This is one of those dishes that might seem to require way too much prep and cook times to justify the 10 minutes it takes to devour it all. But trust me—it’ll rank up there as the best 10 minutes you can remember from your kitchen table. There was a time when I didn’t think …
Fried rice and I go back a long way. As far back as the days of scratch and sniff stickers and Crayola crayons. I don’t think there was ever a week in my childhood that didn’t include at least one meal of fried rice for lunch, dinner, or even breakfast. My brothers and I all …
When it comes to winter squash, I’m a bit of a late bloomer. Up until the last couple of years, I always gave these tough-skinned gourds a wide berth when browsing the produce area of my local grocery store. Something about them intimidated me. Maybe it was the scabs on their skin. Maybe it was …
All Deserts | Pies | Cookies | Cakes | Cheesecakes | Scones | Muffins It’s true, peanut butter and jelly make a pretty good team. But in my opinion, there’s no better partner in crime for peanut butter than a banana. They are the Rocky and Bullwinkle of flavor combinations, the Ren and Stimpy, the …
Nothing divides the world in half like tofu, separating us into the lovers and the haters. I know some folks who won’t go near the stuff, not even with a ten-foot pair of chopsticks. Too bland, they say. Or the texture is mushy and gross. Some of these braver individuals might venture a bite, but …
You know that scene in Forrest Gump where Bubba rattles on and on about his love of shrimp and all the different ways to eat them? That’s me when it comes to potatoes. There’s never been a potato dish that I didn’t love. My favorite of all? Mashed potatoes and gravy. Growing up, Thanksgiving was …
I must admit, I’m really picky about egg rolls. But if you’d grown up in a traditional Vietnamese family and your mom happened to be the queen of homemade egg rolls, you would be too. Of course, I wasn’t able to appreciate having authentic egg rolls as a staple in my diet until much later …
The difference between calzone and pizza, of course, is in the crust. While a pizza utilizes the crust like a serving tray with everything piled on top, the crust on a calzone gets paraded like a prince. It’s the star of the show, the CEO of the company, the big kahuna. This does turn up …