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Author name: Jan Robert

Sausage Wonton Wraps

The Robert/Walker/Toca/Hellmuth Christmas Eve celebration is built on the tradition of lots of wonderful appetizers that are served during an extended cocktail hour as the kids run wild and pray for the call to open presents. My cousin Lisa Hellmuth Zenor, or “Aunt Lisa” as she is known to my children, has a few specialties […]

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Foodies and Friends

Something Old, Something New MY NORTHSHORE COUSINS and I rotate the Christmas Eve family celebration each year. This year it is my turn. My mind is swirling, already making list upon list, paging through worn cookbooks for the old, tried and true, traditional family recipes and perusing food blogs for bright new ideas. I begin

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Coq au Vin

Ingredients: 3–4 ounces bacon, cut into small strips Cooking oil 2.5-3 lb frying chicken ½ teaspoon salt 1/8 teaspoon pepper ¼ cup cognac 3 cups red wine preferably Burgundy 1–2 cups beef stock 1 tablespoon tomato paste 2 cloves garlic ¼ teaspoon thyme 1 bay leaf 12–24 pearl onions ½ pound mushrooms 3 tablespoons flour

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Salmon Verrine Recipe

Horseradish Cream INGREDIENTS 4 oz cream cheese 4 TBS fresh grated horseradish root OR prepared horseradish sauce to taste 2 sprigs fresh dill 7 (or more) TBS heavy cream 1/8 tsp salt DIRECTIONS Blend everything in a food processor.  Add more heavy cream if you like a thinner sauce.  Add more horseradish sauce if you

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