Learn how to cook any type of peas in the microwave in just minutes! This recipe works great with both fresh and frozen peas and is something you will want to have in your back pocket. This method is one of the easiest and most efficient ways to cook peas....
Instant Pot Vietnamese Chicken Pho
Vietnamese Pho is a beautifully fragrant and healthy noodle soup. Pho can be made using any kind of protein, the most popular being beef pho, but our favorite is Chicken Pho. Chicken Pho is much easier to make and the broth is much lighter than...
Here fishy fishy fishy!
Our little blogger vacay at Club Med Columbus Isle wasn't all sand, beach and unlimited cocktails - honey, we worked HARD for our food! I landed this 45 pound wahoo with the help of hunka-hunka Clyde the boat captain. Clyde has been taking a group of visiting chefs...
Monkey Bread in the Microwave
Monkey bread is something I grew up eating as a treat. It took time to prepare, especially when making the dough from scratch and was doused in the most delicious cinnamon sugar mixture. I'd like to say we all have time to do that, but the reality is, we don't!...
Winners! Club Med and Sur La Table
I don't enjoy jet lag, I quite hate the feeling of pooping out at 9pm when traveling from Florida to Los Angeles...and then working fast and furious until 4 AM when I return home. It doesn't help that my two very energetic children have no concept of time change. They...
Momofuku’s Pickled Wild Leek/Ramp Bulbs
(Step by step photos on how to pickle wild leek bulbs or ramp bulbs) [imagebrowser id=20] It's the end of wild leek or ramp season, and what's left in some markets are just the bulbs, which last much longer than the entire thing. For these strays, it's best to pickle...
Ducklings learning to swim
The great thing about living near a farm store is that I no longer need to have baby fowl delivered via postal service. The bad thing about living near a farm store is that I just cannot stay away. Last week, the kids and I snuck over there while Scott was out...
Green Eggs and Ham Sushi
Hey guys 'n gals - it's Green Eggs and Ham 50th Anniversary this year and to celebrate, rock stars Melissa d'Arabian, Michael Symon, Mitzi Dulan and I created some fun recipes using...you guessed it...green eggs and ham. Together, we're on the consumer advisory...
Pork and Spinach Wonton
I think the ultimate Chinese comfort food is handmade wonton in soup. Warm, soothing, gingery broth.....delicate, floating "clouds." In Cantonese, wonton is pronounced wun tun 雲吞, which means "swallowing clouds." The wonton wrapper is so delicate and...
Steamed Green Beans in the Microwave
Learn how to make steamed green beans in the microwave in just under 10 minutes. Quick, simple, and energy efficient, just a few of the reasons why we love microwave cooking! Green beans or haricot verts you find in a plastic bag at the store are typically sold...