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Cook the Book: '100 Best Vegetarian Recipes'
I love making veggie burritos with tofu, black beans, corn, tomatoes, onions, peppers, and whatever veggies I want to use up. Add some spice, maybe some brown rice. I take a package of flour tortillas, make up as many burritos as I can, and individually wrap and freeze them. Makes for a delicious, quick meal when you get home late or don't have a lot of time.
Mmm, maybe I'll make some this weekend!
Cook the Book: 'On the Line'
I love how in Chinese restaurants, they steam a whole fish and just pour a little soy sauce over it and sprinkle with scallions and a bit of sesame oil. So simple, fresh and delicious!
Cook the Book: 'Osteria'
A giant bowl of thick, chunky soup, like lentil or split pea, to warm my belly and soul!
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Cook the Book: 'What We Eat When We Eat Alone'
Quickie quesadilla - corn tortillas with shredded cheddar, cooked on a frying pan (no oil!). I cook it til the tortillas get a little toasty brown and the cheese is all melty. I eat this with a little salsa verde. Simple and yummy.
Cook the Book: '100 Best Vegetarian Recipes'
I love making veggie burritos with tofu, black beans, corn, tomatoes, onions, peppers, and whatever veggies I want to use up. Add some spice, maybe some brown rice. I take a package of flour tortillas, make up as many burritos as I can, and individually wrap and freeze them. Makes for a delicious, quick meal when you get home late or don't have a lot of time.
Mmm, maybe I'll make some this weekend!
Cook the Book: 'On the Line'
I love how in Chinese restaurants, they steam a whole fish and just pour a little soy sauce over it and sprinkle with scallions and a bit of sesame oil. So simple, fresh and delicious!
Cook the Book: 'Osteria'
A giant bowl of thick, chunky soup, like lentil or split pea, to warm my belly and soul!
Cook the Book: 'Eat Me: The Food and Philosophy of Kenny Shopsin'
I made up a dish I called "Mediterranean Chicken" from a handful of different recipes and ideas. I stuffed boneless chicken breasts with a mix of feta, capers, chopped green olives, a pinch of red pepper flakes, and olive oil. I salt & peppered the chicken, topped it with a thin slice of lemon, and baked. I topped the cooked chicken breasts with a tomato, toasted pine nut and oregano mix, and served a salad of cucumbers, tomatoes, parsley, rice wine vinegar and olive oil on the side. It always looks so fresh and pretty! And tastes great too!
Cook the Book: 'A Platter of Figs'
Butternut squash - roasted and pureed into soup. And brussell sprouts, roasted with a bit of olive oil, garlic and salt, or braised with a little bacon. Mmmmm, can't wait!
Cook the Book: Serves One
Glass of wine, cheese, pate and good bread or fancy crackers - decadence!
Cook the Book: The Splendid Table's How to Eat Supper
Gail Simmons - What can I do to be your Special Projects Manager at Food & Wine magazine?
Speaking of manners!
My bf and I went out for dim sum in Brooklyn Chinatown a couple months ago. It was a little late for dim sum (around 3pm) so the restuarant wasn't quite full, but not dead either. We were seated at a table in the corner, and proceeded to order goodies from the carts. As I took my first bite, I noticed the elderly grandma at the table in front of us staring at my bf as if she was staring at the "white devil" himself (I'm Chinese, he's white). That was funny, until 2 minutes later, we noticed grandma helping her daughter change a baby's diaper! Right in front of us as! I looked at my bf, and with a horrified look on his face, he said "if I get even a whif of ..." (thankfully it was only a pee diaper). People, diaper changes in the dining room, no matter what's in them, is completely inappropriate and GROSS.
Cook the Book: Lidia's Italy
Living in NYC, a city where people eat out most nights, it's not difficult to impress people with almost ANY home cooked meal. I love to cook, especially for other people, and I've found the simpler, the better. About 5 years ago, I made up a recipe I called Mediterranean chicken, which is chicken breasts stuffed with a mix of feta, capers, green olives and a little lemon zest. Season the chicken with salt/pepper and a lemon slice, bake, and serve topped with chopped tomatoes, capers and olive oil, with couscous on the side. Yum!
Cook the Book: The Sweet Melissa Baking Book
Sweet Melissa in Brooklyn makes these AMAZING pumpkin spice sandwich cookies with a cream cheese filling, like super-rich, soft pumpkin oreos. Completely addictive! I would love to learn how to make these!
Serious Easter Artisanal Chocolate Egg Giveaway
peeps! i know, gross, but it's a nostalgia thing.
Cook the Book: 'Techniques of Healthy Cooking'
A salad with fresh, seasonal farmer's market ingredients - greens, tomatoes, cucumbers, and anything else I can find, with a little simple dressing of lime juice, a splash of rice vinegar, olive oil, salt and pepper.
Cook the Book: 'The Vegetable Dishes I Can't Live Without'
roasted cauliflower, tossed with olive oil and garlic, and a little salt and pepper sprinkled over the top. pure, fresh, delicious!
Cook the Book: 'The Food You Crave'
I love most veggies - in salads, roasted, steamed. One of my new discoveries this past summer was a sauce made of eggplants, tomatoes and onions, with garlic, basil, and a little olive oil. It doesn't get much more simple or healthy than this! Serve over short pasta, like penne, or bake an egg in a small dish of this yummy sauce. Can't wait for tomatoes to be back in season!
Cook the Book: 'The Bacon Cookbook'
bacon-wrapped scallops!
Seriously Delicious Giveaway: Zingerman's Gift Certificate
Fresh buffalo mozzarella. Can't beat it when it's tomato season, slice that fresh cheese, still a little warm, served with fresh basil leaves and good olive oil. I'm drooling.
Dinner Tonight: Chilled Avocado Soup
I had a lovely chilled avocado soup at The Farm on Adderley just a few months ago. It had a slight hint of vinegar, I think, but still tasted of avocado, nothing in it was overpowering its flavor. I would LOVE if someone could get that recipe!
Cook the Book: 'Crescent City Cooking'
I LOVE jambalaya. I have a friend who's a HUGE fan of New Orleans, and he makes a mean jambalaya. I'm drooling just thinking about it now...
Seriously Delicious Holiday Food Giveaway: Russ & Daughters
Dim sum for this little piggy!
Cook the Book: Asian Flavors of Jean-Georges
Duck noodles - when I was a kid, my grandma would get a roast duck from Oakland Chinatown, and she'd ask for a little cup of the juices that run out when they cook the duck. Then she'd get some fresh noodles from another market. Back at home, she'd boil the noodles in water, then serve them with the duck jus poured over, with the roast duck on the side. All the spices and salt that make the duck so tasty work so well with fresh noodles! To this day my brother and I make this request when we know grandma's buying a roast duck.
What was the last recipe you followed? How did it turn out?
I made Mario Batali's Spaghetti al Pomodoro recipe (http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2007/09/unclogged-mario-batali-spaghetti-al-pomodoro-pasta-recipe.html) on Monday night. Wow! So simple, fresh, and amazingly delicious. I plan to make this every weekend while tomatoes are still in season! Wonder if I could make this sauce and freeze it to enjoy in the upcoming tomato-less winter months...
I'm also a huge fan of the Chicken with Green Sauce recipe from his babysitter, we just can't get enough of all the bright flavors in there.
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Quickie quesadilla - corn tortillas with shredded cheddar, cooked on a frying pan (no oil!). I cook it til the tortillas get a little toasty brown and the cheese is all melty. I eat this with a little salsa verde. Simple and yummy.