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Grilled Whole Fish with Chili Soy Dipping Sauce

May 28, 2009
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Slideshow shows step by step: how to grill whole fish:

I have yet to go fishing in the local waters here, well okay maybe I need to count the time I friend Judy took me and the kids to the state park. We used squirmy worms as bait on their kiddie fishing poles and caught fish [...]

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Crock Pot Pho (Vietnamese Beef Noodle Soup)

May 4, 2009
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It’s no secret that good Pho broth requires a gazillion hours of simmering time. Time that I just don’t have. Tony, a boyfriend from a lifetime ago, told me his Dad used to simmer giant vats of pho broth overnight for his little pho restaurant in Houston. So, one day, I thought it would be [...]

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Red Lantern Grilled Sirloin with Chile, Garlic, and Ginger

February 22, 2009

Photo of Red Lantern’s Grilled Sirloin with Chile, Garlic and Ginger courtesy of Secrets of the Red Lantern Cookbook
I love my friends!
I needed a few more shots for the cookbook, and asked my good friends Matt and Dannika of MattikaArts if he’d like to take a shot {pun intended..haha i soooo funny! snort.} at photographing [...]

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Lychees, Longan, Rambutan!

January 23, 2009

A beautiful Asian tropical salad with a pineapple “bowl” – canned longan, lychee, rambutan paired with some fresh tropical fruits.
Some of my favorite fruit come in cans. I’m not talking about tasteless, mushy pears or the stained red maraschino cherries, but the Asian stuff like lychee, longan and rambutan. These are fruits that I can [...]

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Apple Ginger Mint Iced Tea

May 21, 2008

from Steamy Kitchen column in Tampa Tribune 5/21/08
When I was little, my mom used to take a 2-quart pitcher, fill it with water, add a few tea bags and placed it in a sunny spot early in the day. My job was to chase the sun. As the sun moved throughout the day, I had [...]

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