Think mole enchiladas with organic chicken, cream and cheese (99 pesos) or market-style quesadillas with herbed guacamole (92 pesos).
So over time the pecan tassies and Western hash were joined by spaghetti aglio e olio, chicken cream enchiladas, Bermuda fish chowder and matzo ball soup.
Peppy also offers dinner packs for dogs, including chicken cream stew, grilled turkey with fruit sauce, gardenia rice, green salad and a cream puff.
The night's pièce de résistance, however, is a casserole Ms. Deen invents from food she finds in a Savannah family's kitchen: rotisserie chicken, cream of celery soup, pimentos and canned green beans.
Pilar Cuban Eatery 393 Classon Avenue Greene Avenuee), Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn; (718) 623-2822, pilarcubaneatery.com BEST DISHES Cuban sandwich, Pilar surf and turf, pernil, garbanzo frito, rotisserie chicken, cream of plantain soup, tamal en cazuela, caldo gallego, conch chowder, smoked short-rib empanada, Key lime pie.
While still offering classics like biryani, chicken cream chop, basturma and shawarma, Majeed also serves specialties like liver tikka cutlets and kubba saray baghdadiya, a tomato-based soup with spiced meatballs.
Broiled kidneys on toast, chipped beef on toast, shrimp wiggle on toast, curried eggs on toast; creamed chicken, creamed beef, creamed celery, creamed finnan haddie; broiled sweetbreads, braised sweetbreads, creamed sweetbreads, creamed sweetbreads and mushrooms — "I have been getting sweetbreads about six times a week," the President finally complained in a note to Eleanor.
Broiled kidneys on toast, chipped beef on toast, shrimp wiggle on toast, curried eggs on toast; creamed chicken, creamed beef, creamed celery, creamed finnan haddie; broiled sweetbreads, braised sweetbreads, creamed sweetbreads, creamed sweetbreads and mushrooms—"I have been getting sweetbreads about six times a week," the President finally complained in a note to Eleanor.
WHAT WE LIKE Escargots, Thailand shrimp toast, Caesar salad, iceberg wedge, Norwegian cucumber salad; Porterhouse steak, filet mignon, marinated rib-eye, lamb chops, Bourbon Street chicken; creamed spinach, stir-fried mixed vegetables; flourless chocolate cake.
"I came in for cantaloupe and a watermelon, and we ended up with all this," she said, pointing to a trunk full of chicken, creamed corn, raspberries and more.
Nectarine-Chicken Cream Puffs combine diced cooked chicken, crunchy celery, tangy yogurt and subtle seasonings with the tart-sweetness of nectarines for a flavorful and unusual cream puff filling.
