Category Archives: Sandy’s Table

I saw this recipe described as “Southern Italian Chicken Soup” and re-named it.  Normally I take a pass on soup recipes… but this intrigued me.  Southern Italian?  Like Sicily or Apulia?  No!  Southern, like south of the Mason Dixon Line!  … Continue reading →

Jambalaya is a dish with West African & French Provençal roots and tinged with a Spanish influence. The dish typically consists mainly of “meat” and vegetables mixed with rice.  It’s nearly impossible to exaggerate how great this recipe is, and more … Continue reading →

This was a wine first dinner choice.  Meaning, I had already chosen a wine to enjoy.  Now… what to go with it?  Since my wine would be a “comfort food wine”, I was hunting for a comfort food dish.  Yet … Continue reading →

The first time I had Veal Paprikash was when I visited Budapest as part of my “hosteling in Europe” tour in the summer of 1969.  This was after I had been to Moscow and Leningrad, and Hungarian cuisine was a … Continue reading →