Biryani-inspired lamb and rice casserole
Cooked on the stovetop using a regular wok, this casserole may not be authentic Indian biryani but it does capture its …
Crispy pork belly, snow peas and zucchini stir fry
While the vegetables are the real stars in this dish, adding small pieces of crispy pork belly will make meat lovers happy.
Corned beef salad
For someone who’s never been a fan of vegetable-only salads, the addition of a generous amount of protein — homecooked corned …
Japanese potato salad
Coarsely mashed boiled potatoes, roughly chopped hard-boiled eggs, crispy bacon, carrot, cucumber and sweet corn are tossed …
Beef budbod
A rice bowl meal that’s been around for decades in the province of Rizal, beef budbod (literally, sprinkle) consists of …
Boiled chicken and vegetable soup (Filipino nilagang manok)
Nilagang manok translates to boiled chicken. It’s the generic name for a wide array of rustic Filipino chicken and vegetable …
Air fried salmon teriyaki
Salmon fillets are marinated in reduced teriyaki sauce, air fried for eight minutes, brushed with the marinade and cooked for …
5-minute kimchi fried rice
Need a quick and easy breakfast dish that cooks in five minutes flat? Transform leftover rice into a dish that’s colorful, …
Tonkatsu
It’s Japanese fried panko-coated pork cutlet. Golden and ultra crisp, it is served with tonkatsu sauce made with …
Mushroom yakisoba
While pork is the default protein for this Japanese stir fried noodle dish, chicken or shrimps can be substituted. In this …
Chicken karaage
Japanese fried chicken thigh fillets with a light ultra crisp coating, our home version of chicken karaage was served with …
Vegan mazemen with broccoli and cabbage
What’s in this vegan noodle bowl? Fresh ramen, reduced teriyaki sauce, broccoli florets and diced cabbage. Easy and fast meal …
Chicken and sausage rice (arroz con pollo y chorizo)
Cut-up chicken marinated in sour cream, slices of chorizo, vegetables, rice and broth simmer together to make a tasty …
Ice-cold hibiscus (roselle) juice
Inspired by a drink I first encountered at a Museum Cafe back in 2014, this iced cranberry-tasting drink is made by boiling …
Naporitan (Japanese ketchup spaghetti)
A yoshoku, or Western-style dish, ketchup spaghetti, or Napolitan, was invented in 1945 by Shigetada Irie, head chef of Hotel …
Thai basil chicken (pad krapow gai)
A spicy, salty and subtly sweet chicken stir fry with garlic, chilies, shallot, fish sauce, soy sauce, oyster sauce, palm …
Moo shu shrimp
If you love shrimps, or prefer seafood to meat, try this variant of the classic moo shu pork. With a much shorter cooking …
Pork ribs sinigang
A good translation for pork sinigang is “Filipino pork and vegetables in sour broth” but it doesn’t completely capture the …
Onion gravy
Lots of onion, a dark roux, the best vegetable broth and a drizzle of Worcestershire sauce. These are what it takes to make …
Pork, sausage and beans
Pork strips browned with paprika, salt, pepper, chipotle and cayenne, and slices of Spanish chorizo are simmered in broth …
Air fried lemongrass pork belly
While nothing compares with the flavor of meat grilled over glowing charcoal, in this kind of weather when the sun shines one …
Air fried crispy pork hock
Called crispy pata in the Philippines, this lovely meat dish gets a makeover by ditching the deep frying part in favor of an …
Sweet sour fish fillets
Tilapia fillets are cut into cubes, seasoned, tossed in starch, deep fried and tossed in sweet sour sauce with ginger, …
Ginger beef soup
Cubes of beef short plate are browned, sauteed with ginger and onion, seasoned with fish sauce and simmered in water until …
Chicken fried rice
For the best chicken fried rice, season and marinate the chicken overnight. For a more interesting flavor combination, pair …
Miso ramen with shrimp wonton and shiitake
Do you like Japanese miso soup? We do! It is great in its simplest form — with just tofu and wakame — but did you know that …
Baked mac and cheese
Slow cooker beef ragu, pasta and Mornay sauce are assembled in an oven-safe dish and baked until bubbly. It’s the ultimate …
Salmon curry rice bowl
When you don’t have time to cook an old-fashioned curry, there’s a way to enjoy all the curry goodness by using a …
Char siu (Cantonese-style pork BBQ)
Pork shoulder (called butt in some regions) cut into the shape of a log is marinated in five-spice powder, Shao Xing rice …
Laskisoosi
Our recipe for this Finnish dish of pork belly and gravy is made with butter and broth. Make it with lots of chopped onion …
Mushroom miso soup
Store-bought mushroom balls, rehydrated shiitake and fresh shimeji are added to the classic Japanese miso soup in this chunky …
Mussel soup with ginger scallion broth
Soaked and debearded mussels are dropped in ginger scallion broth and boiled just until the shells open. The heat is turned …
Pork belly buns
Filipino humba, an adaptation of Chinese red-braised pork belly, meets mantou and Vietnamese pickled carrot and radish in a …
Che bap (Vietnamese sweet corn, tapioca and coconut milk)
Che bap is often labeled a dessert pudding in the Western world, but it isn’t exactly that. In the first place, dessert is a …
Fish and mushroom torta
Filipino torta is almost always a ground pork, potatoes and egg mixture. In this recipe, flaked leftover fish are mixed with …
Southern Comfort and Mountain Dew cocktail
When lemons and mint leaves are a-plenty (and they are during summer!), it’s the perfect time to mix a drink that highlights …
Garlic, tomato and basil fried rice
Asian fried rice with the flavors of the Mediterranean. Garlic sauteed in rendered bacon fat forms the flavor base of this …
Spicy grilled beef tripe skewers
Chunks of beef tripe simmered with spices and herbs until tender are cooled, cut, skewered and basted with a sauce made with …
No fuss egg salad sandwich
Keep egg salad simple. Adding too many ingredients will just drown the lovely flavor and creaminess of the eggs. Mustard, …
Air fried shrimp lemongrass skewers
Shrimps, ginger, garlic, onion, chili, cilantro roots and stems, and fish sauce are processed into a paste, wrapped around …
Moo goo gai pan (chicken and mushroom stir fry)
Thin slices of chicken are velveted and stir fried with shiitake, snow peas and carrot. A simple sauce made with chicken …
Soboro don
Minced chicken cooked in soy sauce, sugar, sake and mirin served over rice with egg and greens. The chicken is seasoned like …
Thai-style dry beef curry
It’s curry with no sauce and it’s one of the most famous dishes in southern Thailand. Called khua kling in the local …
Salmon katsu piccata
Japanese katsu meets Italian piccata in this dish of fried salmon tossed in calamansi butter sauce. Coating the fish with …
Bacon-wrapped kani
Kani (Japanese imitation crab sticks made from fish paste) is wrapped with thinly sliced belly bacon and air fried at 190C …
Melty cheese beef rice bowl
A heap of shredded cheese on top of gyudon is torched until melted. It’s our home version of a beef rice bowl preparation …
Pork menudo
A stew of pork, liver, potatoes, raisins, carrots, bell peppers and peas, Filipino menudo is cooked in tomato sauce with lots …
Mango Margarita
The classic margarita gets a facelift in this cocktail drink with the addition of very ripe and very sweet mangoes.
Tequila Sunrise
Tequila Sunrise is a layered drink. The denser Grenadine sinks to the bottom of the glass to mimic the red hues of sunrise …
Beef picadillo cheese fries
French fried potatoes (cooked in the air fryer) are topped with beef picadillo, smothered with cheese sauce and garnished …
Sweet sesame toast
Savory and sweet with the distinctive nutty aroma and flavor of sesame seeds. Breathe new life into your morning toast with …
Crispy pork belly in coconut cream sauce
A spin on the Filipino dish Bicol Express, the meat is not simmered in spicy coconut cream sauce in this recipe. Sauce is …
Arroz a la Cubana
A dish with four components: rice, fried egg, fried saba bananas and beef picadillo. It’s comfort food for my generation.
Easy hot pot style soup
When it rains, make soup. A hot pot meal is lovely but the prep and setup can be too much work. No worries. Cook hot pot …
Beef udon soup
Udon, thick noodles made from wheat, are served in broth made with dashi and soy sauce, and topped with thinly sliced beef …
Affogato with Kahlua
Standard Italian affogato consists of a scoop of vanilla gelato drowned in a shot of espresso. That’s too small a serving for …
Salmon trimmings with soy honey ginger sauce
Salmon trimmings can be a bit tricky to cook. The small size means they can’t withstand too much tossing and stirring. Here’s …
Pulled pork adobo tortilla roll-ups
A new way to enjoy Filipino pork adobo! Cook pulled pork in adobo sauce and seasonings, and use as tortilla roll-up filling. …
Beef tongue in vinaigrette
Fully cooked thinly sliced beef tongue is marinated in a vinaigrette mixed with chopped roasted garlic, rosemary and mint. …
Lengua (beef tongue) estofado
Sweet, tangy and salty, lengua (beef tongue) estofado is an easy and tasty dish to serve on special occasions. Pair with …
Lechon con tokwa
Air fried pork belly and deep fried tofu are tossed in sweet sour sauce with toban-djan (Chinese fermented broad bean chili …
Air fried lechon kawali (crispy pork belly)
Simmer a slab of pork belly, drain and transfer to the air fryer. Thirty minutes later, you have perfectly cooked crispy pork …
Welsh cawl
Considered a national dish of Wales, cawl is a soup of meat and vegetables with no strict recipe. A warming dish served …
Garlic butter asparagus and baby corn
A fast-cooking side dish that goes well with meat, garlic butter asparagus and baby corn is deliriously creamy and spicy at …
Sour cream chicken and mushrooms
A simple tasty dish cooked with only nine ingredients (including salt and pepper). Total cook time for this sour cream …
Salted duck egg and chorizo spaghetti
Mimicking the Filipino egg-sausage-tomato-rice meal, this spaghetti dish has a rich sauce made with pureed salted duck egg, …
Chicken gizzards and banana stir fry
Inspired by the Nigerian dish called gizdodo, boiled chicken gizzards are stir fried with spices then tossed with fried saba …
Inihaw na balon-balonan ng manok (skewered and grilled chicken gizzards)
Barbecued balon-balonan ng manok, or chicken gizzards, is a popular street food in the Philippines. Along with barbecued …
The easier and less messy way of cooking tortang talong (eggplant omelette)
It used to puzzle me if tortang talong is an omelette or a frittata. Most people refer to it as an omelette, heaven knows I …
Caesar salad dressing
You don’t need any fancy kitchen equipment to make Caesar salad dressing. Just a wire whisk, a sturdy bowl and plenty of arm …
Béchamel sauce
We rarely make lasagna without Béchamel sauce. I used to prepare it but, these days, my daughter, Alex, has taken over that …
The silkiest Hollandaise sauce in 12 minutes
One of the Mother Sauces in French cuisine, Hollandaise sauce is an emulsion of egg yolks, melted butter and lemon juice.
Avocado, cucumber and blueberry smoothie
We all deal with hot weather differently. For my part, the answer is smoothies and light meals. Serve this smoothie for …
Cucumber and mint smoothie
When the indoor temperature is 34C, it’s definitely a signal to make a refreshing cold drink. Cucumber smoothie by itself is …
Mango and melon smoothie
Almost ripe mangoes with a bit of tang in them make the perfect partner for sweet melon (cantaloupe) in making this delicious …
Watermelon and yogurt smoothie
Pureed watermelon is spooned into a glass, topped with an equal amount of yogurt and finished off with another layer of …
Skewered pork ears barbecue
A popular street food in the Philippines, pork ears barbecue (or skewered and grilled pork ears) is also a favorite …
Sigarilyas at tinapang bangus sa gata (winged beans and smoked milkfish in coconut milk)
This dish combines the sweet creaminess of coconut milk, the heat of chili, the light crunch of winged beans and the …
Bangus (milkfish) belly in gingered coconut broth
A spin on the Visayan binakol, bangus belly fillets take the place of chicken in this delightful soup. Strips of tender …
Acharang kabute (pickled mushrooms)
Oyster mushrooms, carrot, bell pepper, ginger, garlic and onion are pickled in a mixture of vinegar, sugar and salt to make a …
Bangus (milkfish) a la pobre
Cooked Filipino bistek style, bangus a la pobre is made with boneless bangus (milkfish) fillets, soy and kalamansi sauce, …
Chicken sotanghon (vermicelli) soup
Cut the cooking time of chicken sotanghon soup by using chicken bone broth and chicken fillets. Prep time is 10 minutes; …
Clam soup with ginger and chilies
Simple but tasty, this clam soup with ginger and chilies has flavors associated with Filipino cuisine, as well as cuisines of …
Pork tongue with asado sauce
Whole pork tongues are slow cooked in Filipino asado sauce, cooled and sliced. The cooking liquid is reduced, thickened and …
Chicken teriyaki noodle bowl
Cubed chicken fillets cooked in soy sauce, sake and mirin are served over quick fried noodles. Skip the rice and experience …
Chicken gizzards and Sriracha stir fry
In this recipe, the gizzards are simmered with herbs and spices until tender before they are stir fried with Sriracha sauce, …
Grilled pork adobo
Filipino adobo gets a makeover! Pork belly slices are skewered and braised in adobo sauce then grilled to char the surface.
Creamy shrimp and broccoli spaghetti
Garlic sauteed in butter, sour cream, shrimps, pasta and broccoli florets are tossed in sour cream for an easy and delicious …
Mushroom garlic noodles
San Francisco’s Vietnamese-American garlic noodles gets an update and an upgrade with the addition of button mushrooms, …
Bacon asparagus mac and cheese
A one-pot dish, this mac and cheese variant derives its flavors from bacon, its rendered fat fat and garlic cooked in butter. …
Tinapang bangus (smoked milkfish) and mashed potato pancakes
Bits of smoked fish are mixed with mashed potatoes, formed into patties and lightly fried in butter. The browned crisp …
Coconut cream curry rice
Bring extra excitement to the breakfast table by pairing garlic and chili sausages with subtly sweet and creamy coconut curry …
Mushroom fried rice
Chopped shiitake, button mushrooms and shimeji were combined with bell pepper and carrot, and three soy sauces, to create …
Soy sauce, lime and garlic chicken rice bowl
Skin-on chicken thigh fillets are lightly seared, sprinkled with garlic, and braised in soy sauce. Lime juice is added toward …
Pork and kimchi mandu (Korean dumplings)
Ground pork, cabbage, carrot, scallions and kimchi make up the filling for the dumplings. Steam and serve as a snack or …
Pork bulgogi rice bowl
Thinly sliced pork is marinated in soy sauce, ginger, shallot, garlic, mirin, sugar and gochujang for 10 minutes then seared …
Pomelo and lemongrass salad
Fresh pomelo, thinly sliced lemongrass, Thai basil, mint, cilantro and chunks of crispy fried fish are tossed with a dressing …
Sweet soy sauce pork belly ramen
A variation of nikujaga, the Japanese beef and potato stew, thick slices of pork belly and instant ramen are used in this …
Chili ginger pineapple chicken wingettes
Chicken wingettes marinated in salt, chili flakes and grated ginger are lightly browned then cooked slowly with chunks of …
Sauteed pea shoots and garlic
If you’re a fan of the peppery flavor of arugula, you will likely enjoy pea shoots. Eat them raw in a salad or saute with …
Zuppa Toscana
The name literally translates to Tuscan soup and there are so many Tuscan soups. To be more descriptive, this zuppa Toscana …
Spanish oxtail stew
Browned oxtail is cooked with vegetables and red wine until tender. The meat is scooped out, the sauce is pureed, the meat …
Lemon squares
A pastry that consists of lemon curd baked over a shortbread crust. Mascarpone is added to the curd in this recipe to make …
Grilled eggplant salsa
Bring the flavors of the Mediterranean on your table with this wonderful salsa that can double as a spread. If weather does …
Albondigas
In Spanish, albondigas means meatballs. Every country that had been colonized by Spain has its own array of meatball dishes. …
Food for the gods
Food for the gods is best described as butterscotch (or blondies) squares or bars baked with Medjool dates and walnuts. The …
Tomato soup
The smoothest tomato soup you can make at home. With the purest flavors too. How to make it? Start with a good base and use …
Korean grilled beef skewers
Spicy, sweet with a richness that only the combination of doenjang and gochujang can impart. With a stovetop grill, you can …
Ham and sausage fried rice
Salty Chinese ham joins sweet Japanese sausage in this bright and festive fried rice. A wonderful one bowl meal!
Beef tongue tacos with spicy mango salsa
Melt-in-the mouth slivers of beef tongue are lightly browned in butter, stuffed into corn tortillas and topped with …
Beef shank and bone marrow stew
Browned beef shank is tenderized in the slow cooker then transferred on the stovetop where the meat joins vegetables and …
Beef tongue and mushrooms in Bechamel sauce
Beef tongue boiled until tender is sliced, lightly browned in garlic-infused butter, quickly simmered in Bechamel sauce then …
Cheesecake brownies
Two of my favorite desserts, combined. Sweet-salty cheesecake swirled between layers of fudge-y brownie baked with dark …
Japanese cucumber salad
Some people consider side dishes as mere accessories to a meal. But, in Asia, especially in Japanese and Korean cuisines, …
Beef, broccoli and noodle stir fry
Ten minutes to prep and ten minutes to cook, this beef, broccoli and noodle stir fry is flavored with garlic, ginger, soy …
Braised baby potatoes (gamja jorim)
A sweet, salty and subtly spicy banchan (Korean side dish) that’s easy to make even for non-Asians. A whiff of sesame, added …
Korean-style ground beef rice bowl
Gochujang, Worcestershire sauce, garlic, ginger, soy sauce, sugar, rice wine, sesame oil and seeds are what make this Korean …
Creamy ham and veggies pasta
Got leftover ham from the holidays? Get creative and make this exceptionally luscious creamy ham and veggies pasta. Cooks in …
Meatball sandwich
It starts with a mini baguette that’s toasted, split in half and stuffed with meatballs coated generously with tomato sauce. …
Chicken sinigang
Sinigang, the Filipino vegetable soup with sour broth, has mostly been associated with pork, fish and shrimp. But did you …
Spaghetti and meatballs
An Italian-American dish, spaghetti and meatballs is comfort food for generations. I’ve cooked it so many times but I have to …
Son-in-law eggs (kai loog keuy)
Hard-boiled eggs are deep fried until the surface is blistered, cut into halves, drizzled with sweet-sour tamarind sauce and …
Crispy spinach and cream cheese dumplings
Blanched spinach is chopped and mixed with softened cream cheese to make the filling for these delicious fried dumplings. A …
Spicy beef kaldereta
One of the many tomato-based meat stews that evolved in Filipino cuisine after over three centuries of Spanish colonization, …
Thai glass noodle salad (yum woon sen)
Shrimps, sausage meat, glass noodles, shallots, tomatoes, Thai basil and cilantro are tossed in a dressing made with …
Broccoli and carrot chowder
If you’re not a fan of soup with clear broth, you’ll love chowder. It’s thick and creamy, and there are so many wonderful …
Scrambled eggs a la Margherita
A breakfast dish of scrambled eggs with tomato, basil and cheese inspired by pizza Margherita. Easy, tasty and the aroma is …
Tofu in oyster sauce
Feeling like going meatless for dinner? Try tofu in oyster sauce. With its thick sauce, rich flavor and the aroma of sesame …
Roasted salami-wrapped asparagus
Take a bunch of fresh asparagus, wrap in salami, pop into the oven toaster for ten minutes and voila! Serve these roasted …
Thai fried egg salad (yum khai dao)
I used to think that fried eggs sprinkled with herb salt was the epitome of egg-y goodness. Then, I cooked eggs Thai style …
Green bean salad
Steamed haricot verts (French green beans) are tossed with toasted Brazil nuts, and salad dressing made with honey, lemon …
Wagyu beef salpicao
Wagyu cubes are marinated in garlic, pepper and olive oil, seared and braised in a mixture of liquid seasoning and …
Roasted baby potatoes with chili, garlic and rosemary
If you ever need to make a huge batch of delicious side dish without breaking a sweat, this roasted baby potatoes fit the …
Mushroom pilaf
A meatless one-bowl meal, this mushroom pilaf can also be served as a side dish to meat or seafood. Fast, easy and tasty. …
Chicken, gravy and mashed potato casserole
Diced chicken and vegetables are simmered in gravy, ladled into oven-proof bowls, topped with mashed potato and baked until …
Green beans with sesame dressing
Toasted sesame seeds are ground and mixed with rice vinegar, dashi, mirin, soy sauce and sugar to make the dressing. Briefly …
One-pan lime and dill chicken
Bone-in chicken thighs marinated in cilantro lime pepper salt are browned in butter and finished off with chopped fresh dill …
Sweet peas soup
Dried split peas are often used for making pea soup. But dried peas lack the natural sweetness of fresh peas which gives pea …
Apple and chicken salad
Inspired by Waldorf salad which was originally a meatless dish, this apple and chicken salad includes celery and walnuts. …
Breakfast omelette sandwich
Inspired by a breakfast item at Greggs (a restaurant chain in the UK), this generous sandwich has ham, scallions and pepper …
Leek and potato soup
A soup so delicious it’s hard to believe how few the ingredients are and how easy the cooking procedure is. Cream is omitted …
Yangzhou (yang chow) fried rice
Leftover rice is magically transformed into a delicious and colorful dish by adding meat, seafood, vegetables, eggs and …
Cajun fried chicken wings
Chicken wings marinated with our homemade Cajun seasoning are floured, fried and glazed. Our Cajun fried chicken wings were …
Banana bread with chocolate chips and nuts
Got overripe bananas? Mash them and bake them into this banana bread (it’s really a cake) that’s ultra moist and chock-full …
Bacon pesto pasta
If you’ve ever wanted a dish so simple to make and with very few ingredients, but with flavors and textures to satisfy even …
Chorizo and pesto rice
Got leftover rice? Asian fried rice is good but chorizo and pesto and rice is equally delightful. Easier to make too with …
Ginger pork ramen
Two packs of instant ramen were combined with ginger pork, shiitake, bok choy, pickled ginger and sesame paste to make a full …
Chicken Empanadas
With chicken picadillo as filling, the dough for the crust of these empanadas was made with lard. Make these chicken …
Sweet soy sauce beef ramen
Packets of instant ramen, 200 grams of thinly sliced sirloin, spinach, eggs and slices of kamaboko make a quick and tasty …
Baked shrimp omelette
Eggs, shrimps, broccoli florets, tomatoes, Parmesan and parsley are stirred together, ladled into a six-hole muffin pan and …
Beef brisket BBQ quesadillas
When we make beef brisket BBQ, we cook a kilogram or more of meat. What we don’t finish in one meal, we keep in the fridge. …
Pot roast and gravy
Beef brisket browned in butter is simmered with herbs and spices, cooled and sliced. The cooking liquid is made into a gravy. …
Chicken à la King
Cubed chicken fillets, fresh button mushrooms, bell peppers and sweet peas swimming in a buttery and creamy sauce, chicken a …
Mandarin chicken salad
Fruity, nutty, protein-rich with just enough carbs in the form of croutons, this filling salad is a one bowl meal.
Bandeja paisa
In our home version of the Colombian platter, chorizo, chicharron, fried egg and bananas are served with rice and beans.
Spaghettini aglio e olio
It might surprise you to know that meat and tomato sauce are not essential components of a good pasta dish. Sometimes, good …
Chicken BBQ sandwiches
Got extra BBQ sauce? Turn plain shredded chicken breast meat into a moist and tasty filling for these chicken BBQ sandwiches. …
Squash (not pumpkin) soup
My nth version of squash soup. Just when I thought my last version was good, I discovered it could be made better.
Fish and chips
A British classic, battered fish fillets are deep fried until golden and served with potato chips (a.k.a. French fries). Make …
Indonesian yellow rice (nasi kuning)
Because the cooked dish resembles a mound of gold, nasi kuning is often served during festivals and celebratory occasions. …
18th century American macaroni and cheese
When macaroni and cheese landed in America, Bechamel sauce wasn’t part of it. The dish consisted of layers of butter, pasta …
Beef brisket BBQ pasta
Protein, veggies and carbs in one perfect bowl. And the crowning glory? Grated Pecorino. It’s truly a new level of …
Arroz amarillo (yellow rice) con achiote
Every region where rice is a staple has its version of yellow rice. But what ingredient is used to give the rice a yellow hue …
Slow cooker caramelized onion and cream cheese dip
Imagine French onion soup as a dip. Thick, creamy and absolutely tasty. It takes about 12 hours to make it, but there’s very …
Chicken wakame egg drop soup
The brininess of seaweed and light crunch of black fungus turn a simple egg drop soup into a symphony of flavors and …
Crispy fried mushrooms and basil
Cooked a la Taiwanese popcorn chicken, fresh oyster mushrooms take the place of meat in this recipe. Serve this …
Homemade tomato sauce
One of the five mother sauces in French cuisine, tomato sauce is so widely available that we cooks often choose convenience …
Egg fried rice
Day-old rice is briefly stir fried with salt and pepper, beaten eggs are poured in and everything is tossed together until …
Mango lassi
A cold drink from India made with pureed sweet ripe mangoes and yogurt, mango lassi gets its incomparable flavor from freshly …
Spaghetti carbonara
Spaghetti carbonara is made by tossing hot noodles in a mixture of beaten raw eggs and grated Pecorino off the heat. The hot …
Honey Balsamic chicken skewers
Cooked yakitori style, a mixture of honey and Balsamic vinegar is brushed repeatedly on skewered chicken in lieu of Japanese …
Baked apple spring rolls
If you love apple pie but don’t know the first thing about making a pie, here’s a delicious way to get your baked apple fix.
Piña colada
I have to confess that piña colada holds a special place in my heart. Not only because I love coconut but because of …
Brown sugar and garlic chicken
Chicken thigh fillets seared in garlic-infused butter then braised with brown sugar, honey and herbs. Lime juice is added to …
Cheese-stuffed tuna and potato balls
If you think that tossing canned tuna with mayo to make a sandwich filling is all you can do with this pantry staple, here’s …
Blended Margarita
Arguably the most popular tequila-based cocktail drink, the margarita is a mixture of tequila, Triple Sec and citrus juice. …
Tarte Tatin (upside-down apple tart)
Easy. Scrumptious. Beautiful. Making tarte Tatin requires no special equipment. Just a frying pan that can go into the oven …
Yaki onigiri
If you think that rice can’t be a stand-alone dish, yaki onigiri will change your mind.
Korean fried chicken wings
Battered chicken wings are fried twice for extra crispness then tossed in a sweet-spicy sauce spiked with gochujang (Korean …
Skinless chicken longganisa
Ground chicken breast meat is mixed with seasonings and spices, fried and served with rice.
General Tso’s chicken
Sweet, salty and a bit sour with subtle heat from ginger and chilies, General Tso’s chicken, as it is cooked today, is a far …
Garlic noodles
Easy to make with very basic ingredients, San Francisco-style garlic noodles is a Vietnamese-American dish born in Thanh Long …
Chicken wonton noodle soup
Wonton wrappers are stuffed with seasoned minced chicken and vegetables, cooked in boiling water and served with noodles in …
Sesame chicken
Deep-fried chicken fillets are tossed in a sweet and subtly tangy sauce, and coated with sesame seeds. It’s more …
Pasta Alfredo (no cream, of course!)
Surprised? Think of it this way. Pasta Alfredo with cream is the American fast food version. Pasta Alfredo done right, …
Peanut-glazed five-spice fried chicken wings
A fusion of Chinese and Thai cuisines, the chicken wings are seasoned with five-spice powder, double fried for extra …
Chili honey Balsamic chicken wings
Sweet, salty, tangy and spicy, these chicken wings are cooked by frying and braising. The best part is how flexible the …
Mexican-style rice
Spanish rice has saffron. This Mexican-style rice doesn’t but derives its vibrant color from, herbs, spices and tomatoes.
Gyoza
Japanese dumplings adapted from the Chinese jiaozi, gyoza may be pan-fried, steamed or deep fried. If pan-fried, gyoza may be …
Mexican-style white rice (arroz blanco)
Aromatic with just a hint of seasoning, Mexican-style white rice, cooked in chicken broth with a bit of lime juice for tang, …
Orange chicken
A popular Chinese-American dish, orange chicken is fried battered cubes of chicken fillet tossed in a sticky syrup made with …
Fried chicken and spaghetti
Chicken fillets fried Japanese katsu style are paired with spaghetti tossed in tomato cream sauce. This lovely fried chicken …
Cajun shrimp and mushroom spaghetti
Creamy and spicy, cooking Cajun shrimp and mushroom spaghetti is made easier and faster by using frozen shelled and deveined …
Pepper cheesesteak sandwich
Beef, cheese and bread make up the most basic cheesesteak sandwich. Onion is optional (we like caramelized onion in our …
Chicken sate / satay with peanut sauce
Grilled skewered chicken is ubiquitous in Southeast Asia and marinades differ from region to region. This is Thai-style …
Braised chicken wings and shiitake
Deceptively simple to make, the key to cooking Chinese braised chicken wings and shiitake (black mushrooms) is a perfect …
Taiwanese popcorn chicken
An ubiquitous street food, Taiwanese popcorn chicken is seasoned with five-spice powder, double fried for extra crispness and …
Korean popcorn chicken (dakgangjeong)
A popular street food adapted for home cooking, pair Korean popcorn chicken with hot rice for a delicious meal, or serve by …
Dinardaraan (pork blood stew with crispy pork belly)
Dinuguan, Filipino pork blood stew, is found across the islands. But there are regional variations. The sauce can be thick, …
Sweet sour chicken
The irrepressible appeal of sweet sour sauce meets lightly crisp chicken thigh fillets in this easy to cook dish.
Homemade slow cooker corned beef
The price of the beef brisket, spices, brining and lengthy cooking make real corned beef expensive. Cut the cost with this …
Scotch eggs
Boiled eggs are wrapped in garlicky sausage meat, breaded and deep fried until golden and crisp. Serve Scotch egg as a snack, …
High mintball cocktail
The most common ratio of mint highball is one part creme de menthe and two parts ginger ale. Add ice, shake or stir, and …
Shrimp and cheese spring rolls
Chopped fresh shrimps, scallions, chili, cheese and garlic make up the filling for these shrimp and cheese spring rolls. …
Chashu (Japanese braised pork belly for ramen)
I’ve eaten a lot of ramen over the years with different toppings and broth, but nothing compares with a bowl of noodles …
Cheesy baked salmon with crispy crumb topping
Deconstructed from Conti’s baked salmon that my family fell in love with many years ago. The first time I made it, I used a …
Chicken apple stew
Subtle sweetness blends with a bit of tartness in this easy, tasty and eye-catching one-pot chicken apple stew. It’s an ideal …
Chicken Béchamel
Pretty as a picture and indulgently rich, chicken Béchamel makes a lovely weekend meal. Brown the chicken, bake in Bechamel …
Chicken Cacciatore
Adapted from a recipe by Giada de Laurentiis, this chicken cacciatore recipe uses white wine instead of red and includes a …
Singapore noodles (curry bee hoon)
A stir fried noodle dish flavored with curry powder which, despite its name, did not originate in Singapore. In this recipe, …
Chinese sticky rice pearl meatballs
Seasoned ground pork is formed into balls, rolled in soaked sticky rice and steamed until the rice grains puff. Chinese …
Wontons in Sichuan chili oil
Missing dining in Hong Kong terribly, we made a home version of Din Tai Fung’s spicy wontons. You can too with this …
Pesto rice
Want tasty rice that’s not Asian-style fried rice? Try this. Fry garlic in olive oil, toss in cooked rice, stir in pesto then …
Japanese beef and potato stew (nikujaga)
Salty, sweet and full of umami richness, nikujaga or Japanese beef and potato stew, is a delicious dish that you’re not …
Beef shigureni
Thinly sliced meat simmered in soy sauce, sake and mirin with ginger and sugar. A tasty and boldly flavored stew, the sauce …
Crab and corn egg drop soup
A Chinese style egg drop soup with shredded kanikama, sweet corn kernels and scallions in chicken broth slightly thickened …
American fried rice (khao phad American)
Thai in origin but not found outside Thailand, two people claim to have invented American fried rice. The target market is …
Thai-style fried rice
Have you ever seasoned your fried rice with a combination of soy sauce, fish sauce and freshly squeezed calamansi juice? It’s …
Longganisa (sausage) pancakes
Not enough meat to feed the omnivores for breakfast? Crumble and cook sausage meat, and use to stuff …
Thai fried chicken wings
Inspired by fried chicken wings we enjoyed in Chiang Mai, our home version for the marinade includes chilies, ginger, garlic, …
15-minute ground pork menudo and quail eggs rice bowl
A spin on Filipino menudo, ground pork menudo with quail eggs was inspired by a carinderia dish. Crumbled longganisa …
Thai-style cucumber salad
It has all the contrasts you can dream about in a dish. Contrasting sweet, salty, tangy and spicy flavors. There’s plenty of …
Cheesy kale and salami frittata
Cooked partly on the stovetop and partly in the oven, this delicious egg and vegetable dish can be a meal by itself.
Sweet spicy shrimps and edamame rice bowl
Fresh edamame pods are cooked in the microwave then popped open to get the beans. The beans are tossed with whole shrimps and …
Lemon chicken
Japanese katsu meets citrusy sweet-sour sticky sauce in this lemon chicken recipe. Double frying the panko-coated chicken …
15-minute mushroom and vegetable stir fry
Thinly sliced shiitake, chayote, carrot, bok choy tips and egg are stir fried and seasoned with three soy sauces. Served with …
Leftover roast duck egg drop soup
The carcass of our Christmas Eve roast duck went into the slow cooker overnight with seasonings. On Christmas day, I made it …
Sweet chili fried chicken rice bowl
Bite-sized chicken fillets are marinated in Vietnamese-style mixed fish sauce, floured, battered, deep fried then tossed in …
Shrimps, bean sprouts and watermelon salad
A light salad bursting with fruity flavors and the surprising tang and umami of Vietnamese fish sauce.
Cookies and cream polvoron
To the basic polvoron ingredients, crushed Oreo cookies and cocoa powder are added. Cookies and cream polvoron will make a …
Almond and pecan polvoron
Traditional Filipino polvoron is a pressed no-bake cookie made with toasted flour, powdered milk, sugar and melted butter. …
Sweet spicy orange pork ribs
Lightly browned pork baby back ribs are braised in broth with orange juice, soy sauce, orange zest, cinnamon, ginger and …
Sukiyaki
Sukiyaki is traditionally cooked on the table. Each diner is given a bowl of raw egg; beef, tofu and vegetables are slow …
Cheese-stuffed and bacon-wrapped okra
Young and tender okra are slit, stuffed with cheese, wrapped with bacon then fried slowly. The bacon browns and the okra …
Banh mi with crispy pork belly
We make banh mi at home occasionally but this version with roast pork belly filling, inspired by a comment made by our Saigon …
Asian cold noodle salad
Blanched ramen, cooked shrimps, lightly fried eryngii mushrooms, pickled vegetables and soy sauce quail eggs are drizzled …
Shiitake and cherry tomato salad
Shiitake, the main ingredient, is decidedly Japanese. But the dressing is pure Vietnamese. This shiitake and cherry tomato …
Shrimp spring rolls
Our home version of a dish we learned to make at a cooking class in Vietnam, these shrimp spring rolls are traditionally …
Beef brisket BBQ salad
Thin slices of slow cooker beef brisket BBQ are tossed with bean sprouts and lettuce before nuts are added and peanut …
Strawberry panna cotta
Panna cotta is Italian for “cooked cream” so, as you may have guessed at this point, it is an Italian dessert.
Chicken binakol
A rustic Filipino soup cooked by simmering chicken, ginger, shallots, garlic and lemongrass in coconut water seasoned with …
Cucumber and mushroom stir fry
Yes, cucumber can be stir fried! Sprinkle with salt, rinse and drain to remove excess water before cooking this delicious …
Pecan tart
What are the characteristics of a good pecan tart? Crisp top, flaky crust and soft filling. It’s all those lovely contrasts …
Smoked salmon and furikake onigiri
Chopped smoked salmon, black fungus, furikake and toasted sesame seeds were mixed with Japanese rice to make onigiri.
Iced jasmine tea
No, this isn’t a powdered mix that you just drop into a glass, add water and ice, and stir. We’re partial to loose tea leaves …
Lengua al ajillo (Spanish-style beef tongue with garlic)
Lightly browned beef tongue slices are smothered with garlic lemon butter sauce. Lengua al ajillo will make a bright and …
Broccoli salad with miso mayo dressing
You might be on nodding acquaintance with miso paste in the context of miso soup, but did you know that miso paste is also a …
Slow cooker beef brisket BBQ
Texas-style beef brisket is traditionally slow cooked in a smoker. Ten to fourteen hours. We don’t have a smoker but we have …
A la Revuelto Gramajo
An iconic breakfast in Argentina and Uruguay, revuelto Gramajo is a dish of fried potatoes and ham tossed in beaten eggs. But …
Tempura-style crispy green beans
Lightly battered and deep-fried, tempura-style crispy green beans is served with a creamy spicy sauce made with Japanese mayo …
Cranberry and pistachio pilaf
A lovely way to enjoy your bowl of rice. Dried cranberries, toasted pistachio nuts and golden raisins are stirred with rice …
Pork liver stir fry with Chinese chives
If you’re on keto diet, know that this stir fry is a keto dieter’s dream come true. But we’re not on keto, so, we enjoy it …
Fried whole fish with lemon sauce
Think lemon chicken. Substitute a whole fish fried to a crisp, lay it on a platter and pour the sticky chili-spiked sweet …
Steamed whole fish with lemon and olive oil
Whole fish is rubbed with salt and spices, steamed on a bed of blanched spinach then drizzled with extra virgin olive oil and …
Scrambled eggs with bacon and tomatoes
An easy and delicious breakfast, the eggs, tomatoes and basil are cooked in rendered bacon fat. Serve the scrambled eggs with …
Japanese-inspired carbonara
Inspired by a pasta dish we enjoyed at a Japanese restaurant long ago, this Japanese-style carbonara has angel hair pasta, …
Mushroom fries (battered crispy oyster mushrooms)
Oyster mushrooms are tossed with seasonings, starch and egg, and deep fried. Mushroom fries are light and crisp, and …
Tinapang bangus sinangag (smoked milkfish fried rice)
Flaked tinapang bangus (smoked milkfish) is stir fried with day-old rice, chopped carrot, shredded cabbage, cauliflower …
Three-cup chicken
Three-cup chicken derives its name from the three liquid ingredients in which it is cooked — a cup each of sesame seed oil, …
Crispy calamari
Subtly spicy and citrusy with light-as-a-cloud coating. Squid rings are tossed in lemon pepper seasoning, dipped in batter …
Cajun pork spare ribs
Fall-off-the-bone tender succulent meat, this dish of Cajun pork spare ribs makes a lovely main dish for a summer meal. …
Baked brown sugar-glazed sweet potatoes
Americans associate sugar-glazed sweet potatoes with Thanksgiving, but did you know that this dish is also found in Japan and …
Pepper garlic mushrooms
Mushroom lovers, rejoice! This dish is so versatile that you’ll want to create version after version after version.
A la chicken Marbella
It’s roast chicken in white wine with olives and capers. I read that Chicken Marbella was an iconic 1980’s dish. The original …
Mussels and Spanish chorizo braised in ginger ale
In Asia, seafood and ginger are natural partners. Since I love ginger ale, why not cook the mussels and chorizo in ginger …
Bacon and wakame onigiri
Cook Japanese rice the usual way, season a la sushi rice, stir in chopped rehydrated wakame, crispy bacon and toasted sesame …
Bacon asparagus puff pastry spirals
Strips of bacon and puff pastry are wrapped in alternating fashion around each asparagus spear before baking to make this …
Filipino chicken adobo and quail eggs canapés
A modern way to serve Filipino chicken adobo.
Hollandaise chicken sandwich
What to do with leftover chicken? Shred it, season it, pile on bread, drizzle with Hollandaise sauce and sprinkle with …
Rosti salad
Swiss-style fried grated potatoes are topped with tomatoes, smoky ham and crumbled feta for a delightful light lunch or …
Lime butter garlic mushrooms
A delightful appetizer or side dish, these lime butter garlic mushrooms cook in just about 12 minutes—and that includes the …
Lime juice mimosa
The definition of a mimosa cocktail is a drink made with equal parts orange juice and champagne. But that doesn’t mean there …
Chorizo in red wine
Spanish chorizo is delicious. But soak it in red wine and it is ten times more delicious. The depth of flavor is simply …
Spanish-style meatballs
Meatballs are so ubiquitous. But there are good meatballs and there are so-so meatballs. In this recipe, they are made with a …
Spanish tortilla
Thinly sliced potatoes interspersed with beaten eggs are fried until a golden crispy crust forms. The omelet is cut into …
Bacon-stuffed pork loin
Butterflied and pounded pork loin is stuffed with bacon and sun-dried tomatoes, rolled, browned and roasted. The …
Popcorn chicken and vegetable salad
Crispy chicken cubes are tossed with lettuce, cherry tomatoes, kiwi and mangoes, then drizzled with ranch dressing in this …
Grilled chicken salad with fruits and nuts
Cubes of marinated chicken grilled to perfection, sweet seedless grapes, chunks of fresh pineapple and toasted pecans are …
Slow cooker bone marrow soup
With meagre meat and only scallions for greens, this slow cooker bone marrow soup is essentially bone broth served with the …
Stir fried adlay (Job’s tears) a la yang chow
Cook adlay (Job’s tears’) like rice, spread on a tray to cool to room temperature then stir fry it yang chow fried rice …
Lemon blueberry streusel cake
A whiff of bright citrusy aroma and a subtle tang makes the sweet-tart blueberry flavor even more pronounced in this lemon …
One-pot honey mustard baby back ribs
A sweet, tangy and spicy pantry dish that requires very little preparation. Cooks in one pot too so clean-up is faster and …
Crispy Buffalo cauliflower florets
Think of it as vegetarian Buffalo chicken wings — batter-coated cauliflower florets tossed in thick and sticky …
Crispy chili honey cauliflower
It’s the age of cauliflower. It’s low carb and low fat, so it’s the darling of dieters. But we’re not dieters here at home. …
Lamb, lemon and garlic spaghetti
Think pasta aglio e olio with meat and so much more. “So much more” translates to sun-dried tomatoes, pitted olives and …
Greek-style grilled sea bream with onions and tomatoes
This Green-style grilled sea bream with onions and tomatoes was cooked with a little white wine, plenty of garlic and …
Lemon garlic mushrooms over mock saffron rice
If cooking tasty and filling meatless dishes is a challenge to you, think fresh mushrooms. Use them in place of meat for …
Spanish garlic chicken (pollo al ajillo)
Subtly sweet, tangy and bursting with garlicky goodness, there are only nine ingredients (plus salt and pepper) required to …
Salchipapas
A Peruvian fast food of sliced sausages and fried potatoes, salchipapas makes a lovely snack. Or pair with cocktails (or …
Sautéed vegetables with bacon
Oh, the wonders of cooking vegetables in bacon fat. The aroma! The flavor! That’s how this side dish was done.
Sweet soy sauce fried chicken wings
Lightly seasoned chicken wings are tossed in seasoned flour, deep fried to a golden crisp then tossed in sauce in this sweet …
Baked mussels with mozzarella and Parmesan
Inspired by dishes tagged a la Parmigiana, fresh mussels are heated until the shells partially open. The empty half shells …
Salmon belly sinigang
A mixed vegetable soup with sour broth, sinigang encompasses an array of dishes that may contain meat or seafood. The souring …
Chicken mushroom spinach pot pie
Creamy and cheesy, the filling of this chicken mushroom spinach pot pie is sandwiched between layers of phyllo pastry.
Grass jelly milk tea
Stir cold milk and cooled brewed oolong tea, sweeten, pour over cubes of grass jelly and the drink is ready to serve.
Baklava
A sweet made with nuts, phyllo pastry and syrup, baklava has been popular in the Middle East and Turkey since the Ottoman …
Pork bone and radish soup
A peasant food so simple and inexpensive, pork bone and radish soup is rarely found in the menu of Chinese restaurants. I …
Salted quail eggs and vegetable salad
For ovo-vegetarians, a bowl of this salad is substantial enough for a filling meal. For omnivores, enjoy it as a side dish to …
Green beans and cauliflower with herb and spice butter
This side dish is seasoned with nothing but salt because the butter has everything else that the vegetables need.
Lamb shank coconut curry
Lamb too gamey for you? Cook it with lots of spices to play down the gaminess while enhancing the natural flavor of the meat. …
Campari orange cocktail
When you need to unwind after a long and hot summer day, nothing beats sipping an ice-cold drink while watching the sun dip …
Cuba libre
Also known as rum and Coke, Cuba Libre is a cocktail drink made with rum, Coca-cola and a lime wedge.
Rum and raspberry ginger beer cocktail
Originally concocted as a Christmassy cocktail in a tropical country where it never really gets cold, this bright, fruity and …
Pork ribs braised in beer
Cooking meat in wine is nothing new nor unusual. But cooking in beer? Ah, you have to try pork ribs braised in beer to …
Slow cooker beef stew
Cooked with bacon, chorizo and herbs, this slow cooker beef stew is as meaty as it is tasty. Perfect for chilly days and …
Lasagna with Béchamel (white sauce) and pesto
Seriously, there’s more to lasagna than red sauce. Mozzarella is not a must either.
Thai-inspired braised lamb shanks
The ubiquitous mixed fish sauce of Thailand is the inspiration behind this braised lamb shank recipe. Garlic, lemongrass, …
Meat lover’s sandwich
Inspired by the Three Little Pigs sandwich featured in one of Anthony Bourdain’s shows, our carnivorous sandwich has chicken …
Ginger Sriracha fried chicken wings
Not for the faint-hearted. Chicken is seasoned with cayenne thrice: in the marinade, in the coating and in the glaze. But the …
Herb and seed fried rice
It’s cooked like Asian fried rice but the flavors and textures aren’t Asian at all. Garlic, basil, thyme and oregano form the …
Fried rice style cauliflower
Some food bloggers call it cauliflower fried rice although there is no rice in this dish. Instead, chopped or grated …
Stuffed and rolled pork loin
Here’s a way of cooking something as visually and gastronomically exciting as Filipino morcon but with just a fraction of the …
Egg in the basket
Also known as egg in the hole, egg in the basket is cooked by cutting a hole at the center of a bread slice, cracking an egg …
Chicken Arrabbiata
What is arrabbiata? It’s Italian for “angry” which should you give you an idea about how the flavors of the dish will roll in …
Pasta arrabbiata with fresh clams
We do love clam soup especially in chowder form, but there are far more ways to enjoy fresh clams. As the protein component …
Mongolian beef barbecue
Despite its name, Mongolian beef did not originate in Mongolia. It is a Chinese-American dish adapted from the beef component …
Chili lime shrimp skewers
A delightful summer snack or appetizer, peeled and deveined shrimps are basted on the grill with a mixture of melted butter, …
Chicken broccoli pasta
Butter, cream, garlic, chicken and pasta. What’s not to like? The recipe is easy; it’s hard to mess up with this chicken …
Chicken stewed in tomato cream sauce
Chicken thighs are slow cooked in hand-crushed stewed tomatoes, cream, onion, garlic, chilies, thyme, bay leaves and sweet …
Beef and bean salad
Sweet, tangy, spicy. Meaty but served with enough vegetables to cut through the fat. It’s a delicious one bowl meal.
Korean-inspired pan-grilled spicy pork belly
Inspired by samgyeopsal-gui, this Korean-inspired pan-grilled pork belly has all the spices you want but the cooking …
Strawberry cheesecake with brownie crust
This strawberry cheesecake with brownie crust is the best practical lesson on why strawberries and dark chocolate will …
Japanese braised pork belly (buta no kakuni)
To cook buta no kakuni, chunks of pork belly are browned then braised in soy sauce, mirin, dashi, ginger and sugar until the …
Corn and bean salad
Creamy, crunchy, tangy, sweet, hot and herb-y, this corn and bean salad (it has avocado, pineapple and chili too!) has it …
Guam-style grilled chicken
In Guam, grilled chicken is marinated in a spicy sauce known in Chamorro (native Guam language) as fina’denne’. The basic …
Baked Buffalo chicken wings
Do floured chicken wings turn crisp in the oven? Sure, if you know a few tricks. These Buffalo chicken wings were …
Chicken and pasta salad
Chopped cooked chicken, fusilli (spiral pasta), pineapple, bell pepper, walnuts and olives are tossed with whipped cream …
Chicken and red cabbage salad with peanut dressing
If, like me, vinaigrette is your least favorite salad dressing, you will love the thick creaminess of the peanut dressing in …
Japanese beef rice bowl (gyudon)
Sweet and salty, gyudon is thinly sliced beef cooked with softened onion slices in a mixture of dashi, sake, mirin and soy …
Pan-grilled eggplant with sweet chili sauce
A whole eggplant is sliced, tossed with oil and grilled in a non-stick pan. When the eggplant slices are partially cooked, …
Japanese fried chicken wings (tebasaki)
Tebasaki literally translates to “wing tips” and is the term used for both bone-in chicken wings and the fried chicken dish.
Grilled skewered shiitake and bell peppers
Whole caps of shiitake, chunks of bell pepper and diced tomatoes are tossed in olive oil, lemon juice, salt and pepper (yes, …
Beef brisket BBQ and mashed potato spring rolls
Sweet-salty-tangy beef brisket BBQ and mashed potatoes make a delightful meal. But envelope the two in a crispy wrapper and …
Cabbage, carrot and pineapple coleslaw
Coleslaw, a salad made with shredded raw cabbage, originated from Europe. The traditional dressing is vinaigrette. Hard to …
Slow cooker corned beef and cabbage soup
The secret to the best corned beef and cabbage soup is to cook the dish in the liquid in which the cured meat had been …
Meatballs shigureni
Cook meatballs (fry, bake, grill or broil), heat dashi, soy sauce, sake, mirin, sugar and ginger in a shallow pan just until …
Brain hemorrhage cocktail
Often served as a scary Halloween drink, brain hemorrhage is a drink that relies on specific gravity to form the distinct …
Meaty lasagna roll-ups
Except for the far prettier and neater look, what do lasagna roll-ups have over the usual layered kind? The roll-ups are less …
Shiitake and green bean stir fry with teriyaki sauce
A dish I first cooked in 2014 when my older daughter, Sam, was a vegetarian and I was trying to learn to cook meatless meals …
Osso buco pasta
The most visually exciting way to serve osso buco pasta is to top each plate of noodles with a whole cross cut of beef shank …
Mackerel poached in olive oil
When mackerel is poached in olive oil, the fish soaks up the oil and the mouth feel is fantastic. For flavor, Italian-style …
Fisherman’s soup
Inspired by ukha from the 2009 Italian romantic drama “I Am Love” where a young man’s comfort food is his mother’s fish and …
Mexican-style pork adobada
A spicy smoky stew cooked with pork belly and Mexican-style adobo sauce made with chili flakes, chipotle, roasted garlic, …
Pork larb (laab)
Most of the world knows pork larb as a Thai dish but, if we’re to be politically correct, it originates from Laos where it is …
Cajun dirty rice
The “dirty” look comes from a combination of sausage fat, Cajun seasoning and chopped chicken livers. But unsanitary, Cajun …
