About
Modern Asian Recipes - fast, fresh and simple enough for tonight’s supper.
I’m a food writer and television rockstar (okay, maybe not a rockstar quite yet) and my speciality is Asian cooking.
I’m a weekly food columnist in The Tampa Tribune Newspaper. My column appears every Wednesday online and Sunday in print.
The Steamy Kitchen segment airs in this syndicated show twice a month
I’m a regular guest twice a month on CBS 10 Connects during the 4pm news
In my home market, ABC7 hosts me the last Thursday of every month at 6:35am
I’m a food writer for Club Med North America. You can read about my fun travels and Food and Wine Festivals under Travel
Steamy Kitchen Cookbook
Jacket cover + inside flaps artwork!
I’m currently writing my first cookbook, called Steamy Kitchen’s Modern Asian to be released Fall ‘09, published by Periplus/Tuttle. Call me crazy, but I’m doing all the writing and photographing for the book myself - 100+ recipes and 150+ color photographs. I blog frequently about my book progress.
Steamy Kitchen Cooking Classes
My hands-on cooking classes are held at The Rolling Pin in Brandon, Florida and at the Epicurean Culinary Academy in Los Angeles, California. Contact the schools directly for more information.
Contact Me
Follow me on Twitter, email me at jaden@steamykitchen.com. Spammers will be dunked in a vat of fermented fish muck. Twice.
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Television & Steamy Kitchen Newspaper Columns
photo by John Revisky, Sarasota Magazine. I’m totally draping seductively over my Balinese Love Lounge (heehee!)
Television
*Note - I haven’t had a chance to get my Daytime segments up on Youtube yet…working on it!
CBS 10 - 1 Chicken, 3 Meals
ABC 7 - Poached Chicken in Ginger Scallion Sauce
CBS 10 - How to buy seafood
CBS 10 - Save Money By Freezing Sauces and Marinades
CBS 10 - Superbowl Affordable Luxuries & Kobe Burgers
Newspaper
Walk The Plank - 6/16/09 Tampa Tribune
Dr. BBQ Inspires Charcoal Fever - 6/12/09 Tampa Tribune
Nadia Spices Everything Up With Sass - 6/2/09 Tampa Tribune
Moroccan Meatballs - 5/27/09 Tampa Tribune
Whole Grilled Fish - 5/22/09 Tampa Tribune
Kids Pizza Racers - 5/14/09 Tampa Tribune
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Shameless Self-Promotion
because even egos need to be fed…
guest writer for Martha Stewart: Grilled Thai Curry Beef Skewers
Martha Stewart Everyday Food: Grilled Bananas with Dark Chocolate
Epicurious: Little Chef Andrew and No Knead Bread Revisited , Inquiring Food Bloggers
Slashfood: No Knead Bead Revisited, Food Porn, Fried Rice, Ginger Tips, Espresso, Jap Chae, Cannellini Spread
The Times U.K. One of 50 best food blogs in the world (#28)
Tampa Tribune : Big-ass feature, New Orleans Charity Event, Podcast with Jeff Houck
Wall Street Journal
Chowhound: How to pick a fresh fish
Washington Post: Celebrating the Pomegranate; White Peppercorns + Chinese Hot & Sour Soup
SeriousEats: German Oven Pancakes, Furikake Fries , Killer Crawfish
Good Bite
Lifehacker: Gucci Steak
Tastespotting
Bon Appetit (related links section)
The Washington Post: Cooling off with hot food writers
Parents Magazine Blog
Chicagoist
Woman’s Day
Tampa Bay Times
Culinate: Blogs and Books
Herald Tribune - Dining Magazine (page 13)
Creative Loafing: Best Blog
Well Fed Network
Blogs of the Day: Top Blogs: 5/2/07
SlashFood Food Porn: Baby Eggplant
Yum Sugar: Coconut Rice Vietnamese Chicken Noodle Soup Lobster Mac ‘n Cheese Ginger Tips
Apartment Therapy: Chicken Faux Gras, Rolo Turtle Pretzels
South Carolina Morning News
Sacramento Bee December 11, 2007, May 14, 2008
Eating Tampa: Best Blog
St. Petersburg Times
Tampa Bay’s CBS Channel 10
First place, tied: Food Photography DMBLGIT May 2007
Creative Loafing: Write Global, Eat Local
Blogher:How to Make the Perfect Rice
Blogher: Roll Your Own Sushi
Your Observer
Seattle Post Intelligencer
Sarasota Chamber of Commerce, Minority Business of the Year 2007
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About the Photography
I take all the photos on the site. My camera is a Canon 40D with a 60mm macro lens for the food porn shots. If I’m shooting with very little natural light, I use an inexpensive but amazing set of lights called Lowel EGO.
My style of food photography is clean, simple, and showcases the beauty of food without a lot of fancy props. All of the food created is real. Meaning, I don’t use food photography tricks like using Elmer’s glue to mimic milk, spray food with glycerin to make it look shiny, and I certainly don’t fluff and position each grain of rice.
93% of the dishes and recipes featured are created in my home kitchen and are eaten for dinner that night after a quick 2 minute photo-shoot. The other 7% of the food is still created in my home kitchen….but late at night when my kids are asleep and I don’t have to share any of it!
If you’re interested in food photography, I post often about food photography tips.
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Random Stuff
Confucius say:
1. One who has harmony in seasonings need no recipe. Know basic combinations of seasonings in types of cuisines Chinese: soy, sugar, wine, sesame oil Japanese: mirin, soy, sake
2. She who marinates meats – even a quick 10 minutes – will be rewarded with flavorful dish
3. Hot Wokky = No Stikky
4. Cooking not only taste. Use all 5 senses.
5. It is honorable to share your food with friends. Cook more than enough and bring to hungry neighbor.
Ok, ok, Confucious really didn’t say that. I made that shit up.
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Legal Blah-Blah
The contents of this website is protected under a Creative Commons License. You are welcome to share and republish my recipes or photos, as long as you give me credit, don’t draw a fake mustache on my face or alter any of my content. Please don’t pretend the content is yours, be nice and link back to me. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 License. Violate this and forever be cursed by the food gods - your souffles will never rise and eggs will always be rotten.
About Gluten-Free: The great thing about Asian foods is that many of the dishes are gluten free. I don’t eat GF, however I know many of you do, so I’ve created a category “GF” calling out dishes that are GF or that can be easily adaptable to be GF. Please look at the ingredient list carefully and make your own substitutions if I haven’t suggested in the recipe!
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Contact me
jaden@steamykitchen.com
