Crunchy chicken, gooey spotty brown cheese, pasta and tomato sauce with basil plucked fresh off the plant, how can you go wrong? It's been...
Chicken Parmesan
Cai Fan - Vegetable Rice with Chinese Sausage
Ever since I was little, I have always been captivated by infomercials boasting of ridiculous products that can perform almost impossible feats...
Buttermilk Oven Fried Chicken
Fried foods are a guilty pleasure of mine; onion rings, French fries, and tempura are some of my favorite things. Perhaps it's a good thing...
Strawberry and Honey Cream Tart
Just when I thought I had seen the last of this summer's strawberries, Steven comes home with a huge box from none other than Costco and better...
Shrimp and Corn Chowder
One day I want to pick corn straight from the field and eat it raw off the cob. Corn starts to lose its sweetness as soon as it's picked so...
Thai-Style Chile Beef
I love stir fries with basil so when I saw this recipe on America's Test Kitchen I was almost sold. Almost because rather than using traditional...
Almond Extract
Almond extract is made with the oil of bitter almonds. Bitter almonds, unlike their more common sweet almond counterparts, are very bitter...
Almond Poppy Seed Muffin
Almond poppy seed is my all time favorite muffin flavor. One of my secret indulgences is a gratuitously large, terrible-for-you, but so-damn-good...
Raspberry Muffin with Brown Sugar Hazelnut Streusel
Steven’s parents have a raspberry bush in their yard and I was the lucky recipient of some of the delicious berries. I ended up eating most...
Strawberry and Blue Cheese Salad
Remember the strawberry and cheese scene in Ratatouille? Remy first takes a bite of the cheese, which creates an upbeat, robust swirl of flavor....
Tiramisu Brownie
The idea of a tiramisu brownie/brownie tiramisu has been brewing in my head for a while now. I wanted the main flavor components of the brownie...
Strawberry Mirror Cake: Daring Bakers July
This month Peabody of Culinary Concoctions chose a beautiful Strawberry Mirror Cake for the July Daring Baker Challenge. The cake consists of...
Farfalle with Smoked Salmon, Cream Cheese, and Artichoke Hearts
Smoked salmon and cream cheese is always a delicious combination. I knew it would be great on pasta but Steven needed a little convincing....
A Tart for Julia - Mango Lime Curd Tart
My friend Julia came over for dinner Friday night because she is leaving for the University of California, Irvine where she will be a slave...
Flaky Pate Sucree
Pate sucree is one of the three basic French pastry crusts (pate brisee - the all purpose crust used for pies, savory and sweet tarts, pate...
Spaghetti alla Carbonara with Basil and Mushrooms
The once tiny basil plant on the back porch is now very large and bushy so I'm always looking for ways to incorporate basil into recipes so...
Two Birthdays, A Whole Lot of Food, Roses, and Animals
This year for Steven's and my birthdays, we played hooky took some time off work to have a picnic and go to the zoo. Temperatures the day before...
BBQ Chicken Quesadilla
The last few days have been unbearably hot, with yesterday being one of the top 10 hottest days ever recorded here in Seattle. I was too lethargic...
Cherry Clafouti
Remember when I said the best thing about living in the Pacific Northwest was the salmon? Well it's a tie between the salmon and the cherries....
Sun-dried Tomato and Olive Pesto Pasta Salad
(10pm)"Oh, can you make me something to bring to a potluck?""Sure! When is it?""Tomorrow""..."Luckily pasta salad is one of my go-to dishes...
Kung Pao Shrimp
Kung pao chicken, gong bao ji ding is virtually on every Sichuan Chinese restaurant's menu. The difference between the classic Sichuan version...
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