creamy Cheese ‘N Cherry Pie made with Post Toasties or Rice Krispies […]
February 9, 2018

Chocolate Chip Orange Scones with Orange Glaze

Scrumptious Scones! Chocolate Chip Orange Scones with Orange Glaze Breakfast  Traveling backward through time to 2002 via the Wayback Machine, a group of us participated in the Wine Road Barrel Tasting tour in Sonoma County.  We stayed at the Farmhouse Inn, located about 20 minutes south of Healdsburg.  What a […]
January 22, 2018

Mango, Arugula, Dragon Fruit Salad with Citrus Vinaigrette

Tracy’s “Chopped” Salad Mango, Arugula, Dragon Fruit Salad with Citrus Vinaigrette Soup & Salad The “Chopped” basket Tom came home with from a Melissa’s Produce event included a box of Melissa’s Coconut Clean Snax with Chia & Flaxseed, Organic Blue Agave Syrup, an Australian Mango and a Yellow Dragon Fruit. […]
January 22, 2018

Leek Fennel Potato Soup with Tarragon, Pancetta, and Seared Scallops

Supper Soup Leek Fennel Potato Soup with Tarragon, Pancetta, and Seared Scallops Soup & Salad Tom came home from Melissa’s Produce event the other day toting, among other things, fennel, Melissa’s Parisian Potatoes, Melissa’s Coconut Clean Snax with Chia & Flaxseed, an Australian Mango, Yellow Dragon Fruit, and agave syrup.  […]
January 5, 2018

Beef and Stout Pie with Stilton Calvados Pastry Top

British Pub Supper (With Help From The Irish & The French) Beef and Stout Pie with Stilton Calvados Pastry Top Main Oddly enough, this recipe started with a diet.  It was New Year’s Eve, and I was purging the refrigerator so Tom and I could attempt yet another diet.  I […]
December 14, 2017

Make Ahead: Tom’s Mom’s Sour Cream and Cream Cheese Mashed Potatoes

Just Like Mom Used To Make! Make Ahead: Tom’s Mom’s Sour Cream and Cream Cheese Mashed Potatoes Side Here at the Casa de Mai Tai Tom & Tracy, there is only one mashed potato recipe that we serve at every Thanksgiving meal, Tom’s Mom’s Make Ahead Mashed Potatoes.  I love […]
December 4, 2017

Almond Tart with Raspberry Sauce

Just Like Mamma Used To Make Almond Tart Recipe with Raspberry Sauce Dessert Returning from our first trip to Italy in 2001, all the Italian food enamored us, especially the desserts (Pignoli cookies gave me the energy to join in a festival in Siena; Zabaglione in Rome; Panna Cotta in, […]
November 17, 2017

Dorie’s Mincemeat Oatmeal Bar Cookies with Bourbon Glaze

Try It, You’ll Like It! Dorie’s Mincemeat Oatmeal Bar Cookies with Bourbon Glaze Dessert Do you have a mincemeat pie fan in your household?  When I first met Tom, I had never even heard of mincemeat pie, let alone tasted one.  But it is a family tradition handed down on […]
November 7, 2017

Cranberry Pineapple Jell-O Mousse

A Side Dish That Fits The Mold Cranberry Pineapple Jell-O Mousse Side Here is an easy make-ahead recipe for your Thanksgiving menu.  This dessert was shared with me by our friend, Helen, who brought it to Thanksgiving dinner a few years ago, and we now always request she make it.  […]
October 31, 2017

Caramelized Bacon & Apple Coffee Cake with Bourbon Bacon Pecan Glaze

Bacon, Bourbon, Apples and More Bacon! Caramelized Bacon & Apple Coffee Cake with Bourbon Bacon Pecan Glaze Breakfast Autumn is taking its sweet time arriving here in lovely Southern California (the hottest opening game in World Series history last week at 103 degrees).  Despite the heat, a few weeks ago […]
October 9, 2017

Wedge Salad with Maytag Blue Cheese Dressing and Pancetta

Maytag Is Back! Wedge Salad with Maytag Blue Cheese Dressing and Pancetta  Soup & Salad Long, long ago (before I even met Tom!), I was lucky enough to work with my friend, Gloria.  On Fridays, Gloria and I would lunch at a restaurant in Long Beach called Simon & Seaforts, and […]
September 22, 2017

Hot Hatch Chile Chicken Enchiladas Suizas

In Search Of The Perfect Chicken Enchilada Hot Hatch Chile Chicken Enchiladas Suizas Main What’s a girl to do when her husband brings home a haul of Extra Hot Hatch Green Chiles courtesy of the very generous Melissa’s Produce?  Roast them!  Tom was once again fortunate to be included in […]
September 1, 2017

Citrus Vodka Martini Delight: The TomTini

A Citrus Vodka Martini With A Twist!The TomTini: Citrus Vodka Martini Delight Cocktail In my trip reports or restaurant reviews, I mention ordering a TomTini on certain occasions.  I have been asked by more than a few, “What is a TomTini?”  Well, it all started back in 2001 on a […]
August 25, 2017

Ghost Pepper Salsa & Carmelized Pineapple

Pineapple Paradise  Ghost Pepper Salsa & Caramelized Pineapple  Side With the last remaining Ghost Pepper from my friend Joseph’s garden, I made a variation of the Caramelized Pineapple Habanero Salsa found in the Best of Ball Home Canning & Preserving book. If you didn’t read my prior post about the […]