I am cooking through all of the Top Chef Winning Dishes. Here is week 4’s winning dish: Warm Cured Trout with Deconstructed Bernaise!

Love apple pie but don’t want to make a whole one? These apple pie lollipops make bite-sized desserts and are total show-stoppers!

Deliciously plump dates are stuffed with a sweetened mascarpone cheese and rolled in cocoa powder to make the perfect party dish.

These tartines have salty, cured prosciutto, sharp manchego, and the most delicious fig butter! Perfect party appetizers.

The addition of nutmeg and tumreric make these Belgian meatballs stand out from the rest!

The succulent, melt-in-your-mouth tenderloin is smeared with a creamy blue cheese spread and wrapped around crisp green beans.

These slow roasted tomatoes are my go-to summer recipe. Recipe adapted from Molly Wizenberg of Orangette.

Try a different kind of meat! Delicious grilled buffalo!

Belgian Waffles with Glazed Bananas – a perfect breakfast treat!

I am cooking through all of Top Chef’s Winning Recipes. This week – Leanne Wong’s Shrimp Toast from Season 1- Episode 8.

This banana bundt cake is moist and delicious – and gets a little kick from some Hot Buttered Rum Glaze!

This blanc manger, topped with fresh figs, may be the easiest elegant dessert you’ll ever make!

This caramelized Banana Crisp topped with vanilla ice cream and hot buttered rum sauce is the ULTIMATE dessert!

I am cooking through all of the winning Top Chef recipes. This week, a Top Chef favorite: Restaurant Wars.

I am cooking through all of the Top Chef Winning Dishes. This week: Date and Apricot Stuffed Gnocchi with Duck Confit.

Salted Butter Caramel Ice Cream. The richest, most velvety, most luxurious, complex and flavorful ice cream you will ever taste.

I am cooking through all of the winning Top Chef recipes. This week: Truffled Cognac Mac and Cheese and Filet Mignon with Truffled Mirepoix

A light and fluffy brioche plum tart for breakfast.

I am cooking through all of the Top Chef winning recipes. The week is the microwave challenge – Mirin Glazed Mahi Mahi.

Mussels in white wine and garlic are a perfect dinner for a weekend at the beach! And the best part is that they are ready in 10 minutes!

Deconstructed Eggplant Parmesan – Fluffy egg and breadcrumb patties topped with eggplant, sauce, mozzarella cheese, and arugala and basil.

Savory crepes are just as good as sweet! Smoked salmon is blanketed in a light crepe, topped with creme fraiche and baked to perfection!