Recipes Archive

BUT I STILL LOVE TO EAT – The journey back from the operating table to the dinner table / Chapter 3 / Back in the Kitchen Again (with recipes)

By Larry Levine – I had no idea how pain medication could mess with my concentration? It was one of the first lessons I learned in the days after I came home from the hospital following quadruple coronary bypass surgery in July 2008. My sternum had been opened wide and wired back together. It was [...]
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PERFECT YELLOW FIN TUNA OR UNIQUE MANGALITSA PIG – What would you pay for a once-in-a-lifetime meal?

By Larry Levine – Would you shell out $500 for dinner – alcohol not included – if you had a money-back guarantee it would be the best meal you ever ate? How about $750? $1,000? What’s the most you ever paid for a pound of tuna fish – sashimi grade? Would you pay $40 a pound for [...]
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HOW TO MAKE AN OMELETTE FOR ANY MEAL – It’s Easy! All you need is a stove top, an omelette pan and an idea

By Larry Levine - There are only three things you need to become kitchen royalty when it comes to omelettes – a stove top, an omelette pan and an idea. Omelettes come from ideas, not from recipes. And even though they appear most frequently in the breakfast section of menus, omelettes can be a wonderful, [...]
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BUT I STILL LOVE TO EAT – The journey back from the operating table to the dinner table – Chapter 2 (with recipe)

By Larry Levine - Here’s the deal. I love food. It’s one of the great passions of my life. I love to shop for food, cook food, eat food, talk about food and Tweet about food. I even created a web site that features restaurant recommendations – www.atLarrys.com – and this online food magazine. If [...]
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COOKING FOR A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN – Chapter Nine – Marna’s Time

By Larry Levine - A light rain was falling the night Marna came into my life. For the next eight months she made the sun shine. Then she left and I was changed in ways I never could have imagined. Marna was the first woman I ever thought of as a permanent part of my [...]
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KITCHEN QUICKIES – Fish Balls (and no smart A#! remarks)

FISH BALLS OK. Go ahead. Get the smart a#! remarks out of your system. If halibut and beef have cheeks, if chickens have fingers, if pork has tenders, why can’t fish have balls? Meat has balls, so why not fish? In a Jewish household it’s called gefilte fish; the French call them quenelles; restaurants around [...]
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KITCHEN QUICKIES – Shrimp & Scallops Chow Mein

By Larry Levine - Before I was released from the hospital after my quadruple coronary bypass surgery in 2008 I was told, among other things, to stay out of Chinese recipes because of the high sodium content of the food. Chinese food had been a favorite of mine since our family spent many Sunday nights [...]
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KITCHEN QUICKIES – Poached Salmon

By Larry Levine - The season for great, northwest wild caught salmon is just around the corner. I’m in Issaquah Washington as I write this and two nights ago our son John prepared a wonderful dinner of troll caught white king salmon on a bed of a spinach salad. He cooked the salmon the parchment [...]
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KITCHEN QUICKIES – Chicken Fricassee

By Larry Levine - Sometimes something magic happens to an old recipe. I’ve been making chicken fricassee at home for decades. Recently I made a mistake at the super market and bought a can of fire roasted diced tomatoes instead of just plain old Roma tomatoes. I didn’t realize my mistake until I was well [...]
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KITCHEN QUICKIES – Linguini with shrimp

By Larry Levine - Whoever invented pasta, shrimp and tomatoes must have had a 9 to 5 job. Give me a nice fresh tomato, some jumbo shrimp and a pantry well stocked with pastas and other basics and I can walk in the door and have you sitting down to eat in a flash. For [...]
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