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Peking Chicken with Steamed Buns
Oh how I so wish that the title of this post was Peking Duck, not Peking Chicken....sigh....while I'll go to any lengths to satisfy my cravings, this one was just a little too involved. I mean, I'd have to go buy a frozen duck, defrost it, air-dry in front of a mighty...
Tasting Notes: Divine Droplets
Ginga Shizuku - Divine Droplets This sake is drip-pressed (shizuku), a rarity by itself, and it is the only sake in the world drip-pressed in an ice igloo which is rebuilt every year outside the main brewery building in Hokkaido, Japan's northernmost island. Ginga...
No Knead Pizza Dough: Pear and Gorgonzola Flatbread with Baby Arugula and Shaved Parmesan
Opportunity Cost...Revised... I've written about opportunity cost of eating out last year, and re-wrote the post with a brand new recipe for my newspaper food column this week... Before we had children, my husband and I used to eat out no fewer than 3 times a week....
Butter Poached Lobster with Fresh Tomatoes
This Butter Poached Lobster is slow-poached in a creamy, buttery sauce. Throw in the freshest tomatoes you can find, some fresh herbs. Quick, delicious and a touch decadent! Why This Butter Poached Lobster Is So Good A fool proof lobster recipe. Buttery creamy...
Fried Noodles with Garlic Shrimp
Chinese New Year is coming up in just a couple of weeks! It will be the Year of the Rat! I'll be sharing some of my favorite Chinese dishes with you - easy meals that you can whip up for the holiday. Chinese are big on food symbolisms - and some of the references are...
Steamy Kitchen Food Porn Room
'm going to give you 6 letters, out of order and I bet I can show you just ONE IMAGE and in that image you'll be able to see, hear, feel and smell EXACTLY what those 6 letters form. Here are the letters....in random order: H I S O T H Ready? Ok....read on... See?!?!?...
Comin’ to L.A. + Sharing Food Porn Secrets
Sometimes, I feel like life isn't fair. and then...I play with Photoshop. All of the sudden, all is right in the world again. Except there is way too much space btw his head and mine. Well, it turns out that I'm not only one degree from Justin Timberlake, but get...
Roasted Chicken with Sweet Plum Sauce
Caption me! What the hell am I saying??? (no, your screen isn't dirty - I had to snag that off my TV by taking a pic of the video. The smudges? I was watching Anthony Bourdain on TV and was either practicing kissing him like a lovestruck teen or trying the new scratch...
Food Blog Forum, Asheville NC
Four and a half years ago, Diane crossed the Mexican border with "contraband" that I had requested via text from Tecate, Mexico. She arrived at my door late at night with a small rolling luggage piece in one hand and a single, red backpack in the other that I...