Leslie Bartosh, CEC, AAC, FMP

  Pâté de Campagne.   Four flavors of pâté from one base recipe.   Left to right: plain, black peppercorn, pistachio, and green peppercorn.    Each flavor is delightful.   It is nice to have variety!   This is a relatively lean pâté that uses only the naturally occurring fat in the meat. As always, your questions or comments are welcome. Until next time, Bon Appetit Y'all! Chef Leslie Bartosh #Pâté, # Pâté de Campagne, #BlackPeppercorn, #Pistachio, #GreenPeppercorn

  Cooler weather is a good excuse to break out the comfort food.   Graupensuppe is a great example. Graupensuppe is German in origin.   It is barley soup made with rich stock, fresh house made bratwurst and bacon, and root vegetables.     It is a complete one pot/ one dish meal. Thank you, Diversified Ceramics , for the great bowl to use with this dish. As always, your questions or comments are welcome. Until next time, Bon Appetit Y'all! Chef Leslie Bartosh #Barley #Bratwurst #Soup #Graupensuppe #DiversifiedCeramics Rusty Gilmore

  I think most of us have some “guilty pleasure” from our childhood. One of mine is corn dogs.  A humble wiener enrobed in a sweet cornmeal batter and deep fried. It is not a treat that I indulge in very often. In fact, it had been some years since I last had one.  Author Michael Pollan famously wrote: “Eat all the junk food you want as long as you cook it yourself.” I take this statement to heart.  For me, it does not mean I eat as much as I want. But because I make it and know what goes into it, I feel better about what I do eat. I had been thinking of making corn dogs for a couple of years now. And as it so happened, I had some house made all beef wieners that I want to use. The rest is history as they say. What a delight! It won’t be years again!  As always, your questions or comments are welcome. Until next time, Bon Appetit Y'all! Chef Leslie Bartosh #CornDogs , #Wieners , #AllBeefWieners , #BeefLovingChefs , 

  Steelhead trout with agrumato. Broiled Riverence Steelhead trout seasoned with lemon pepper, topped with microgreens and sauced with agrumato; broccoli and cauliflower with mixed grains. The agrumato accented with lemon pepper seasoned steel head quite nicely. Thank you @Riverence for the great fish to use in this dish.   As always, your questions or comments are welcome. Until next time, Bon Appetit Y'all! Chef Leslie Bartosh #SteelheadTrout #USATrout #Agrumato #Riverence