better than cold cuts, that’s for sure. 2. Tacos! Saute minced garlic and diced onion in olive oil, add enough chicken for two people’s worth of tacos, cook until it begins to brown, add juice of 1 lime, a capful or...

coarsely discarding the seeds. Drain and chop 1 jar of roasted red peppers. Mix 2 garlic cloves-minced. In a bowl mix kumquats, capers, ground cumin,1/4 tsp red pepper. Serve or cover and chill up to 3 days. Makes ¾ cup. Use on...

. Their red tomato-based salsa was slightly spicy, which perked up the tacos to some extent. Tacos also come with a spicy pico de gallo, which includes minced fresh jalapeño. The surprisingly good coffee was served in mugs from a...

Everyone I have ever taken there LOVES it and wants to return. Real tea leaves steeped in a beautiful German glass teapot. I always get the shrimp dumplings, soup dumplings, minced chicken in lettuce cups, Peking duck, don tarts...

chocolate dipping sauce, really all about the texture. The walnut fig torta features excellent vanilla gelatto, a dense shortbread-dry crust, and a deep-flavored dried-fig filling that reminds me of a homemade mince pie. Wines...

The additions to the cheese and mayo mixture are really endless. But since I love pimento cheese, I pretty much stick with it. I’m musing now about pickled pepperoncinni, or even unpickled jalapenos minced and added. As I...

cardiologist be your guide. When soft, add a clove or two (or three) of minced garlic. Add ground meat of choice, up the heat and stir to break meat into “crumbles.” If using cubed meat, sweat onions and garlic as...

porcelain cup, he would steam it in an acorn squash. Delicious! His teriyaki was delicious, done with whole deboned chicken thighs. Around here you get overcooked minced chicken in bad, watery “teriyaki” sauce. And...

is wonderful, but hard to come by. Pumpkin pie, mince pie, fudge pie, fresh fruit tarts, mmm. But if we must choose, I choose cake, preferably the kind I grew up on, the kinds my mother made – Good American butter cakes,...

to get kanpachi in the discussion as well. Though I always seem to be disappointed when I eat it, always expecting more. It’s pretty lean...I personally prefer fresh bonito sashimi with the minced onion vs. the seared...

thread for making cold chile rellenos stuffed with tuna and capers, I did a dairy version. The filling was requeson, chopped capers, a clove of minced garlic, freshly ground black pepper, and a little EVOO to unify the flavors....

-Cadburry Cream eggs-I buy about a billion the day after Easter when they go on sale at Target, eat them all within a week and never want to see them till the next year. -Mince Meat Pies-almost the same as the cream eggs...my...

of using a knife or a food processor to cut basil for a pesto, I cru in a mortar. I was taught a long time ago that crushing more thoroughly breaks the molecules of an herb or spice whereas cutting, even into small pieces as in...

dumplings, soup dumplings, minced chicken in lettuce cups, peking duck, don tarts (little egg custard tarts). I only get about 1 thing at a time so the table is not overwhelmed and better to get fresh. Be sure to arrive HUNGRY....

, (Ranch , and Creamy Miso need work)// Annie’s Goddess/ 365 Peanut Sauce//// Seafood: trout, skate ( both are very flavorful fresh fish that won’t break the bank); charlie trotter’s 2 gravlax types/ frozen...