Recipes

Ground beef taco filling baked in a crescent roll ring inside a fluted tube pan, with cheese layered at the bottom and a crescent topping. Inverted onto a platter for a dramatic presentation.

Whole flounder filleted and pan-fried, then the crispy fried carcass serves as the dramatic presentation platter under the fillets in a mushroom-chicken stock sauce.

Sliced cooking pears caramelized in butter and sugar, then dramatically flambéed with Pear William Brandy and spooned over pound cake ice cream sandwiches with spiced pecans.

Shrimp with tails cooked in garlic-parsley butter with a splash of rum, then flambéed for a dramatic tableside presentation.

Italian-style ground beef in spaghetti sauce covered with mozzarella, then topped with a golden puffed egg batter — a dramatic pizza-flavored bake that puffs up beautifully in the oven.

A stunning Gourmet magazine two-tone soup: golden roasted yellow pepper purée poured simultaneously with a rich red roasted tomato bisque — dramatic and delicious.