Pigtale Twist

Pigtale Twist Dressings/Sauces are gluten free, Non-GMO, no sugar in the Dressings, no corn syrup in Buttery Caramel, naturally low calories & very low sodium.

Weight Watcher & Keto friendly! Designed as Shortcuts to Elegant Entertaining. Made Are you ready for "over the top?" Try my magical combinations of natural, fresh flavors in Pigtale Twist products - Ridiculously Garlic Blue, Three Berry Vinaigrette and Buttery Caramel Sauce! Not just spectacular dressings and sauces, they can be the secret ingredients to enhance your gourmet creations.

Watch my videos in the comfort of your kitchen to see easy, step-by-step recipes. Unlike other lower-calorie products that leave you flat, ours are a festival of clean flavor. And gluten free. We buy local whenever possible, choosing only the finest, freshest ingredients. We donate a portion of our profits to Lamb's Farm, a special residential community for developmentally disabled adults. Bon appetite!

05/19/2022

Cakes are not just for weddings & birthdays you know!!! Very Special Cake for a verrry special Patient in Hospital 🍰🎂🍓 So many people to thank for her care, their compassion & dedication to making her well... what better way to say THANK YOU 🙏 Delivered at shift change to tackle 2 crews and invites for all therapists, social workers & surgeons to pop by for a piece 😃 Support & encouragement for so many brave, strong patients fighting to get their lives back. Just SO PROUD to know you & be a part of your life Hillary 💐💐💐 Your strength & courage just blow me away 💝
Genoise layers brushed with tart lemon syrup, whole Blackberry, Raspberry, Blueberry & Strawberries plus Berry Coulis folded into Vanilla Paste Whipped Cream Frosting turns into the prettiest, pale lavender 💜💜💜 .rosenthal

05/04/2022

If THIS is not your Taco Tuesday, it's no one's fault but your own 🌮❣️🌮❣️🌮 Handmade, Non-GMO Tortilla Bowls, crackly-crisp but baked not fried. Filled with Grilled Ahi or Carnitas swimming in it's own pan juices. Oooodles of crisp, fresh Veg. Charred, spicy as you please Salsas Roja & Verde for smothering. Icy Martini glasses brimming with briny flavors of the sea, crunchy Cucumber, Celery & Spring Onions plucked from the earth!!! Crisp, handcut Tortilla Strips salted with Smoked Maldon Flakes hot from Virgin Avacado Oil. Bright, popping mouthfuls of Mango/Orange Chutney bubbling over the edges of spliced Avacado Shells, piled high with hand-chopped, chunky Guacamole. And Enchiladas bursting with Blackened Chicken, Blistered Anaheims & melty Queso Fresco under puddles of warm, deep Mole' 💥💥💥💥💥💥 For your family of 4 every Tuesday, your Saturday night Couples Dinner of 12 (with world-renowned Megaritas OF COURSE!!!), or Mother's Day Brunch outdoors with brilliant Rose Sangria, all the kids, dogs & grandkids... Uppin' my game!!! Heaven is just an order away 🍾💐🥂

03/30/2022

My Grandfather was my best friend. He's been gone now almost 52 years. Things were so very different back then, weren't they? Saturday mornings, he would pick me up in his dark green Buick Convertible on the greatest adventures. Truth be told, I didn't give a care a bit where we went. It only mattered I was with him. Sometimes we'd stop at Mr. Rabin's Shoe Store. I think my Grandfather filled his furnace with oil as he did for so many businesses & homes along the North Shore. Before we'd leave, Mr. Rabin would say, "now I wonder which pair of shoes Meg thinks are prettiest"? He'd measure my foot & go behind a curtain in back & re-emerg with a pretty box in a pretty shopping bag that smelled leathery like his store & I felt like the luckiest girl in the world!!! My Grandpa would always scold Mr. Rabin for spoiling me, but he would have done it anyway. Onto the German Butcher wed go for rolls of Braunschweiger, Headcheese & thick bacon 🥓 the smokey scent of which makes me drool instantly to this day 🤪 And as we'd turn to leave, Butcher Schneider always said, "isn't Meg forgetting something" as he'd jingle a cellophane bag tied with ribbon, filled with sour Rubber Bears over the counter (Gummy Bears these days)!!! Then off further into the country to see the Asparagus Farmer who's wife always had baskets & buckets of berries. Blackberries 🍇 Blueberries 🫐 Raspberries & Strawberries 🍓🍒🍓🍒🍓 and sometimes Mushrooms 🍄 😋 I remember eating those berries, warm from the summer sun, looking up at him, driving home 🏡. Wish he were here 💔 I'd make him a Berry Pie 🥧 & tell him once more... "do you know how much I love you" 🌷

01/12/2022

A good restaurant or caterer doesnt waste a single crumb. In the walkin hangs a bucket filled with mushroom stumps, parsley stems & carrot scraps waiting for their 2nd encore in the stock pot. A chef at home stores the same contents in a frozen Ziploc for the very same purpose. And after all the holiday festivities begin to wind down, Im always left with a dozen or more little containers cluttering my fridge. Scrumptious dollops here, there & everywhere which in 2 weeks will be indicernible discards. Take the 4 cups of utterly fabulous wild rice, mushroom & butternut squash. Toss it all in the Vitamix with 4 cups chicken stock, 1 cup leftover wine or champagne & 2 cups cream for 3 quarts of the finest Cream of Mushroom Soup youve EVER had. Freezes or gifts GREAT The 8 leftover mushroom caps & 3 TBS creamed spinach hanging out in the veg drawer? Stuff the caps with the spinach plus any crumbs of bacon/craisins/waterchestnuts lying around & top with the last pieces from your cheese board, few cubes of feta or bits of parm left on the rind. Bake @ 425 for 20-25 minutes. Divinely crispy leftover breadcrumbs or cayenne/brown sugar walnuts staring down at you from the top of the fridge? Blanch & shock asparagus or other veg. Quick saute in left over chicken fat for an umami blast & finish with the crumbs or spiced nuts. Any leftover chicken or bacon fat? Perfect for sealing discoloration from Avacados! And the last slice of gingerbread, coffee cake of figgy pudding... crumble, toast on a cookie sheet & sprinkle over ice cream with caramel sauce. You know... I leave my tree up as long as I can. I play Christmas music until Superbowl & squeeze everlast drop of the magical season from every candle & twinkle light... I guess using every delightful crumb left over is just another way of letting Christmas live in my heart a few hours longer 🎄❄️🎄❄️🎄❄️🎁

12/13/2021

Most CERTAINLY it IS incumbent upon the Gift~Giver to taste the wares before presenting the Gift 🍊🍋🥖🍸🎁 I think what I look forward to most on a Chef's Day Off is cooking for others with no time table, no race to the finish. I envision their happiness while unwrapping a parcel that smells divine through the wrapper. I picture their rapture when consuming the finished product such as these... Caramelinzed purple onions, sweet ripe tomatoes which have burst & turned to jam while baking with fragrant herbs in Pastry... smokey knots of thick slab bacon & ooozy sharp cheese bubbling in batter in Popover Pans... and these mouth watering Syrups of Orange & Thai Curry Leaves 🍃, Meyer Lemon & Toasted Cardamom, Kefer Lime Leaves & Cranberry Relish all for special people in my life who have touched my heart all year & ... APPRECIATE a CRAZY GREAT Craft Cocktail shaken till just short of frozen, straight up in a GORGEOUS glass. Cheers my Dears 🎄🍾🎄❄️🎄🥂🎄🌟

12/06/2021

Throwback to the GREATEST WEDDING of 2019 🎄🍾❄️🥂☃️ What's a Wedding without someone's dress that doesn't arrive until 46 minutes before Showtime, a power-outage/teardown/reset minutes before the 1st guest arrives to the Rehearsal Dinner, cars that don't start, a Wedding Cake miracle reminiscent of Andy Dalton's Hail Mary Pass to AJ Green circa 2016, and... ... "what do you mean where's the RING"??? In OUR FAMILIES... it wouldn't have been a Special Occasion without every single, tiny misstep 🎉💞🍾🥂❄️ But this VERY SPECIAL Day, the days leading up to it, the memories we have to share forever from every moment, the pictures to pour over for years to come, our new Davis Family, my Family, my DEAREST Friends who have Traveled THE WORLD to be with me & work tirelessly to make my Children's Weddings the spectacular miracles they were & THE BEST, truly beautiful inside & out Daughter-in-law I never had a right to wish for, married to my dear son are gifts I treasure so much 🙏 So... tucked in our warm homes with roaring fireplaces, twinkling Italian lights, candles warmly aglow & the most purely inspired Carols echoing through the decked halls, here's a toast to all of YOU for God's Blessings, all the best health imaginable, our hearts pouring out kindness to each other, Peace to EVERY corner of the World & Happy Anniversay with much LOVE this December to Teddy & Jenny 🍾💞❄️💞🥂💞❄️💞

10/05/2021

Conjuring the scrumptious scents, hues & tastes of Autumn today... Exquisitely ripened, sun-drenched October tomatoes 🍅🍅🍅 melting into roast garlic, extra sweet blistered Meyer Lemon 🍋🍋🍋 & crispy/charred Bermuda Onion. Frappe'd with just a hint of cream & Tawny Port till velvety-smooth. I made 6 quarts as 🎁🎁🎁's and 6 for the freezer (can double as an elegant, hand-rolled Pasta or Gnocchi Sauce). And what would Tomato Soup be without its partner in crime??? Slightly sweet, thick sliced Brioche slathered with European Butter (you can NEVER have too much butter) crackling as it toasts under a mountain of Gruyere, bitey fresh Arugula & juicy Fall Pears🍐🍐🍐with a couple good cranks of the pink & black peppercorn mill 🍁🍂🎃🍷🧀🍞🥬🌶🧅 Perfect during the Game, after the pumpkin patch, weeknight supper or with those very hungry Grandkids on Emmy's Day Off 👩‍🍳👼👼👼

05/31/2021

Opening night for Garden Dinners under the Stars ⭐🌜⭐🌜⭐🌜⭐🌜⭐ When I was a little girl, my parents, aunts & uncles, grandparents & all their friends would cluster on the terrace, Dirty Martini's in one hand (or Manhattans as the case might be), Pall Mall Menthol Cigarette in the other. Except for Mr. Metzger who always held a fat cigar. We, the kids were left in the garage with old pickle jars, hammers & screwdrivers to craft our own air holes in the lids to capture Fire Flies 🌟🌚🌟🌔 in Miss Smith's Field. Dinner was served when the old, black, cast iron bell rang out. Tonight... slightly different but charming & memorable... just the same. Aperol, Koval Gin & Q-Tonic Cocktails with Grilled Goat Cheese & Calimyrna Figs wrapped in Proscuitto starters. Ceviche of Sea Bass & Scallops with Cilantro & fresh toasted White Corn Chips light as air. Carpaccio Salad with Gabrielle Olive Oil from Napa and 12 year Villa Manodori Balsamic of Modena & shaved 36 month Stravecchio. Matched with Chateau Puech-Haut Saint Dresery Tete De Belier Rose, followed by Berry Cobbler & Flaming Grand Manier Coffees with 🍊 Nutmeg Whipped Creme. Ooooo La La 💐🍾🍾🥂

05/30/2021

Last year... Flopsy, Mopsy & Peter Cottontail cleaned me out of EVERY Carrot, Green Bean, Leaf of Bibb, Oak Leaf, Endive, Beet & Parsnip 🥬🥕🌱🌾 Let me TELL YOU SOMETHING ❣❣❣ I have YET MORE RESPECT for every Farmer on the planet ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The real Heroes 🚜🪚🪒🪧🔨 18 hours to install this Rabbit Proof Fortress. Bending each & every wire... utterly grueling, back-breaking WORK. AND I can't IMAGINE what adding barbedwire might do❣❣❣When the kid at the hardware store sold me the box of 1200 industrial staples for my power gun, he added his 2 cents, "NOBODY could use more than 1200 staples for a 2x20 fence". Clearly, he had NO IDEA who he was dealing with 🤣😠💪🤨 But after googling "how to keep rabbits from destroying your garden" & reading of vicious trappings, electrocution & poison pellets in their burrows... this is my harmonious answer 🦫🐇🐿🌳 Sustanance Sunday Supper... screaming hot Au Gratin Dishes from 500 degree oven, butter, garlic, red 🌶 flake, Jumbo Prawns 🦐🍤, 🍋 & toasty Panko Crumbs for 15 minutes. Heaven on a plate, VICTORY in my Garden 💐🍾🥂

01/16/2021

"The Storied Cocktail"...
Hair of the Dog that Bit You? 🐕 Making Merry?🇬🇧 Wa**er Follies? Bit'O Dutch Courage?🇳🇱 On a cold Winter's Day... NOTHING better than the precocious tartness & dark ruby hued Cranberry Whiskey Sour 🤪❣❣❣ My friend Pio (once GREAT Restauranteur of Puerto Vallarta, gone too soon) taught me the true art of the Drink. Much like food it MUST be textured. Playful foam of egg white, feathery skewers of rich, colorful herbs 🍃🌱, the vexing scent of toasted citrus 🍋🍊🍈... in a tall, sleek vessel, short intricately scored crystal tumbler or briskly shaken in a fat jam jar... it relays one's affection to another like a carefully made guest room with white goose pillows, fine linen & fresh flowers 💐. Many New Year's Eves, my Mother-in-law & I would take every pride to craft the PERFECT, massive, crystal Punch Bowl of frothy, luxurious Tom & Jerry's. The likes of which caused the shy to leap to the piano, tear the keyboard to shreds & belt out Auld Lang Syne❣🎶❣🎵❣🎶❣ So whether it's a perfectly balanced Sidecar UP, a viciously wicked Bloody Mary almost too painful to drink or a fridgid, Filthy Stilton Martini... make one for someone you LOVE this evening 🎉🥂💐🎀❄

10/18/2020

The BEST Company & THE BEST BOLOGNESE on the planet ❣❣❣ Texture, depth, aromatics & HeHe. Incredible. With a little homemade Pappardelle, homemade Goat Cheese Baguette & the last of EVERYTHING Garden in a Salad ❣❣❣ After 8 Months... these Newly Weds finally... able to give all the China, Crystal, Silver & Linens a PROPER Christening &... have a Dinner Soiree ❣❣❣ Over the MOON elegant Table, Warm & Pretty Home and Company we've missed SO MUCH ❣ Ti Amo 🍅🥬🍅🥕🍅🥖🍅🌶🍅🧀🍃🍅🌱🍷🍝💋

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SOOOOOO EXCITED to Announce my brand NEW WEBSITE!!!!!! www.pigtaletwist.com Bursting with Luscious Recipes, Mouthwatering Photos & Cooking Videos all designed as Shortcuts to Elegant Entertaining! For me, creating outrageously delicious foods is how I express my love for friends & family. Yet, these recipes are healthy, quick & can be used for fancy, sit-down, 5 course dinners... casual Al Fresco gatherings under the stars... special occasion celebrations or... a simple, impromptu picnic. I designed & built my new website myself to make you fall in love with cooking all over again.

So, pull up a glass of wine, throw on your favorite comfy jams & visit the NEW www.pigtaletwist.com Many recipes incorporate Pigtale Twist Dressings & Sauces such as this 2” thick New York Strip topped with a melty mountain of “Cognac Blue Cheese Mushrooms”! Or a 5 ingredient, 15 minute Alfredo oooozing with “Creamy Garlic”, dozens of crusty, Grilled Colossal Prawns, ripe Cherry Tomatoes and fragrant Basil from the Garden. Maybe you’re more the Juicy, Burnt Bits, Pulled Pork on a Buttery, Toasty Brioche Bun type with an Ice Cold Scoop of crunchy, “Beets All Ranch” Killer Coleslaw dripping down your chin? And just so your Sweet Tooth doesn’t feel left out... juicy Amaretto Grilled Summer Peaches topped with velvety Vanilla Ice Cream, Pigtale Twist Buttery Caramel Sauce, Crumbled Amaretti Cookies & fresh Sprigs of Mint!!! They are all waiting for you at www.pigtaletwist.com !!! along with Retail Locations for Pigtale Twist products, snippets from my Opulent Cooking Classes & my AMAZING Lamb’s Farm Family who labels all my jars, handcrafts my products & ships right from their loading docks into 106 retail gourmet grocers across the Midwest! Try my magical combinations of clean, fresh flavors in Pigtale Twist Dressings & Sauces! All Gluten-Free, Non-GMO, No Sugar, Super Low Sodium, Weight Watcher & Keto Friendly - Ridiculously Garlic Blue Cheese, Creamy Garlic “The Real McCoy”, Beets All Ranch and Buttery Caramel Sauce. We use THE FINEST Midwest Local Ingredients and we donate a portion of our profits to Lamb's Farm, the very special Residential Community for Adults with Developmental Disabilities in Libertyville, Illinois. So proud to say... we are now the largest employer at Lamb’s Farm, The Country Store!!!

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