Julie Gracie’s Sumac Rabbit Stew

Thanks to Julie Gracie for giving me yet another one of her fabulous recipes!! This one uses a Middle Eastern spice called "sumac" along with rabbit!! You can also substitute squirrel for rabbit.  Sumac can be found in most grocery stores in the spice aisle.   Sumac is a flowering plant that is grown in subtropical regions throughout the world.  The shrubs or small trees produce … [Read more...]

Turtle Soup

This turtle soup is a mild creamy soup recipe. I served it as part of a birthday dinner for my husband, Danny.  The variation of this soup comes from a cookbook created from a series of mystery novels written by Rex Stout, called Nero Wolf.  In this series of books, the character, Nero Wolf was an old gumshoe detective in the 1930s-50s, who had a passion for gourmet food.  In the … [Read more...]