Recipes

  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

  So many different salads! So many salad dressings! Here are some salad dressing recipes, some with a different twist, that will bring some variety to those leafy greens and veggies. My Vinaigrette: Lemon-Garlic Vinaigrette   Avocado Dressing: 1 Cup mashed Haas avocado 1 Cup mayonnaise 2 Tbsp. freshly squeezed lemon juice 1 Large clove of

  This is a quick, easy and delicious dish to prepare when you’re on the go or forgot to take something out of the freezer for dinner. You can follow the recipe as is or add additional clam flavor by using whole canned clams, minced clams or an additional white clam sauce. You can certainly

  This is one of my favorite recipes for chicken salad. It’s great to serve on a plate of lettuce, as a sandwich on your choice of bread or as and appetizer served in phyllo dough cups or crostinis.  I use the breast meat of a rotisserie chicken, not only because it’s easy, but they

  Growing up near McKay Bay in Palmetto Beach, a neighborhood of Tampa, Florida, we were afforded the pleasure, as kids, to go crabbing for blue crabs off the seawall. Tampa is famous for their Jaibas Enchilados. Don’t confuse enchilados for the Mexican enchiladas. Enchilado means seasoned with a hot spice. But you will hear

  Don’t let the color fool you. This is a delicious and different rice that has a little bit of a kick to it and is a recipe more popular in Mexico. The closest I have come across to this in the United States is cilantro rice. The Mexicans will drizzle Mexican crema over the

  If you’re a banana-nut bread lover, you need look no further for the best recipe ever for this delicious treat. My wife’s recipe delivers a banana-nut bread that is super moist, full of plump pecan pieces and bursting with the sweetness of bananas. MISE EN PLACE INGREDIENTS: 4 TO 6 Very ripe bananas. They

My aunt was married to a Sicilian-American and it was from her that I learned most of my Italian food recipes. She, in turn, learned from her mother-in-law, Inez Valenti, otherwise known to all of us as Nana. She wasn’t my grandmother but I always felt like she was and I never called her by