I wanted a quick but decadent Valentines Day recipe and remembered I still have the espresso salt that I bought from Christina's Spice and Specialty Foods a few months ago. I knew it will...
A hamachi-wha?? If you've never heard of nor tried hamachi kama, then you are missing out. Hamachi kama is the most tender cut of the yellowtail tuna. It is the jaw/neck/collar of the fish,...
I can smell the warm scent of butter wafting through my small apartment, and I have some dark greens waiting on a plate, waiting to be topped with a simple fried egg.The lights are...
The chefs who competed were Jose Duarte of Taranta, Laura Henry-Zoubir of Church, Andy Husbands of Tremont 647, Jason Hutchinson of Boloco, Brian Poe of Poe's Kitchen, Erwin Ramos of Ole, and Jason Santos...
Yellow cake. Nutella. Chocolate. Three things that make so much sense together, especially in cake form. Especially if the cake is in the form of round, poppable cake balls.
My family moved from the Philippines to Boston in 2000, and our go-to dish, like so many other Filipinos living abroad, is adobo. It does not matter that the dish takes hours to cook...
I have a confession to make: I don't like warm desserts.
Warm apple pie, molten chocolate cake, fresh donuts. Those do not tempt me.
I know, I know, it's weird. I've gotten comments like "how can...
I am now really, truly, officially an adult. I turned 30 last Saturday!
For my birthday this year, there wasn't any food poisoning involved (remember my birthday post last year?). Instead, I started my day...
I spent four days in Houston, Texas and thought I could pull off the Texas twang until I realized I sounded more like a bad cartoon of Paula Deen than a Southern belle, so...
Have you ever had a medjool date? It is dried and wrinkled outside, but sweet and sticky inside. It is rich and has an intense caramel taste in each bite. In fact it taste...