Braised pears

Butter, lemon, vanilla and sugar help these pears self-caramelize in a roasting dish.

Wow your guests at tonight's dinner party with this recipe for vanilla and red wine braised pears. Get the recipe at Chatelaine.com

Sprinkling pears with sugar helps draw out their juices and makes a natural caramel.

I love pot roasting at this time of year. It's such an easy and delicious way to cook.

Yes for Caramelized Pears! If you have never tired pears this way, you have to give them a try. So delicious that you will be making them all fall long.

♪ I watched Essential Pépin (Jacques Pépin’s cooking show) last Saturday. This dessert looked too easy to be true… and I had all the ingredients at home, to give it a try. If you know how to peel and core pears, turn on an oven, and own a baking dish, you are in for a...Read More »

Some foods notoriously sound fancy, stuffy, and complicated. These same foods normally intimidate me and, as a result, in the past I have shied away from making them. Baking my own bread has always been on that “intimidating list,” as has making homemade pies and poaching pears. For some reason, the idea of “poaching” something […]

Amish Fried Pears are deliciously crisp, sweet and a flavor of fall! Enjoy this easy recipe over waffles or alone!

NYT Cooking: Poached Pears in Red Wine

I saw this made a week or so ago and have been struggling to find the time to try it on my own. The wife and kids ate the pears I was going to use earlier in the week so I had to get more and hope that they wouldn't touch them. I travel for work so I was taking a risk by leaving the pears unattended all week. I know, I live life one the edge. When I come home from being on the road sometimes the best I can hope to do on the weekends is maintain. I don't think I sat down for more than a half…