This is a great special dinner for two, which is really not very hard. I used a sous-vide cooker, which ensured that the steak inside the crust was perfectly cooked, but the steak can also be cooked the old fashioned way, in a frying pan. This is an adaptation from a recipe by Jordan Kenna Read More …
I am always on the lookout for simple dishes (preferably in one pot) which would be popular with boys on a Boy Scout camping trip. This posting is based on a Serious Eats recipe with the unlikely name “American Chop Suey (Macaroni, Beef, and Cheese Skillet Casserole)”. It is essentially a variation on pasta with Read More …
I have read that this mild stir fry is the authentic taste of Taiwan, the dish which makes older people think of the good things of their childhood. The three cups refers to sesame oil, rice wine, and soy sauce, but the recipe does not actually use that much of any of these ingredients. Read More …
This roasted Tunisian salad was a big hit last night. I like roasted peppers, so I was interested when I spotted a recipe in Marianne Magnier-Moreno’s book “My Cooking Class: Middle Eastern Basics” which had roasted peppers and roasted tomatoes. Since it is still early spring, we do not have good quality big tomatoes Read More …
A focaccia is an Italian flatbread with a light topping to flavor the bread. It can be made from a variety of doughs and in a variety of thicknesses. I usually make them about pizza thickness and out of pizza dough. ( Pizza for One or for Many ) A few nights ago I was Read More …
We were in the mood for something different than ordinary steamed rice, and made this cilantro rice, which is adapted from Melissa Guerra’s “Dishes from the Wild Horse Desert: Norteno Cooking of South Texas”. We have served it a couple of different ways, most recently with shrimp sautéed with garlic and guacamole salsa. We Read More …