Preserve Summer’s Bounty w/ Slow-Roasted Tomatoes Thirty-two degrees on the temperature gauge this morning. We fortunately took the time last night to cover the garden and all our containers of flowers and herbs Continue reading Slow-Roasted Tomatoes — The Essence of Summer
Classic Guacamole for Celebrating National Guacamole Day!I kept questioning my decision. Why am I sharing a recipe for classic guacamole in September? We still have so many ripe and ripening tomatoes Continue reading Classic Guacamole — Fresh, Chunky, Flavorful
Zucchini in the morning, zucchini in the evening, zucchini at supper time.
Crispy Zucchini Chips, you can eat them all the time.
Sung to the tune of Sugartime
Summer squash in all shapes and shades of green, yellow and gold Continue reading Crispy Zucchini Chips
No single dish better represents the delicateness
of Vietnamese cuisine than this one.
—Mai Pham, the Best of Vietnamese & Thai Cooking
Goi cuon, whether translated as salad rolls, summer rolls or spring rolls, are always fresh Continue reading Vietnamese Salad Rolls w/ Two Dipping Sauces
My Sister Made Me Do ItBut then, it didn’t take much for her to persuade me to try the edamame (eh-dah-MAH-meh) at El Segundo, California’s only Japanese restaurant. They were fun Continue reading Stir-Fried Edamame w/ Garlic, Chili & Ginger
Food Art Japanese StyleBeautiful and easy to make—a bowl of sushi rice topped with a number of lovingly prepared and artfully arranged ingredients. Chirashi is translated as “scattered,” Continue reading Chirashi Sushi—Sushi in a Bowl
The One-Minute AppetizerIt doesn’t get much faster or easier than preparing this recipe for a boldly flavored Sun-Dried Tomato and Greek Olive Tapenade (ta-pen-AHD). Okay it may take a couple of minutes if you count the time for setting out some crackers Continue reading Sun-Dried Tomato & Greek Olive Tapenade
