Recent content by Ariea1507

I absolutely love the idea of the essence soups, we normally have salads before dinner so it would be a great change of pace. I think it'd be perfect to balance out a rich meal, I'll definitely add mushrooms to the mix as well. I think they will add a nice variety to the meal I was searching...

Thank you for your suggestions! Your advice had me rethinking a bit in that I should simplify my menu more instead of doing a bunch of complicated side dishes. The duck should really be the feature of the meal after all. I think I'm going to stick with my original duck recipe, with "Pan-Seared...

So my mother's birthday is coming up and I've decided to prepare a somewhat fancy dinner. I feel confident in my ability to follow recipes but not in deciding which recipes would go well together. I've decided to try cooking duck for the first time, and have found a recipe I think is great, but...