Chicken, White Bean, and Poblano Stew / Peppermint Ice Blended Mocha / Vinegar-Glazed Chicken

Blog Post & Recipe: Chicken, White Bean, and Poblano Stew

There’s nothing fancy to this stew but it’s pretty easy to throw together, is really filling, and a big hit in our family.

Blog Post & Recipe: Peppermint Ice Blended Mocha

I think I had about half a gallon of hot chocolate leftover, so for an extremely nutritious (and diabetic friendly) breakfast, I infused it with some candy canes and then blended it with ice cream, coffee powder and garnished it with an unhealthy dollop of whipped cream.

Blog Post & Recipe: Vinegar-Glazed Chicken

Unlike white rice vinegar, Chinese black vinegar from northern China is an aged vinegar made from black glutinous rice, wheat, millet, or sorghum.. (The Gold Plum version from the city of Zhenjiang in Jiangsu province, made with glutinous rice, is considered the premier brand.) The flavor resembles that of balsamic vinegar. It’s slightly sweet with a barely detectable smokiness [...] I frequently recommend in my recipes a good-quality balsamic vinegar as a substitute if you can’t find Chinese black vinegar. But the same could be said opposite, that if you run out of balsamic vinegar you can use Chinese black vinegar.

Ginger Switchel / Prepare and Cook Beef Heart / Saffron Pistachio Kulfi

Blog Post & Recipe: Drink Recipe: Ginger Switchel

Dating back to the early American colonies and possibly the Caribbean before that, this vinegar and ginger drink became known as haymaker's punch in the 19th century, when it was served to quench farmers' thirst during the hay harvest.

Blog Post & Video: How To Prepare and Cook Beef Heart

To prepare the beef heart for cooking, cut away all the fat, any obviously squishy tissue, connective tissue, valves, papillary muscles and tendineae attached to the valve flaps; it should be obvious by sight what’s good to eat and what’s not. You want clean dense muscle only; you’ll have a lot of trim—don’t make yourself too crazy trying to get every last bit.

Grilled Beef Heart with Herbed Vinaigrette

Blog Post & Recipe: Saffron Pistachio Kulfi - An Indian Ice Cream

Kulfi is an Indian answer to ice cream. Unlike the western ice cream kulfi is a milk based ice cream which is not churned but is more creamy than usual fare. Traditionally the milk is reduced to half by heating the milk over a long period of time which gives it a nutty and distinct flavor. The traditional flavors are of saffron, pistachio and almonds but these days you will find fruit kulfi's as well.

Mauritian Peanut Sauce / Sweet Potato Soup / Roast Brussels Sprouts with Balsamic Vinegar

Blog Post & Recipe: Easy Mauritian Peanut Sauce

You need to cut everything finely. Chop your tomatoes very finely or simply blend them in a food processor. Also, cut your onions very small.

Blog Post & Recipe: [Dessert] Sweet Potato Soup

The key point of this dessert is to control the sweetness of the soup and texture of the sweet potatoes. The soup base cannot be too bland or too sweet and as for the sweet potato it must not be overcooked or else it will be too soft and affect the overall taste of this dessert.

Blog Post & Recipe: Roasted Brussels Sprout with Balsamic Vinegar

Ever since I discovered the lazy but healthy way to feed myself, I have been really into cooking foods this way. I’m talking about roasting foods, just like for my baked scallops and spicy potato wedges. Basically, foods are tossed with olive oil, then seasoned with the salt and pepper, before popping them into the oven to let it do its magic. With this method, both the cooking and cleaning up is totally no-fuss.

Blueberries. Rice vinegar. 101 quick meals.

Article: Blueberries - top tips.

CHOOSING BLUEBERRIES

Check the base of the blueberries carefully: even the slightest hint of pink means they’re not ripe enough and probably sour.

Article: What to do with rice vinegar.

Asian rice vinegars are made from fermented rice, often with the addition of grains such as wheat, millet and sorghum.

Rice vinegars are less acidic than Western styles.

There are four main types ...

Article/Recipe: 101 quick meals? Make it an even 111.

Includes recipes for ten quickie meals: tortilla soup, basil chicken, Greek fried egg, and so on.

And there were the posts in the “I wish I’d thought of that” category. My favorites, not easily achieved in the average American kitchen, were along the lines of this one: “Spread homemade lard (or goose fat if you have any) on slices of farmhouse bread; sprinkle with salt and paprika. Eat as is, or with scallions and/or Hungarian wax peppers.” (Try substituting the phrase “lardo di colonnata” for “lard,” and you will quickly understand how trendy this simple idea is.)