Recipes

  This pastry is as easy as it gets and very satisfying. I would make them the day you want to eat them as the crust does  not stay as crispy after the first day. Anything with guava was very much a part of our cuisine growing up. We had guava trees all over the […]

  When visiting friends in California, we went to breakfast at a restaurant in Encinitas named The Original Pancake House. I’m not a pancake eater. I usually go for the savory items, but hence their name I decided to try the pancakes. They made me a believer. I have never had lighter, more delicious pancakes

  This is a great recipe that can be jarred and given as gifts. It makes a lot and lasts a long time. Great for parties and large crowds. A thank you to my cousin’s sister-in-law, Frances Manali, for giving me the basics for this delicious salad. Like many of us, she does not have

  This is one of the easiest recipes you will ever encounter and yet so delicious and visually pleasing!! This is a great side dish for almost any protein or for a vegetarian meal. MISE EN PLACE INGREDIENTS: 2 Pounds fresh asparagus, tough ends trimmed 3 Tbsp. olive oil 1 1/2 Tbsp. minced garlic 2

  I was stationed in San Antonio when I was in the United States Air Force, where I met and married my wife. We had to be conscious of our spending and were always looking for something that was inexpensive to make, but also plentiful. At that time, there was a drive-in movie called The

  This recipe is by Samin Nosrat from her book  Salt Fat Acid Heat. It is so simple to make and unbelievably succulent and flavorful. You can’t go wrong with this recipe. Pictured is the one I made. Thank you Ms. Nosrat for this recipe that I have made many times.  MISE EN PLACE INGREDIENTS:

  When I was in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, I experienced some really great dishes that I had never tasted before. When dining at the Bijan restaurant, I was particularly impressed by one of their appetizers, Curcur Udang, a shrimp fritter. The chef was nice enough to tell me the ingredients and kind of how he made them so I

  I was on one of my many stops at Costco the other day and saw a bag of fresh garlic for a phenomenal price. I have been paying as much as 60 cents per bulb in my regular super market and this bag of garlic came out to about 20 cents per bulb. So,

  The signature dish of Tampa, Florida, arroz con pollo is always found at every Hispanic restaurant and every Latino home at least on a weekly basis. It was the main meal at the annual picnics held by Tampa’s Hispanic social clubs. It’s delicious, colorful, exotic, and a crowd-pleaser. Everyone has a bit of a