My friends and my little boy like to tease my wife that she never cooks, but the truth is she is a fantastic cook. I actually learned to cook from my Mom, but it is my wife that helped to elevate my skills in the kitchen to a whole nother level. With children now and my tendency to lean towards making dinner … Read more
In our house, asparagus is a pretty popular vegetable all year long, especially during the summer months. Steamed asparagus gets the job done and sautéed hits the spot as well, but I think grilling asparagus takes it to the next level. I just throw them in my locking grill basket with some olive oil and … Read more
It is the 4th of July and that means it is time for some backyard grilling with friends and family. I prefer to spend my time with our guests and not the entire time at the grill cooking some laborious feast, especially if I have to pay attention to a bunch of different diet requirements. I find that kabobs are a slam … Read more
Similar to our abundance of great restaurants, we are so spoiled by our access to countless ethnic grocery chains here in the bay area of California. Last week at the airport, I ran into an old friend from my hometown, Modesto, and he asked if I would ever move back. Honestly, I could never imagine … Read more
I have never been to Argentina or Peru so I am not sure what “authentic” chimichurri should be exactly. Judging from the reading I have done on several of the typical recipe sites and a few blogs though, it seems some people are pretty passionate about their chimichurri. Apparently, there are a few purists out there who are quite adamant … Read more
The translated name of this dish, “Water Boiled Fish” sure doesn’t sound all that interesting; in fact, it sounds down right boring and bland. Surely, something is lost in translation here because it is nowhere near boring. It is the antithesis of boring. Instead, it is a firecracker of heat that has layers and layers … Read more
The beauty of living in the Bay Area of California is that we have such a wide range of restaurants to choose from. Within a 30 minute drive you can pretty much find a restaurant specializing in dishes from just about every culture. We have the typical Mexican restaurants as well as representation from countries … Read more
“If you can boil water, you can make this recipe”. It cracks me up when I hear people say this or, “It’s as easy as boiling an egg”. Do you know how many different ways there are to boil an egg? Not to mention other variables like the altitude where you live or your particular … Read more
Whenever I buy a whole chicken and think about how I am going to prepare it, I usually get more excited about what I am going to do with the innards. I imagine most people throw them out with the trash, but I love to just fry them up in a quick flour dust and … Read more
I loathe the times I get a craving for a certain dish and plan my day around having that for dinner, just to find out mid shopping that the main ingredient is out of season. I am so spoiled by this world of instant gratification that I sometimes forget you really cannot get anything you … Read more