Italian Cuisine

Growing up in NYC, I was spoiled with great Italian cuisine. One of the wonderful things about Italian resteraunts in NYC is the broad selection right at your finger tips. Italian cuisine is highly regionalized. Northern & Southern Italian cuisine differ primarily in the cooking fat and type of pasta that is used, below, I tried to encompass the whole spectrum.

I've posted over 20 mouth watering video recipes that will surely get you motivated to cook up a storm. The recipes are well narrrrated and easy to follow. The goal was to give you various dishes to choose from, ranging from salads, Gnocchi and a nice selection of pasta dishes.  Alright, lets get started, here are the titles of the all the video recipes below:


Starters

1. QuickBites: Dani's Garlic Bread
2. Episode 1 of Yummy In My Tummy recipes. Bruschetta, Cold Penne Pasta Salad, Spicy
    hotwings, chewy goowey chocolate brownies
3. David Rocco's Dolce Vita, Insalata Caprese

Salads

4. QuickBites: Dani's Caesar Salad
5. Cauliflower Spaghetti "aglio olio"
6. Victoria's Secret Kitchen: Eggplant Frittata Episode

Pastas

7. QuickBites: Penne With Spinach & Tomatoes
8. Jeff Cooks Manicotti
9. Cooking With Dave: Spaghetti Carbonara
10. Pomodoro al Tortellini, Chef Kev, (In the Mood for Food)
11. Rigatoni con Ragù d'Anatra: AKA Duck Bolognese
12. QuickBites: Pasta Fagioli
13. Cocina Sevillana 1 Pasta with Red Pepper and Roquefort Cheese

Pesto

14. Presto, Its Pesto
15. Tomatoes Mozzarella "Pesto" sauce
16. Dresto pesto sauce

Gnocchi

17. Amazing Gnocchi - the best ever
18. Butternut Squash Gnocchi with Sage Brown Butter

Main Course Dishes

19. Beef Short Ribs with Chocolate and Cinnamon
20. Olive Garden's Chianti Braised Short Ribs
21. Slow Roasted Lamb Shanks with Garlic and Rosemary
22. Olive Garden's Shrimp & Asparagus Risotto
23. Olive Garden's Tuscan Garlic Chicken
24. MaryJose's Recipe: Stuffed Vegetables

Dessert

25. Tiramisu
26. David Rocco's Dolce Vita Gelato

Let's get cooking!!!!
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1. QuickBites: Dani's Garlic Bread



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2. Episode 1 of Yummy In My Tummy recipes. Bruschetta, Cold Penne Pasta Salad,      Spicy hotwings, chewy goowey chocolate brownies.  



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3. David Rocco's Dolce Vita, Insalata Caprese



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4. QuickBites: Dani's Caesar Salad



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5. Cauliflower Spaghetti "aglio olio"



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6. Victoria's Secret Kitchen: Eggplant Frittata Episode



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7. QuickBites: Penne With Spinach & Tomatoes



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8. Jeff Cooks Manicotti



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9. Cooking With Dave: Spaghetti Carbonara



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10. Pomodoro al Tortellini, Chef Kev, (In the Mood for Food)



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11. Rigatoni con Ragù d'Anatra: AKA Duck Bolognese



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12. QuickBites: Pasta Fagioli



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13. Cocina Sevillana 1 Pasta with Red Pepper and Roquefort Cheese



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14. Presto, Its Pesto



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15. Tomatoes Mozzarella "Pesto" sauce



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16. Dresto Pesto sauce



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17. Amazing Gnocchi - The best ever!



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18. Butternut Squash Gnocchi with Sage Brown Butter



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19. Beef Short Ribs with Chocolate and Cinnamon



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20. Olive Garden's Chianti Braised Short Ribs



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21. Slow Roasted Lamb Shanks with Garlic and Rosemary



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22. Olive Garden's Shrimp & Asparagus Risotto



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23. Olive Garden's Tuscan Garlic Chicken



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24. MaryJose's Recipe: Stuffed Vegetables



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25. Tiramisu



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26. David Rocco's Dolce Vita Gelato



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Enjoy everyone and check back for more updates soon.

Fried Chicken

Today I've posted some real yummy Fried Chicken video recipes. As you will see, there are many ways to prepare fried chicken. Some recipes call for flour, while others call for cornmeal. Some will have you marinate the chicken for several hours and some have no marinating at all. Should you use oil or shortening. Do I fry or bake? Contrary to popular belief, you can bake a chicken and still get that fried crisp skin. Baking is actually a much healthier alternative to frying, as I'm sure most of you already know.

All of the recipes are relatively easy to prepare. I will always strive to find you the best and most efficient recipes that are available. Some of the ingredients for the recipes below are; flour; chicken, eggs, flour, ,milk, buttermilk, salt, pepper and an array of spices. I tried to provide some healthy fried chicken recipes as well, one is a baked fried chicken and the other is a Atkin's diet low carb fried chicken.

I hope you all enjoy, happy cooking.



Cooking Southern Fried Chicken
Recipe prepared by Jaybobed on Youtube




Southern fried chicken, it just sounds mouth watering. Jay does a good job of narrating and explaing some of the fundamentals of cooking a good fried chicken. He guides and explains every step of the process and explains why he does what he does. Enjoy!!!!

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MJ's Southern Fried Chicken
Recipe prepared by MaryJane from user Lawyersberry on Youtube




Mary Jane adds another delicious example of southern fried chicken. She even divulges some southern secrets.

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Housewife Cuisine Webisode 6 Fried Chicken
Recipe prepared by Falon Taylor on House Wife Cuisine from user Bella24 on Youtube




Another well made video. Falon does a great job of narrating the video., very clear and easy to follow directions. The video was filmed well and is easy to follow. The chicken looks wonderful.


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Buttermilk Fried Chicken
Recipe prepared by Learn2Cook from Youtube




I really like the recipes prepared by learn2cook. All of his videos are well done and very well narrated. This recipe calls for buttermilk and looks wonderful.


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Crispy Oven Fried Chicken
Recipe prepared by Chef Jean Pierre from Youtube




Chef Jean Pierre prepares for us one of the healthier fried chicken recipes. Like he says the chicken does look "absolutely gorgeous".

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Atkins Diet: Low Carb Fried Chicken
Recipe prepared by Bowulf from Youtube




Here's another fried chicken recipe on the healthier side. Enjoy.

An Indian Dinner

One of my all time favorite cuisines is Indian food. The wonderful array of spices just tantalizes the tongue. Since India is a very large country with many regions and cities there are many, many different types of dishes to choose from. Some of the more popular categories are Northern, Southern and Western. Vegetarianism is also commonly practiced in India. Here are some popular dishes that you might know:

North India
North Indian cuisine tends to use more dairy based products such as paneer and most yogurt dishes, Tandoori chicken or fish and Samosas.

South India
South India has a greater focus on rice and vegetarian dishes. There also is a lot of emphasis on curry leaves and coconut.

Western
Indian cuisine has been popular in England for a long time. Chicken Tikka Masala has come from this area.

Below I've included some videos of some dishes that look delicious.




Naan



Indian Fish Biriyani
www.bengalihomecooking.com



Papad Curry
www.ifood.tv



Aloo Halwaa
www.ifood.tv


Quorn Curry



Dal



Chicken Tandori
From Anne's Kitchen on Youtube



Fluffy Basmati Rice
From Anne's Kitchen on Youtube




Lentil Curry (Dal)
From Anne's Kitchen on Youtube



Roti
Jemeela's Recipes on Youtube




Spicy Chic Pea
Jemeela's Recipes on Youtube



I hope you enjoy these videos. Please leave any feedback and don't forget to bookmark us and

comeback again soon.

Thai Food

Welcome to Your Favorite Recipes

I love to cook, I find it as joyful as creating a beautiful work of art. A connoisseur of food, I am always intrigued and curious to try new and exciting meals.There are thousands of families out there who have been passed down family recipes from generation to generation. Delicious and dazzling dishes that are just waiting to be discovered.

So if you have a dish that you would like to video tape yourself cooking and post on this site please feel free. I hope to make Your Favorite Recipes. Blogspot a place where you'll become a national online superstar chef. So, if you have a dish that everybody can't get enough of, get going and video tape yourself so we can post your delicious art for everyone to enjoy.

Until video submissions start rolling in, I will be posting some of the more popular video recipes I find online that look delicious.

Thai Satay with Peanut curry sauce.

I choose this recipe because I really like Thai Peanut Curry sauce. I thought this was an good visual guide to help assist me on my Thai Satay adventure. The video below is for a meat or chicken satay.

CurrySimple Gourmet Red Basil Curry

A very well narrated video recipe for what seems to be a delicious Red Basil Curry stir fry.. A simple, quick and easy recipe that anyone can prepare.





Curry Coconut Chicken Stir Fry

Another well narrated video that I can smell from here.




Pad Thai

A Thai food staple here in the states I thought this is a must have recipe since I'm sticking to a Thai theme. I tried to find the most Authentic video recipe that was available.




I hope you enjoy these recipes and surprise everyone with your new Thai cuisine cooking skills.

Popular Thanksgiving Day Recipes

If you're looking for a place for great recipes, look no more. Every two weeks I will highlight a theme and present you with a selection of chefs preparing their meals on video for you. You will, first hand see how dishes are prepared and you can pause stop and rewind at your convenience. So don't forget to bookmark this site and check back often for new recipes. I will continue to add some videos soon. Thank you for coming and enjoy.

Looking for some hands on resources to help you make some delicious dishes for Thanksgiving. Well you've come to the right place. Here are some of the more popular holiday cooking video's that should help you come up with some ideas on what to make and how to best prepare for it.

Here are some basic Turkey preparation methods

This first video "Roasting The Perfect Turkey" breaks down the basics to preparing, stuffing and cooking a turkey. You also are shown how to make a basic stuffing. Overall I think this is a good video.






Here is another roasting recipe. From the looks of the final product, it seems like another winner.



Now after you've put so much time and energy into preparing and cooking a mouth watering feast, it is time to make sure you know how to carve your turkey for maximum pleasure, good presentation can't hurt either.



Now for the Stuffing

Well it's, Gordon Drysdale, restaurateur-chef of Gordon's House of Fine Eats, in San Francisco showing us once again a simple and eat stuffing recipe. He does a great job narrating, very clear and simple to understand.



Make the perfect Gravy

In this recipe just substitute turkey for gravy and you're good to go. A simple gravy recipe.



Here's another gravy recipe for you



How about some fresh cranberry sauce.

As the guys say "super simple and super easy". A nice recipe for fresh cranberry sauce.




Desserts

I couldn't resist, when I read the title, Pumpkin Cheesecake recipe, I had to see how this turned out. It looks delicious, I hope you like it.




How about some Pumpkin pie. Here's a simple recipe to follow.