Loaded toast with creamed spinach and bacon, and cheese
Moisten dry old bread with butter, bacon fat, cream and melted cheese. This loaded toast is fast enough to make for breakfast or a snack, but feel free to allot two to …
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Cook day-old rice into congee
Leftover rice often ends up as fried rice the next day. But if you want to try something different, try cooking it into congee. And for a richer flavor (and more …
Blooming bread with bacon and cheese
A loaf of bread is cross-cut, stuffed with cheese, drizzled with melted butter and filled with crispy bacon before it goes into the oven and baked until the cheese melts …
How to make broth for shio ramen
It's all about the broth. The clarity. The lightness. I make broth by simmering meat and bones. Then, I drop a teaspoon of salt into a bowl, pour in broth and add the …
Herbal “tea” is not real tea
2019. After dinner on New Year’s Eve, we asked our guests (my brother and his family) if they wanted coffee or tea. My brother said he’d have tea and my daughter, Alex, …
Sticky rice with pork, sausage and mushrooms
It's machang (the Filipino adaptation of the Chinese lo mai gai or zongzi) but without the leaf wrapper. Delicious and filling, make it in bulk for a party.
Chili oil too hot? Try this fix.
My daughter’s friend gifted her with a jar of Nepalese chili oil with a warning that it was hotter than hot. She thought that, perhaps, we’d know better ways to use it.