Author: Chef M

Red wine, chopped dill pickles, and hearty mustard set this succulent beef pot roast apart from the rest.

Chicken wings are the sport fanatic’s ultimate comfort food. They work well as an appetizer or main dish. Chances are your wings won’t look like the ones you get at your local watering hole. Don’t fret. All of the flavor is there, and you don’t have to worry about all the bad ingredients you’d be consuming with commercial fare. If you’re planning on hosting a large crew, consider doubling or tripling this recipe. Leftovers can be sent to Charles.

Once again from Turkey, the recipe below is for deep-fried semi-circles of dough which are either dipped in syrup or dusted with icing sugar. While cooking, the pastry puffs up to a shape resembling lips  hence the name Dilber Dudagi meaning ‘sweet lips’. Simple and cheap to prepare.

This plum jam recipe is ideal if you do not have a food dehydrator but would still like to savor a sweet spread. It is delicious slathered on crackers and sandwich bread, added to muesli, or used in desserts.