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How to Juice a Lime with a Fork – Cooking Tip
February 25, 2010 – 3:44 pm | No Comment
How to Juice a Lime with a Fork – Cooking Tip

Learn a quick and simple cooking tip for juicing citrus.

Ju Bao – savory baked bun
February 24, 2010 – 4:52 pm | No Comment
Ju Bao – savory baked bun

Baked savory bun, part of the Valentine’s Day/Lunar New Year dinner at Casa de Wasabi over the weekend of the 14th. Love and dumplings!

Green Bamboo Rice + Sweet Onion Sugar
February 22, 2010 – 12:30 pm | No Comment
Green Bamboo Rice + Sweet Onion Sugar

Asian-inspired green bamboo rice served with sweet-onion-sugar-caramelized shrimp.

Tea with Radish
February 15, 2010 – 8:14 am | No Comment
Tea with Radish

having tea with fellow blogger, Ms Radish and Rose

Chorizo
February 10, 2010 – 4:25 pm | No Comment
Chorizo

Chouriço, or chorizo a traditional Portuguese
sausage set on fire in a traditional chouriço cooker!

Homemade Yogurt
February 9, 2010 – 3:17 pm | No Comment
Homemade Yogurt

Rich, thick, and simple to make homemade yogurt.

Guess the mystery food!
February 4, 2010 – 10:22 am | No Comment
Guess the mystery food!

I snapped this as my Dad was getting ready to make
holiday treats with it. Guess the food today…giveaway begins tomorrow!

Ganache au chocolat
January 12, 2010 – 7:32 pm | No Comment
Ganache au chocolat

Ready to fill macarons at a workshop at Elysée
Lenôtre in Paris

Île flottante
January 12, 2010 – 7:29 pm | No Comment
Île flottante

Made at a workshop at ArtHome Paris – an Electrolux
intstallation in Paris.

Colorful peppers at the Greek way
January 11, 2010 – 11:15 am | No Comment
Colorful peppers at the Greek way

Spicy peppers stuffed with rice and with the
addition of crunchy almonds, at the Greek way..

Cheers to 2010!
January 9, 2010 – 6:12 pm | No Comment
Cheers to 2010!

Glasses of bubbly served at friends’ house to
celebrate the new year — good food, good people, good times!!

Year in Review of a Culinary Traveler
January 5, 2010 – 3:35 pm | No Comment
Year in Review of a Culinary Traveler

From pastries in Paris to pasta in Palermo, a year
in review of a culinary traveler

Picky Cook’s favorite recipes of 2009!
December 31, 2009 – 12:30 pm | No Comment
Picky Cook’s favorite recipes of 2009!

Picky Cook is one of our favorite discoveries from 2009.
Check out their chosen favorites from their entire year of delicious recipes!

All-Clad Stainless with d5 reviewed
December 27, 2009 – 11:33 am | No Comment
All-Clad Stainless with d5 reviewed

All-Clad Stainless with d5 cookware reviewed, plus
the Chicken Parmigiana recipe the pan was tested with.

Bite Size Persian Pastries
December 18, 2009 – 11:19 am | No Comment
Bite Size Persian Pastries

Adorable bite size Persian pastries made of rice and nut flour

Rosemary’s Babies :)
December 14, 2009 – 7:14 pm | No Comment
Rosemary’s Babies :)

Apple Cinnamon Gingerbread Ornaments

Honey + December sunshine
December 13, 2009 – 10:32 pm | No Comment
Honey + December sunshine

Honey + December sunshine

Annatto seeds
December 12, 2009 – 10:29 pm | No Comment
Annatto seeds

The Poor Man’s Saffron – Annatto gives a vibrant
color to otherwise mundane looking dishes. Get to know more details here

Candy Cane Sugar Scrub
December 4, 2009 – 1:22 pm | No Comment
Candy Cane Sugar Scrub

Make this sweet smelling homemade sugar scrub for your friends and family this Christmas!

Winter Crop Share
November 28, 2009 – 9:17 am | No Comment
Winter Crop Share

Look at everything we can still get in Minnesota in November!

Stuffed baby squid
November 25, 2009 – 10:48 am | No Comment
Stuffed baby squid

Baby squid stuffed with pumpernickel and porcini
mushrooms, served with bitter lemon and black pepper purée, caramelized salicornia.

Dragon Roll
November 23, 2009 – 5:50 pm | No Comment
Dragon Roll

From Mashiko Restaurant in West Seattle

Saskatoon Berries
November 22, 2009 – 2:12 pm | No Comment
Saskatoon Berries

A Story of Saskatoon Berries

Candy Cane Joe-Joe’s
November 22, 2009 – 1:51 pm | No Comment
Candy Cane Joe-Joe’s

Candy Cane Joe-Joe’s SELF sponsored giveaway!!

Fire Roasted Marinated Peppers
November 20, 2009 – 7:44 pm | No Comment
Fire Roasted Marinated Peppers

Putting a flame to a pepper transforms it to what I
believe it was meant to be.

The Comfort Foods of Hawaii
November 18, 2009 – 6:05 pm | No Comment
The Comfort Foods of Hawaii

Eating my way through the comfort foods on the
islands of Oahu and Maui.

Fresh Pineapple in Hawaii
November 18, 2009 – 6:03 pm | No Comment
Fresh Pineapple in Hawaii

Pineapple, growing in my aunt’s garden in Hawaii. Living with a home-grown produce
section in one’s backyard has its benefits!

Octopus ceviche with shrimp and scallops
November 17, 2009 – 3:39 pm | No Comment
Octopus ceviche with shrimp and scallops

Cheese, Wine and Chocolate reports on all the fun at the First Annual
Foodbuzz Festival in San Francisco. Check out their gorgeous pictures!

Fall Harvest Mosaic
November 16, 2009 – 2:39 pm | No Comment
Fall Harvest Mosaic

In close on a mosaic plating of yellow turnips, beets, and butternut squash.

Ham and cheese Empanada
November 13, 2009 – 6:08 pm | No Comment
Ham and cheese Empanada

Empanada, turnover, calzone? Does it matter what
these little dough pockets filled with ham and cheese are called? Nope just matters
how fabulous they taste!

Long bean + bell pepper stir-fry
November 12, 2009 – 10:24 pm | No Comment
Long bean + bell pepper stir-fry

Long bean + bell pepper stir-fry

Food to celebrate
November 8, 2009 – 2:39 pm | No Comment
Food to celebrate

Some good reasons to celebrate food every day

Rice Porridge
November 5, 2009 – 1:54 pm | No Comment
Rice Porridge

Rice porridge serves with a salted fish, anchovy,
salted turnip, chilli flakes and salted duck egg. Suitable for lunch or dinner.
Sometime this dish called Congee

Turkish Orange Eggplant
November 5, 2009 – 12:54 pm | No Comment
Turkish Orange Eggplant

Beautiful heirloom Turkish Orange eggplant. Perfect for Fall.

Homemade Tortillas
November 5, 2009 – 12:50 pm | No Comment
Homemade Tortillas

Homemade flour tortillas, try them once and you’ll
never go back to store bought!

Autumn Squash
November 5, 2009 – 12:08 pm | No Comment
Autumn Squash

Large bin of colorful autumn squash at local
farmer’s market — our last trip for the season!

Jaggery
November 4, 2009 – 11:32 am | No Comment
Jaggery

Find out what i made with this healthy sweetener

Portuguese Egg Tarts
October 30, 2009 – 12:39 pm | No Comment
Portuguese Egg Tarts

Pasteis De Nata are Portuguese Egg Tarts that are
well know all over the world, with a some interesting history behind them.

Baozi
October 16, 2009 – 10:44 am | No Comment
Baozi

Fried dumplings or Bao Zi from the new book Asian Dumplings

Apple
October 15, 2009 – 10:55 am | No Comment
Apple

Fall is in full swing! See how apple cider is made
on the farm.

Harvest, Napa Valley
October 14, 2009 – 10:26 am | No Comment
Harvest, Napa Valley

The grape harvest is in full swing here int he
beautiful Napa Valley.

Diwali 2009
October 14, 2009 – 10:04 am | No Comment
Diwali 2009

Celebrating the Indian Festival of Lights with lots
of food.

This Week’s Harvest
October 14, 2009 – 9:59 am | No Comment
This Week’s Harvest

Frisée, Swiss chard, Granny Smith apples, tomatoes,
and potatoes

Oktoberfest
October 12, 2009 – 2:44 pm | No Comment
Oktoberfest

pork sandwich, potatoes, brats, beer… It’s time for Oktoberfest!

The return of the milkman
October 11, 2009 – 2:10 pm | No Comment
The return of the milkman

Once a fixture of the early morning landscape, making deliveries to about a third of
all households in the United States, the milkman was all but extinct as the 20th
century drew to a close…