I lOVE me some Green Bean Casserole! This gluten-free version of a classical Green Bean Casserole always finds its proud spot on my holiday menu. We love it, it is simply good! I personally like it made with the fresh french-type green beans. Haricot Verts, if you will. In the absence...
Roast Chicken a la Tatar? But WHY?! As you might know, I grew up in Russia. So my dear Grandmother was a Tatar from the Volga region. If you have never heard of the Volga Tatars, they are Russia’s second largest ethnicity. The Volga Tatars descend from the Bulgars, a...
I got the recipe for this super easy potato casserole from one of my dear American friends. She handed it to me a few years ago after I first tasted it at her house. I asked my friend about the origin of her potato casserole, and she just shrugged her...
Recently I found several Bacon-Wrapped Burger Roll recipes in a few cookbooks that were published back in 1970s. Naturally, they all had the same two ingredients: bacon strips and ground beef. The filling varied from sautéed mushrooms and caramelized onions to tomatoes, cooked rice and cheese. I had spinach and...
Who doesn’t like a good pork loin chop, nice and juicy? So I bought four pounds of pork loin the other day, and the total was only $6.30. The pork loin needed to be cooked sooner than later! My family of three would eat the whole thing all at once,...
Black-eyed peas are a must ingredient in this spectacular Cowboy Caviar appetizer! The recipe was first created by the famous Neiman-Marcus chef Helen Corbitt. She was a New York transplant who lived in worked in Texas back in 1950-1960s. Ms. Corbett rightfully won the reputation of a culinary visionary; she...