I want to start this post by thanking Fred Wilson, founder of “Back of The Bike” Tours in Saigon, Vietnam, backofthebiketours.com without whom my attempts at recreating this sauce in my West Virginia kitchen would have come to naught. My husband, the chef at our Historic Inn in West Virginia, Read more
I just made a Chili Crisp condiment that is SO good that I literally licked the plate! LOL Chinese Chile Crisp is one of THE “GOAT” all-time great condiments, and I’ve been indulging in it for years- WAY before it got hot and trendy! Good ol’ amazon.com and Walmart.com have Read more
I listened to tales of “unbelievably good” Italian Beef (Portillo’s, Al’s) from my Chicago-born husband, Chef Dan, for Years… but, as a New Yorker, (a polite one), I smiled sweetly, but internally rolled my eyes, thinking: “roast beef with a spicy sauce- what’s the big deal?”, and chalked it up Read more
I don’t post my “foodie” stuff unless they’re really delish, (the disasters remain between me & the trash can, LOL), and this IS DELICIOUS! Chef Dan and I have made “New Haven-Style Clam Pizzas” before- (Chef Dan makes them from scratch- I am the Jus-Rol Carb Queen, LOL), as well Read more
Truffles and I are kind of an old love story. I first enjoyed them when I lived in Italy, eons ago, usually grated on top of pasta, but I didn’t get to have them very often. Truffles are very “earthy” and aromatic, and somewhat of an acquired taste, but I Read more
The other night I created a really delish (and Super lemon-y!) Lemon Cheese-Cream Pasta dish, and as it is an Original Elisse Recipe, I am writing it up here! There are lots of recipes for “Pasta al Limone” online, but this is THE most lemony pasta dish Ever! My motto Read more
My Hanukkah Dreidel Sliders, and Chef Dan’s Sweet Potato Latkes! Happy Foodie Hanukkah! Last month I posted a stock internet photo I post basically every year of a supermarket pack of Hanukkah Sliders on Facebook: It got SO much attention, and SO many people asked if I’d made them, and Read more
Georgian (Gruzini) Roast Chicken with Bazhe Walnut Sauce, served on black rice with walnut oil and Georgian salt, with Rkatsiteli wine from Daveste Vineyards in North Carolina! My connection to Georgia, (the Republic of Georgia, aka Gruzia), is from my service in the Israeli Army, as the printing shop was Read more
I’ve been on a pizza-making kick, as of late, and my previous post: https://southernwestvirginia.org/?p=1427 was essentially a love-song to Jus-Roll “Round & Thin” Pizza Dough, which we recently discovered, and which rocked our foodie world and saved us from Pizza Hut for life! This post is a bit of a Read more
Dan and I have lived in McDowell County, West Virginia for 20 years, but I am from NYC, and lived in Italy, and so I kinda love good pizza… to the point where I sometimes literally dream about Pintaille’s, a long-gone pizzeria in Manhattan, near where I used to live Read more