As much as I love cooking Italian and French cuisine, I resort to my native Chinese stir-frys and braises on an everyday basis. Growing up with the flavors of garlic, ginger, green onions, soy sauce and sesame oil, nothing comforts me more than home cooked Chinese food. Not to mention, Chinese cooking is usually quick [...]

For my birthday, Liza was kind enough to get me the Zuni Cafe Cookbook. I must confess, I have not yet been to the famous Zuni Cafe (I know! how can I call myself a foodie?!), but the introduction by Judy Rogers is enough to make me love the restaurant. She is an amazing food [...]

We are never ones to skimp on fat or flavor in a recipe, although we probably should for our waistlines, so when a recipe comes around that is both healthy and tasty, we are all for it. Soba noodles are Japanese thin noodles made of at least 30% buckwheat and the rest regular wheat flour [...]

Our last vicariously Cambodian dish was Khmer Curry. Not surprisingly it called for a spice called Khmer Curry Blend. It smelled as delicious as the Amok powder, but had a softer, milder nose, good for meats such as pork, beef or chicken, which do not have the natural pungency of fish. The only thing we [...]