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Chicken Salads

When I cooked the chicken yesterday, I knew that some of it was going to become salads, today. I don't often plan meals in advance, but cooking a whole chicken is a lot of chicken - and we all know
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Desserts

Grape Clafoutis

I was looking for a quick dessert and just happened to have some grapes in the 'fridge. Next thing I knew, there was a clafoutis in the oven! Clafoutis is a French dessert that is traditionally made with cherries with the
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Tim in the Kitchen

Fregola

Close to 8 years ago, I bought a bag of fregola, cooked it up, wrote about it, and promptly forgot about it. Evidently, it didn't make an impression on me. A few days ago, I was reading an article about Sardinia
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Bread

Hamburger Buns

It's an absolutely gorgeous, sunny day, out there - a perfect day for firing up the grill and cooking some burgers. That, of course, means making hamburger buns! I know that any normal person would run down to the store
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Victor in the Kitchen

Breaking Out the Big Pots

While I was toiling away at work, today, Victor was at home making a big batch of sauce. We haven't had any sauce downstairs for weeks - and I can't tell you how much I've missed it. I really get
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Tim in the Kitchen

Chicken Skewers on the Grill

Kabobs, brochettes, skewers, satays... With apologies to Shakespeare, meat on a stick by any other name would smell as sweet. Or savory, as the case may be. Back in the Dark Ages of my restaurant cooking, if we cooked it on
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Desserts

Peach Upside Down Cake

In keeping with our mini-dessert theme, Victor headed into the kitchen and made a mini Peach Upside Down Cake - and it is outrageously good! It's one of those things that is so basic in concept and so over the
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Tim in the Kitchen

Smoky Peach Strawberry Whiskey BBQ Sauce

Whaddaya do with 2 peaches, a handful of strawberries, and some onion and tomato left over from morning bagels? Why... you make barbecue sauce, of course! I had been thinking about making some BBQ sauce for a few days - and
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Desserts

Chocolate Cake For Two

We have dessert every night. Yep. Every night. 7pm. The Jeopardy theme song starts playing, Blanche perks up, and dessert is served. Every night. Blanche gets her two cookies and we get cookies, cakes, pies, ice cream - sometimes even something
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Pecan-Crusted Catfish

We did a trek to the Wayne Music Festival this afternoon. Heard some fun music, bought a new pair of handmade thongs - that's flip-flops for the non-Californians - with a lifetime guarantee. I remember years ago when we were
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Other Stuff

Food, Travel, and No More

Can I ever relate to that quote... I heard about Anthony Bourdain killing himself this morning, and my first thought was along the lines of wouldn't it be nice if we could all choose the place and time of our own
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Tim in the Kitchen

Shrimp and Artichokes and Pasta

When I was taking the shrimp and artichoke hearts out of the freezer at 3:15 this morning, I was thinking risotto for dinner. 3 ayem was a bit chilly outside - not cold, just a bit of chill in the
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Tim in the Kitchen

Dinner Salads

Tonight's dinner is brought to you by yesterday's lunch. Our friend, Susan, came over from Princeton for lunch and a pasta-making lesson from Cucinare Victor. I've known Susan since we worked together at San Francisco General Hospital almost 30 years ago.
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Desserts

Lemon Blackberry Pound Cake

I love it when I come home and there's a fresh dessert waiting for me! While I usually get (take?!?) all the credit for being the baker in the family, Victor ain't no slouch - and his repertoire keeps growing! His latest
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Pork Chops and Apples

Dinner was definitely going to be pork chops, tonight. I had taken them out of the freezer at 3:30 this morning before getting ready for work. I don't often figure out what I'm going to do with something until I'm
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Strip Steaks and Fried Onions

Summertime... and the grillin' is easy... Okay. It's three weeks to summer - but the grillin' is easy! Three weeks to summer and four weeks to retirement. The grillin' is going to be even easier. Retirement. I still haven't totally wrapped my
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Bread

Hamburger Buns

I'm not sure what it says about me when I'd rather bake homemade hamburger buns than drive a mile to the grocery store. I'm not in a real people mood, today, so it's probably best that I don't head out
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Desserts

Banana Pound Cake Pudding

The problem with making desserts around here is there's only two of us eating them. There comes a point, once in a while, where something goes stale before we can finish it. I've pretty much stopped trying to freeze things,
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Holidaze

Memorial Day 2018

It is dark and bleak outside. The rain is coming down in buckets. I guess it's kinda fitting for a Memorial Day weekend - the weekend where we're supposed to honor those who have died defending our country. This isn't Veteran's
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Both of Us in the Kitchen

Pork Tenderloin

The planned dinner tonight was a pork tenderloin. Planned, as in I took a pork tenderloin out of the freezer. I had no idea what I was going to do with it, but then, that's not unusual. I tend to
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Tim in the Kitchen

Otway Fields Salts

Today was a great day. First, the nice UPS man arrived with my new mandoline blade. His arrival was perfect timing. Blanche heard the truck - she literally goes out of her mind over the UPS truck - and went
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Victor in the Kitchen

Roasted Garlic Gnocchi with Pesto

Okay. I just had the best gnocchi I have ever had in my life. Really. No hyperbole, no exaggeration. Perfect pillows of flavor nestled in pesto. O.M.G. A dear friend of ours called him yesterday wanting a bit of gnocchi advice. Susan
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Tim in the Kitchen

Sweet and Spicy French Dressing

The latest issue of Fine Cooking magazine has arrived just in time for tonight's dinner! I was at the produce market yesterday and was planning salads for dinner, tonight. The store, Gentile's in Newtown Square, is about 15 minutes from us
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Desserts

Bourbon Glazed Pound Cake with Peaches

“Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to greatness.” ― Oscar Wilde I must admit that I didn't realize that was an Oscar Wilde quote until I went to look it up. I was thinking of the first
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Tim in the Kitchen

Sunday Seafood Supper

It's Sunday. That's a use up what's in the house day, because Monday is shopping. I had some cod that I wanted to use, and also peppers from last night... I thought a pepper and tomato sauce with spaghetti might be
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Tim in the Kitchen

Chicken Stew, Drop Biscuits, and Royal Weddings

Okay. I'm not a royal watcher. I have nothing against filthy rich people who never have to worry about where their next tin of Beluga 000 is coming from, I just have nothing in common with them. I mean... I've
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Desserts

Cherry Crumb Pie

It may seem early for cherries, but after tasting some this morning, I knew they were coming home with me! It seems I haven't made a cherry pie in a while - or, I didn't blog about it. That's a possibility,
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Both of Us in the Kitchen

Artichokes

I brought home a couple of really nice artichokes, today. I am a big fan of artichokes. They were a special treat back when I was a kid. Mom would always steam them and we'd have mayonnaise to dip the
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Victor in the Kitchen

Orecchiette with Chicken and Asparagus

I called home at lunch, today, and, as per usual, we talked about dinner. It's usually a take something out of the freezer, or what did you have in mind... There was already a big package of chicken in the
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Tim in the Kitchen

Salmon with Fennel and Leeks

There's a storm a'brewin' outside... We're expecting hail, 70 mph winds... thunder and lightening... It's looking pretty eerie... Blanche is under my desk, right now. She went to the back door, looked out, looked up at me, and decided she was
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Tim and Victor's Totally Joyous Recipes

Welcome to the site!

We have recipes from family reunions, heart-healthy from the ’90s, artery-clogging from the ’60’s, rustic breads, gooey desserts, hundreds of recipes from friends and family, quick and easy ideas, and whatever we decided to pull together for dinner.
Eclectic, to say the least.

And eclectic really does sum up what it’s all about – fun food for fun people with something for any occasion.

Peruse the site and have some fun! There are several thousand recipes just waiting for you!

Tim in the Kitchen

Fregola

Close to 8 years ago, I bought a bag of fregola, cooked it up, wrote about it, and promptly forgot about it. Evidently, it didn’t make an impression on me. A few days ago, I was reading an article about Sardinia and it mentioned fregola. Intrigued, I decided to buy some ...

by Tim Dineen

Victor in the Kitchen

Breaking Out the Big Pots

While I was toiling away at work, today, Victor was at home making a big batch of sauce. We haven’t had any sauce downstairs for weeks – and I can’t tell you how much I’ve missed it. I really get the concept and convenience of jarred pasta sauce – I&...

by Tim Dineen

Both of Us in the Kitchen

Pork Tenderloin

The planned dinner tonight was a pork tenderloin. Planned, as in I took a pork tenderloin out of the freezer. I had no idea what I was going to do with it, but then, that’s not unusual. I tend to kinda wing things, ya know?!? After bacon, the tenderloin is pretty much the w...

by Tim Dineen

Bread

Hamburger Buns

It’s an absolutely gorgeous, sunny day, out there – a perfect day for firing up the grill and cooking some burgers. That, of course, means making hamburger buns! I know that any normal person would run down to the store and pick up a pack. And we all know that the las...

by Tim Dineen

Desserts

Grape Clafoutis

I was looking for a quick dessert and just happened to have some grapes in the ‘fridge. Next thing I knew, there was a clafoutis in the oven! Clafoutis is a French dessert that is traditionally made with cherries with the pits – along with milk that has been steeped i...

by Tim Dineen

Holidaze

Memorial Day 2018

It is dark and bleak outside. The rain is coming down in buckets. I guess it’s kinda fitting for a Memorial Day weekend – the weekend where we’re supposed to honor those who have died defending our country. This isn’t Veteran’s Day weekend – it...

by Tim Dineen

THE COOKBOOK COLLECTIONS

Family
and
Friends

This is a collection of recipes from family and friends, TV personalities, and stuff just found along the way. There are handwritten recipes from long-gone relatives and things we’ve recently found. There’s no real rhyme or reason to anything other than they’re things we like. Because that’s really what it’s all about.

THE RECIPES
THE COOKBOOK COLLECTIONS

Outrageous
Holiday
Cooking

These are recipes shared by our wonderful family and friends. Recipes that have been handed down over the years as well as fun foods newly created. A one-stop-shop for all your Holiday Cooking!

THE RECIPES
THE COOKBOOK COLLECTIONS

Family Reunion
Recipes
One

Family recipes shared at our first Family Reunion at Fort Robinson, Nebraska in 1986. They run the gamut from savory to sweet - with something for everyone.

THE RECIPES
THE COOKBOOK COLLECTIONS

Family Reunion
Recipes
Two

Family recipes shared at our second Family Reunion at Fort Robinson, Nebraska in 1996. Even more fun foods!

THE RECIPES
THE COOKBOOK COLLECTIONS

Tim's
Mom's
Cookbooks

Here it is! Tim’s Mom’s collection of recipes from the 1960’s and 1970’s. Days when cooking was definitely more fun and adventurous! The two original loose leaf binders contain recipes culled from magazines and newspapers, as well as handwritten recipes by her, her mother, and other friends and relatives.

THE RECIPES
THE COOKBOOK COLLECTIONS

Recipes
From The
Heart

These recipes were created for the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics at the University of California, San Francisco Medical Center by menu and recipe coordinator Christine Leishman, who has extensive experience in some of San Francisco’s finest restaurants. They are for anyone who is serious about cooking and eating delicious and healthful foods.

THE RECIPES
THE COOKBOOK COLLECTIONS

Little Gram's
Cookbook

“Little Gram” was Mary Ferante, nee Taomina. She was our sister-in-law Marie’s Grandmother, and, while not exactly a blood relation to us, was nevertheless “Little Grandma” to us as well. She was spry, active, and ready to talk politics or cooking right up to her passing in July 2008 at 105. Yes, one hundred and five.

THE RECIPES
THE COOKBOOK COLLECTIONS

Recipes
From
Villa Modica

The villa is located in Modica, province of Ragusa, in Sicily – in the southeastern corner of the island. Close to Syracusa, Catania, and easy driving to Mount Etna, it’s the perfect location. And the food. The food. The food...

THE RECIPES
THE COOKBOOK COLLECTIONS

Quick Meals
In
Minutes

These are mostly recipes created when Tim was doing demo work. They are quick and easy - and should really take only minutes to throw together.

THE RECIPES

Chicken Salads

When I cooked the chicken yesterday, I knew that some of it was going to become salads, to...

Food Stuff

Tim Dineen
Grape Clafoutis

I was looking for a quick dessert and just happened to have some grapes in the ‘frid...

Desserts

Tim Dineen
Fregola

Close to 8 years ago, I bought a bag of fregola, cooked it up, wrote about it, and promptl...

Tim in the Kitchen

Tim Dineen
Hamburger Buns

It’s an absolutely gorgeous, sunny day, out there – a perfect day for firing u...

Bread

Tim Dineen
Breaking Out the Big Pots

While I was toiling away at work, today, Victor was at home making a big batch of sauce. W...

Victor in the Kitchen

Tim Dineen
Chicken Skewers on the Grill

Kabobs, brochettes, skewers, satays… With apologies to Shakespeare, meat on a stick ...

Tim in the Kitchen

Tim Dineen
Peach Upside Down Cake

In keeping with our mini-dessert theme, Victor headed into the kitchen and made a mini Pea...

Desserts

Tim Dineen