Chef Secrets

I remember it like it was yesterday… The first time I visited ‘the Purple Shack on McGregor’ in Ft. Myers Beach and tasted the authentic food of Guadalajara. And my appreciation for real Mexican food changed with my discovery of Pico de Gallo…Read More →

I offer this culinary ‘tip’ with no recommend-ation or warranty. I just think it makes scien-tific sense, and might be worth a try… A num-ber of posts I’ve come across recently are claiming you can keep bananas from ripening too fast by wrapping them up…Read More →

I know… You don’t immediately associate Tomatoes with Asian cuisine. – But rememb-er: Marco Polo brought tomatoes back from China along the Silk Road a thousand years ago! And there is no simpler Asian celebrat-ion of the tomato than this easy dish…Read More →

Today’s recipe’ is less an actual recipe than the exploration of a concept. Jif peanut butter – along with Skippy, a ‘founding father’ of the product – is reaching out beyond the bread, promoting all kinds of applications for the iconic PB apart from sandwiches…Read More →

The are few more versatile Asian foods than the soup / dim sum dumplings available in profusion at all Asian grocery stores, and most larger supermarkets. We’ve done an easy dumpling bake. Now, let’s do a simple, sumptuous dumpling soup!Read More →

Two dishes that remain staples of my longstanding ‘standard’ Chinese Resto order are Egg Drop Soup and Hot & Sour Soup. It’s one or the other, every time. We gave you an Egg Drop recipe recently. Now we’re catching up with Hot and Sour!’Read More →