I made a simple salad using thinly shaved fennel and beets that were cooked and tossed in to a simple vinaigrette. The fennel was sliced ver...

One day I am cooking Latin and the next day its Asian, that's part of whats fun in cooking. Tonight I made a dish inspired by the cooki...

Baja Fish Taco Tomatillo Salsa Cabbage & Lime Slaw A favorite food that I eat often are Baja style fish tacos. The Baja influence is t...

There is a common technique of cooking meats in most restaurants, you first sear your fish or meat in a hot saute pan, then put the pan in a...

I have reached two hundred posts on this blog, it is a lot of fun to write about the foods I discover and eat. I have been keeping track of ...

I got the urge for warm weather fruit in the middle of winter. I have tried star fruits a long time ago and decided to buy some again to sh...

Crepes are no longer difficult to make now that we have non stick pans, its really easy to make paper thin crepes that will slide right out ...

On a rainy winter night which has not happened much this year, I decided on making big bowls of steaming hot soup. It had all the components...

I saw some very nice beef short ribs in the meat case at my local market and I had to have them. Slow braised meat is great in the cold win...

Most cooks I know would give up professional cooking to be able to travel all over the world and hang out in cool places, then eat a lot of ...

Some of my favorite flavors are fennel, tomato and saffron, so I made a fish stew incorporating them with the addtion of garlic and onions....

I bought a really nice Pacific Sea bass fillet and had the idea to do ceviche with it. I like it because it tastes fresh and light with spic...

Crab & Shrimp Louie Salad Fresh Shucked Oysters on Ice New York has the oyster bar in grand central station, in San Francisco we have t...

Tonight I decided on making fresh pasta ravioli, which I will stuff with ricotta cheese and a mixture of wild mushrooms. When using all fres...

I needed to do food for a group of 8-10 people, so a big pan of paella came to mind. I chose to use a variety of ingredients including chic...