Its almost Cinco de Mayo which might as well be a state holiday here in California. Mexican food is very common here but Mexico's holida...

When you come across a nice ripe fragrant papaya , buy it. You can use them for a lot of different recipes. Very good at breakfast in smoot...

I found these beautiful and fresh English peas at the local farmers market. I had to buy a big bag because most of the year only frozen peas...

If your food drys out while cooking on the grill, just do it in the rain. Just kidding, but the show must go on. When family from out of tow...

I have always grown the hardy herbs such as rosemary, thyme and sage, but this year I planted parsley and cilantro from seed. They are growi...

I have looked at the cover on the outdoor grill all Winter long, I know it was not much of a Winter but I still had it covered. Anyway the c...

This was a fast one pan dinner of garlic, onion, curry paste simmered with yellow split peas, then when tender rock snapper fillets were qui...

I had family in town from Maui, Hawaii recently and it was a opportunity to do my verison of some of my favorite local flavors. First I star...

Enchiladas are true South of the border comfort food, a rich stuffed rolled corn tortilla covered in red or green sauce with a layer of chee...

Fresh Salmon is one of the most popular fish eaten today, but there is a cloud of controversy surrounding Salmon now. Most Salmon available ...

My youngest daughter is now helping dreaming up ideas of dishes to try to make and she wanted to do the classic chicken and dumplings. She h...

This is a old favorite of mine that is true comfort food with many layers of flavor. I met Chef Paul Prudhomme once at a restaurant I was wo...

The local farmer's market can be found in most city's now and getting more popular as people are taking the time to learn and apprec...

Doing another version of chicken tonight and came up with this, no its not my idea, but new to the kids and they love it. Crispy panko bread...

Allot of people are becoming more concerned about unhealthy mass produced fast foods that are being spreading around the world in the form o...