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Beef and Mushrooms

We were having a conversation with some friends the other day about cooking. Some of us are intuitive cooks - you open the 'fridge, see what's in there, and cook dinner. Others of us need everything in place with step-by-step
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Parmesan Pepper Biscotti

Victor was perusing some old Gourmet Magazines looking for some inspiration when he found a recipe for Parmesan and Black Pepper Biscotti. It's the Year of the Biscotti around here, so we had to make them! I mean... without even looking at
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Chicken Grand-Mère Francin

Tonight's dinner comes to us from our friend, Ann, up north in the frozen tundra. Winter is a great time to fire up the oven and warm up the house, and this is a good reason to enjoy the fact
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Holidaze

The Year of the Biscotti

Sometime last Spring, we were talking about Christmas Cookies. I know... Spring and Christmas don't necessarily go together in most households, but... welcome to ours. I think we had just made a batch of biscotti and thought about how many different
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The End of Week Twenty-Two

I am down 41 pounds since July 15th. Forty-One Pounds! Victor didn't make the gym today because he caught a cold and didn't want to share it with the world - but he is most likely there, as well, since
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Pork and Cauliflower

Tonight's dinner is brought to you by purple cauliflower from the Lancaster Farmer's Market. I went down to the fish store today to buy some dungeness crab for Christmas Eve. We'll be making Crab Cioppino for dinner that night - La
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Turkey Cutlets

What do you do when you have a boneless turkey breast that is way bigger than you want to cook?!? If you said make some cutlets and freeze them, you'd be doing just what I did! I don't remember exactly
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Steak and Horseradish

My impulse buy at the store on Friday was a piece of fresh horseradish. I haven't done much with fresh horseradish over the years, so, seeing it in its little basket in the produce section of the local Wegmans got
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Chicken and Broccoli

I think I have mentioned more than a few times that Chinese - or any Asian - cooking really isn't my forte. Growing up in San Francisco - where even bad Chinese restaurants are good - I never really learned
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Beef and Mushrooms with Polenta

I got the (hopefully) last of the Christmas decorations up. I decided I wasn't going to do anything outside this year - and then I saw the lights at Niagara Falls. After seeing how easy they did them - and
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The End of Week Twenty-One

I was prepared to get on the scale today and see an increase. After being gone for four days, eating nothing but restaurant food and train food, my biggest hope was that I didn't gain more than a pound. What
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Shrimp Risotto

I was thinking seafood of some sort for dinner tonight, when I realized it's been a while since I made risotto. Time to combine the two ideas and make a shrimp risotto, right?!? Right! Risotto really is one of the easiest
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The End of Week Twenty

Twenty Weeks. Who woulda thunk we'd be going to the gym and losing weight for twenty flippin' weeks?!? Certainly not me! I do have to admit that this has been something clear out of the realm of possibility for me. Actually going
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Cornish Game Hen

I couldn't tell you the last time I had a Cornish Game Hen. Probably back in my hotel days, somewhere, and probably left over from a banquet. One of the Hyatts I worked in served a lot of them for
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Pork Chops and Sweet Potatoes

I'm getting old and the outside is getting cold. It's still above freezing - barely - but the wind is blowing like a banshee - making the wind-chill seem colder than a witches well-digger. Or something. Definitely cold enough to
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Orecchiette with Olives

One week from right now, we will be on the train to Niagara Falls. In fact, we will almost be there, having just shuffled past Buffalo. Other than a drive-through this past summer, I haven't been to Buffalo since 1994
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Victor in the Kitchen

Sweet Potato Gnocchi

The fun thing about decorating at our house is even after we're all done, we still find things to decorate. We'll be adding a bit here or a bit there for another few days - and probably more if we
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The End of Week Nineteen

It's the end of week nineteen, our Twenty-Fourth Anniversary, and our Annual Turkey Soup and Christmas Decorating Day! We'll start with the end of Week Nineteen: We made it through Thanksgiving and still managed to lose a pound and a half!
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Not Turkey

Back in the Dark Ages when I used to make pizzas, the night before Thanksgiving was one of the busiest nights of the year. Moms were not about to cook a big dinner when the following day they were chained
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Desserts

Pumpkin Pecan Cheesecake

'Tis the season to eat pumpkin - and while pumpkin pie is one of my most favorite desserts, a pumpkin cheesecake ain't too shabby, either - especially when pecans and maple syrup are included! We're bringing a couple of desserts and
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Turkey Pot Pie

This is fun - while everyone else in the world is anticipating their turkey, we're already into the leftovers! For lunch, we had our first turkey sandwiches on (homemade) white bread, with mayonnaise, dressing, and cranberry sauce. They're a tradition
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Talkin' Turkey

Today is Monday. Thanksgiving is Thursday. It's the perfect day to cook a turkey. We're not hosting, this year, but we still need a turkey of our own for sandwiches, soup, and all of the other fun things one does with
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Cavatappi and Christmas

I know, I know... let's get Thanksgiving over with before we start with Christmas - and I really do agree - but this retirement thing has me wound up and rarin' to go. After hitting the gym this morning, I headed
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Victor in the Kitchen

Pasta e Ceci

We were watching America's Test Kitchen the other night when they made a Pasta e Ceci - Pasta and Chickpeas. We tend to watch the show and mock them because they can take the simplest recipe and overly-complicate and radically change
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The End of Week Eighteen

I did it, boys and girls! I officially weigh under 200 pounds! Granted, it is by a mere one pound, but I'm under, dammit! Victor broke the barrier a couple of weeks ago and is now closer to 190. I'd call
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Thirteen Years of Food Blogging

It has been thirteen years since I started this food blog - thirteen years! In that time, I've written 2244 posts and added an additional 2258 recipes from Friends, Family, and things just found along the way. That's a lot of
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Desserts

Pistachio Biscotti

Here's something we haven't had in the house in a while - biscotti! They haven't been a part of the weight-loss regimen. In fact, they're still not - but we have a friend coming over tomorrow and we can't just
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Steaks on the Barbie

It's in the low 40s outside - perfect grilling weather. We grill year-round and our poor grill really takes a beating. I never quite get around to cleaning it up and closing it down for the season - or cleaning
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Candele Pasta and Homemade Sourdough Rolls

I've been dying to check out this pasta ever since I saw Marianne Esposito cook it on one of her Ciao Italia programs. It's called candele because it's supposed to resemble the candles used in religious processions. Gotta love those
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Steaks and Onions

Sweet caramelized onions atop a perfectly-cooked steak is one of life's little pleasures. Add mashed white sweet potatoes and it's pure bliss. The sweet potatoes were boiled and then riced - I love that ricer - and then a handful of
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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!

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!

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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.

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Family Reunion
Recipes
Two

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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...

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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

Bread

Rye Bread

I’ve been going through the recipe site redoing pages to make them 1) look better and 2) easier to navigate. While I’m able to make templates, it’s still a page-by-page process to apply them – and there are over 1200 pages of recipes. That doesn’t co...

by Tim Dineen

Tim in the Kitchen

Beef and Mushrooms

We were having a conversation with some friends the other day about cooking. Some of us are intuitive cooks – you open the ‘fridge, see what’s in there, and cook dinner. Others of us need everything in place with step-by-step instructions on what to do and how t...

by Tim Dineen

Desserts

Pumpkin Pecan Cheesecake

‘Tis the season to eat pumpkin – and while pumpkin pie is one of my most favorite desserts, a pumpkin cheesecake ain’t too shabby, either – especially when pecans and maple syrup are included! We’re bringing a couple of desserts and an appetizer to d...

by Tim Dineen

Victor in the Kitchen

Sweet Potato Gnocchi

The fun thing about decorating at our house is even after we’re all done, we still find things to decorate. We’ll be adding a bit here or a bit there for another few days – and probably more if we end up buying more fun things in Niagara Falls! (You know we will...

by Tim Dineen

Holidaze

The Year of the Biscotti

Sometime last Spring, we were talking about Christmas Cookies. I know… Spring and Christmas don’t necessarily go together in most households, but… welcome to ours. I think we had just made a batch of biscotti and thought about how many different variations on a ...

by Tim Dineen

Both of Us in the Kitchen

Homemade Gnocchi

I have been looking at the gnocchi roller for months. It’s a Mucca Rigagnocchi Gnocchi Rolling Machine from Fante’s in South Philly. Fante’s has always been a pilgrimage site for me. I love the place and can get lost in there – and spend lots of dollars e...

by Tim Dineen

Beef and Mushrooms

We were having a conversation with some friends the other day about cooking. Some of us ar...

Tim in the Kitchen

Tim Dineen
Parmesan Pepper Biscotti

Victor was perusing some old Gourmet Magazines looking for some inspiration when he found...

Tim in the Kitchen

Tim Dineen
Chicken Grand-Mère Francin

Tonight’s dinner comes to us from our friend, Ann, up north in the frozen tundra. Wi...

Tim in the Kitchen

Tim Dineen
The Year of the Biscotti

Sometime last Spring, we were talking about Christmas Cookies. I know… Spring and Ch...

Holidaze

Tim Dineen
The End of Week Twenty-Two

I am down 41 pounds since July 15th. Forty-One Pounds! Victor didn’t make the gym to...

Tim in the Kitchen

Tim Dineen
Pork and Cauliflower

Tonight’s dinner is brought to you by purple cauliflower from the Lancaster Farmer&#...

Tim in the Kitchen

Tim Dineen
Turkey Cutlets

What do you do when you have a boneless turkey breast that is way bigger than you want to ...

Tim in the Kitchen

Tim Dineen