Recipes

Executive Chef Ron Pickarski has been combining vegetarian dishes and classical French techniques for decades. Classical French cooking is based on the canon of the five mother sauces: espagnole, velouté, béchamel, tomato and hollandaise. Pickarski adapts the same sauces to use in his cooking. With a food blender, he makes hollandaise with vegan margarine, roasted yellow pepper and tofu, all blended with lemon, salt and pepper. The beauty of this vegan hollandaise is that it can easily be heated or reheated to serve, he says: "You can't do that with a traditional hollandaise. Once you make it and heat it you have to keep emulsifying it."

Topics: Vegan, Featured, Vegetarian cuisine, Food, Hollandaise, Yellow pepper, French, Culinary blenders

Bartenders and chefs are teaming up to create after-dinner drinks more decadent than many selections traditionally featured on dessert menus. Gourmet syrups and specialty liqueurs, like the Blueberry Pie Syrup
 by Monin featured in this Blueberry Pie-Tini, save time and make dessert drinks highly profitable.

Topics: Dessert drinks, Featured, Feature, Beverage, Monin, blueberry

This virgin Mai Tai replaces the traditional rum and curaçao with pineapple juice, orange juice and sweet and sour mix to achieve the signature Polynesian flavor of the original version. The orgeat syrup also goes a long way toward making this mocktail taste like the real thing.

Topics: Virgin Drinks, Mocktails, Featured, Frozen Drinks, Beverage, pineapple, Orgeat syrup, Orange Juice, Mai Tai

The Bushwacker combines the tropical flavors of the pina colada with chocolate sauce, espresso and vanilla ice cream for a dessert, coffee and digestif in one.

Topics: Dessert drinks, Featured, Feature, Beverage, chocolate, chocolate syrup, espresso

This smoothie serves as an easy post-workout meal. With milk, pomegranate juice, ricotta cheese, raspberries, flaxseed and wheat germ, it offers a something from nearly every food group.

Topics: Smoothies, Featured, Frozen Drinks, Beverage, raspberry, Blended drinks, pomegranate

Using a powerful high-performance commercial culinary blender is the key to emulsifying the ingredients, resulting in a smooth and satiny texture. This Hawaiian-inspired salad dressing is a fresh accompaniment to greens or citrus.

Topics: Featured, Food, Recipes, papaya, salad, dressing, Culinary blenders

Create a refreshing smoothie with honeydew melon and Persian cucumber, a sweeter, seedless variety of cucumber.

 

Topics: Smoothies, Featured, Feature, Frozen Drinks, Beverage, Recipes, orange, strawberry, banana, peach, Blended drinks

 

Topics: Dessert drinks, Ice cream, Boozy Milkshakes, Featured, Milkshakes, Feature, Beverage, Monin

Whether as a decadent dessert drink or a fortified sweet treat, spiked milkshakes are growing in popularity at luxury and casual establishments. This Bourbon Chocolate Milkshake is rich, smooth and simple.

Topics: Dessert drinks, Ice cream, Boozy Milkshakes, Featured, Milkshakes, Feature, Beverage, bourbon, chocolate syrup

This dairy-free slushie uses lychee fruit and blueberries to create a tangy, refreshing drink.

Topics: Smoothies, Featured, Feature, Beverage, Recipes, Blended drinks