My inept photography does not do L.'s plating justice. This was a beautifully presented dish and, to toot my own horn heartily as well,...

Though this dish does take about 45 minutes to put together, most of it is pretty hands off, involving whisking the polenta from time to...

This is a really tasty dish, and the Brussels sprouts cook in pretty much the same amount of time that it will take to pan sear your...

I made this as a birthday dinner main course for a friend of mine who thanked me by mocking my blog design, backed by staunch ally, L.. I...

Chinese Grandmothers, Aunties and Amahs around the world are probably screaming Munch-like as I post this inauthentic recipe. Too bad...

This came in just under the gun (19:47). I highly recommend it as a quick, effortless dinner after a hard day at work when you want a...

I must have read 50 recipes for gumbo online without coming across one that truly spoke to me. I concluded that there are as many...

This was, if I say so myself, a delicious soup. All the recipes I looked at on line for inspiration used water, vegetable stock or...

I set myself this challenge with great trepidation. I nearly always order soft shell crab when it is on a seasonal menu, but had never...

It is unfortunate that the photo here makes everything look so messy because it truly was a very pretty dish and one which I would...

This is not as hard to make as you would think since many Asian grocery stores have pre-cooked eel in the frozen food section. It is...

I read the inspiration recipe linked below and my mouth watered but, since I have green coconut curry paste ice cubes in my freezer and...

I like to cook fish in the microwave; it is one of the few uses I have for it besides last minute defrosting. Wrapping the fish in...

Normally, when planning to use butter to flavor or top a dish, I make a compound butter and incorporate flavors into it before adding it...

New York is a foodie city, pretentious enough that our local upmarket supermarket has a produce butcher who will cut any vegetable that...

Stubbie likes tacos and I have a very elaborate, labor intensive pork based recipe that I make from time to time, which L detests. L....

This recipe is quite simple but got big wows, despite the fact that (as illustrated above, I hacked at it without sharpening my knife...

Here are three recipes for the "price" of one! The components of this meal all went so well together that I felt that I needed to...