I love my followers! Every once in a while, they give me direct inspiration for dishes that they want to see on the blog- and they toss me the occasional curve ball! Example: I just got a request for stuffed chicken Marsala. Sounds exciting to me! This is going to involve copious amounts of mushrooms, … From the request lines…Chicken Marsala…with a twist…

So…if you remember the last post, we got quite excited about the prospect of trying risotto for the first time. So much so that we pulled out the pressure cooker to make shrimp stock fresh for the occasion. We were then left with 3 pounds of shrimp awaiting the privilege of being seared for pleasurable … Shrimp Risotto, Part 2 – Love it when a plan comes together…

NO, this is not going to be a post extolling the virtues of a pressure cooker… Okay, I’m lying. But it is also going to be a shout singing the praises of risotto! See, before a couple of days ago,  I had never experienced the creamy bowl of heaven that is risotto (done correctly, of … Shrimp Risotto, Part One