Ticings' edible icing sheets

Conserves from Frog Hollow Farms

Butter crunch treats from p.o.p. candy

Deglazing the pan with a little wine white can excite the pyromaniac, like me.

The plated dish includes a generous helping of the toasted walnut-roasted redpepper sauce and drizzles of salsa verde.

A delicious creation, John Watt's technique is easily replicated in the homekitchen.

Carefully drizzling a little salsa verde, the plate is cleaned and finished withfreshly ground black pepper.

Roasting a red pepper is the first step in creating a silky toastedwalnut-roasted red pepper sauce.

Roasting a red pepper does not cook it through. For the toasted walnut-roastedred pepper sauce, the pepper is cleaned, cut and then sauteed with olive oil andgarlic.

Pan roasting the mushrooms makes this a quick and quite meaty dish. A generoushelping of parsley adds color. As chef Watt says, "This is much better thanturkey." I agree.

Oyster mushrooms add an earthy and robust element to the melange of wildmushrooms.

Executive chef John Watt carefully chooses local organic portobello and shiitakemushrooms for his Thanksgiving-inspired dish.

Although Prego's kitchen is rather cozy, the diversity of dishes including arather large selection of organic and local vegetables.

Although this step is optional, passing the toasted walnut-roasted red peppersauce through a sieve creates a silky almost mayonnaise-like consistency.

Chef John Watt teasing me with the finished dish. Can't you tell I was thrilled?

Chef John Schenk of Strip House

Hearty slices, more than one inch thick, are best when grilling at hightemperatures.

Chef John Schenk, coring gorgeous tomatoes, prefers beefsteak when available.

Seasoning is best done with high-end salt, freshly crushed black pepper and someolive oil.

Cleaning the grill is always important.

Smoking hot, try this at home.

At high temperatures, the tomatoes cook rather quickly.

Healthy grill marks are the sign of a perfectly cooked tomato.

The second side cooks faster than the first.

Re-season as some of the salt may have fallen during cooking. Add crushed redpepper or your favorite herbs if you like.

Though the tomatoes look great, Strip House is known for steaks