Yesterday was my first attempt at making a traditional, authentic Gumbo. I acquired the recipe from Alison Heller, our Cape May County Regional Editor. It was her family’s secret (or not so) recipe which her mother learned from her years living in New Orleans while being pregnant with Alison. She didn’t have a picture to go with the recipe because as she put it “I haven’t mastered the art of making Roux.”
»» Gumbo Recipe: first you make a roux
Filed under: Poultry,Recipes,Sausage,Soup,one pot dishes | Deborah Smith, Gumbo recipe, making roux|1 Comment
I’ve always enjoyed fostering our family’s food traditions around the holidays. Thanksgiving would not be the same without John’s homemade apple pie, and my kids would disown me if the customary loaf of Irish Soda bread did not appear in their college mailboxes in March. As is the case with many families, our food traditions have provided a comforting and familiar ritual that we all cherish.
»» Fast and Filling Turkey Soup-A Holiday Tradition
Filed under: Holidays,Recipes,Soup | Beth Christian, Thanksgiving|4 Comments
Executive Chef Piliouras brings a wealth of experience and excitement to his role as executive chef and partner of Nisi Estiatorio, opened in Englewood, New Jersey in January 2009. (See today’s review in the Bergen Record) His brilliant cooking technique for creating authentic Greek foods using classical techniques and the finest quality ingredients available is one that he developed throughout a long and lauded career cooking in some of this country’s finest Greek and American establishments.
»» Executive Chef John Piliouras makes Chicken Avgolemono
Filed under: Featured Chef Recipes,Restaurants,Soup | Englewood|3 Comments
This is a Jersey Bites original recipe and a really delicious one. I originally made this Tomato Soup in September 2008 for the Foodbuzz, 24, 24, 24 event.
»» Creamy Tomato Basil Soup Recipe
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You are going to love me for this one, I promise. This chowder is so good it’s Aspen ski lodge good. It’s seaweed spa treatment good. Heck, it’s even itchy, winter skin back scratch good.
»» Spicy Corn Chowder with Chorizo
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On this frosty 20 something degree day here in New Jersey, I got to thinking about soup and about the millions of recipes floating around out there on the web.
»» Soup Recipes: A collection of best soup recipes
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This recipe comes from my friends at MarxFoods who I am excited to introduce to you as a new contributor to Jersey Bites. »» Sausage, Escarole & White Bean Soup
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