Lobster Stew

Servings: 4

Fresh 1 lb. cooked Lobster meat 1/4 cup Clarified Butter 4 cups milk

Pantry 1/2 tsp. salt Dash paprika, optional Oyster crackers

Saute lobster Melt Clarified Butter in a medium pot over medium heat. Add cooked lobster meat and saute in butter for several minutes, until butter turns red. If using all tail meat [...]

Shrimp Bisque

The Shrimp Bisque first attempted yesterday was a complete failure. The base tasted like celery, the shrimp possibly spoiled, and we threw out everything. We started fresh today, with fresh ingredients and a renewed determination to complete this recipe – met with success.

Servings: 4

Fresh 1 lb. shrimp, unpeeled 5 Tbsp. butter, [...]

Cream of Vegetable Soup

The vegetables are cooked separately then combined with the milk just before serving. I served this soup as starter for Easter dinner and then we enjoyed it as our dinner the next day. 

Servings: 10

Fresh 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter 1 large onion 1 bunch (1 lb.) celery 1 lb. carrots 1 lb. white mushrooms [...]

French Onion Soup

 This soup is very close to the original Glen-Mor Restaurant original according to Jim. I love the richness of French Onion Soup and usually order it at restaurants without the croutons or cheese. But the combination of all three in this recipe is delicious.

Servings: 6

Fresh    8 large yellow or red [...]

Cream of Broccoli Soup

This is another soup recipe requiring use of a food mill, an investment I reluctantly made for the Cream of Mushroom Soup back in January. Now I don’t now how I lived without one for so long. The soup is rich and tasty without being heavy.

Servings: 8

Fresh    1 lb. onion, [...]

Roast Chicken with Giblet Gravy

We served Roast Chicken with Giblet Gravy at a dinner party last night along with green beans and fingerling potatoes. We made Chicken Salad and Chicken Stock with the leftovers.

Servings: 4

Fresh 1 whole chicken, 3.5 to 4 lbs. 2 medium carrots 2 stalks celery 1 medium onion 2 Tbsp. butter 6 [...]

Split Pea Soup

This flavorful Split Pea Soup is well worth the time and effort, and it is another excuse to use my new food mill. The Glen-Mor Restaurant served Split Pea Soup with Cornbread baked in the shape of corncobs in a cast iron pan. After some deliberation we decided we didn’t need another pan, especially one shaped like corncobs, [...]

Beet & Fennel Soup

I had a wonderful beet soup for Valentine’s Day dinner with Jim at Five Fifty-Five in Portland, Maine, and I couldn’t wait to try to replicate it. I arrived at this recipe through experimentation and am very happy with the rich and filling result.

Servings: 6

Fresh 3 medium fennel bulbs 6 medium [...]

Cream of Mushroom Soup

This soup is fantastic – you should make it immediately.

Servings: 8

Fresh 32 oz. white button mushrooms 1-1/2 oz. salt pork 2 stalks celery 1/4 medium onion 6 Tbsp. butter, divided 2 cups milk 1/2 gallon (8 cups) Chicken Stock 1 cup Croutons, if desired

Pantry 5 Tbsp. all-purpose flour 1/4 cup long grain rice [...]

Fresh Tomato Soup

One of my many New Year’s resolutions this year is to be less wasteful, and one way I working on toward this goal is by bring my lunch to work. Soup is an easy and tasty way to pack a lunch for work, and Tomato Soup reheats very well.

Servings: 8 – 10

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