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Pebble Beach Food and Wine: Living Vicariously!

Don't have 5 grand to jet off to California for Pebble Beach Food and Wine for 4 days of culinary bliss? Neither do we! We compiled a collection of videos of the 2nd annual 2009 event to assist us in living vicariously and pretend that we are there. Sigh. Continue

Added by Heidi on April 18, 2009 at 7:05pm — No Comments

Thanksgiving recipe roundup!

Savory Tv has listed here several of our favorite thanksgiving recipe picks for 2008, including several delicious ways to roast turkey, tempting garlic mashed potatoes and cranberry chutney recipes along with instructional videos from professional chefs. Please join us, and feel free to list any of your personal suggestions in the comments section! Have a a wonderful holiday! Continue

Added by Heidi on November 23, 2008 at 5:03pm — No Comments

French Onion Soup

Autumn has arrived in full swing and we find ourselves betraying our favorite summer foods like a wicked adulteress. We’ve been ditching salads, ignoring the barbecue, and even walking away from one of our best friends, sushi. Instead, our fickle appetites have found a new love, warm and hearty comfort foods. This week our new love is soup, and today, we have a crush on French onion soup. Made of beef broth, onions, croutons, and cheese, this ancient soup has enjoyed a rebirth beginning in the… Continue

Added by Heidi on October 29, 2008 at 1:06am — 1 Comment

Have many types of leftover cheese in the fridge? Make this heavenly french appetizer!

Author and Master Chef Jacques Pépin and his daughter Claudine show us their family French recipe of fromage fort, meaning “strong cheese” in English. This creative appetizer utilizes all of the random small pieces of cheese that you may have stashed in your fridge! Combined with white wine, garlic, and pepper, the end result is a warm cheese blend that may be served on baguette toast or crackers for a heavenly appetizer or snack.… Continue

Added by Heidi on October 21, 2008 at 12:26am — No Comments

All About Asiago Cheese

Welcome to our second edition of the Savory Ingredient spotlight, featuring…drumroll please…Asiago cheese! If Asiago had human personality traits, I would call it vibrant, outgoing, multifaceted, and cheerful, strong, and sincere. If you don’t know Asiago personally, consider befriending it, you may just fall in love. Asiago is officially known and certified as Asiago D.O.P, which stands for Denominazione di Origine Protetta, in english, Protected Designation of Origin. By European law, the ce… Continue

Added by Heidi on October 15, 2008 at 10:30pm — No Comments

Not just for breakfast, the Frittata!

A frittata is an Italian omelet, which, unlike a traditional omelet, is is served open rather than folded, and is typically started on the stovetop and finished in the broiler. Filled with meats, cheese, or vegetables, frittatas are an excellent avenue for leftover food. In Naples, Italy, frittatas (not surprisingly) typically also contain pasta. It is thought by devoted food historians that the frittata has origins predating the omelet, and may have gained popularity in Italy during the observ… Continue

Added by Heidi on October 12, 2008 at 1:40pm — No Comments

The most adorable cooking couple! Gabriele and Debi make an authentic Italian eggplant parmesan

Truly, I think these two are the most adorable couple I have ever seen in a kitchen together, and this may be the sexiest cooking video ever! Striking beauty and actress Debi Mazar, is well known as her role in the film GoodFellas, and currently stars in the series Entourage on HBO. Italian Chef Gabriele Corcos is her husband, and together they are Under The Tuscan Gun, preparing delicious authentic Italian food together with true passion. In this video, Gabriele and Debi prepare Melanzane al… Continue

Added by Heidi on October 3, 2008 at 7:08pm — No Comments