Whenever we make a trip to Costco, I always stop to browse the books aisle, and every once in a while I come across some finds that make their way into the cart. Earlier this summer I found a big paperback book simply called Thai & Asian by Deh-Ta Hsiung (previously published as Thai and [...]
Pasta with Chicken, Garlic Scapes, Tomatoes, and Basil
June 28, 2010 By 3 Comments
Chicken Stir-Fry with Asparagus and Snow Peas, and My Thoughts on Carbon Steel Woks
May 11, 2010 By 12 Comments
My carbon steel wok is 13 years old and a treasured part of my kitchen gear. I found it for $5 on a clearance table and snapped it up, and that little bargain has proven invaluable over time. It wasn’t my first wok as I had given the nonstick woks a try, but after going [...]
Chipotle Chicken with Creamy Spinach
April 29, 2010 By 5 Comments
Slow Cooker Paprika Chicken
April 22, 2010 By 3 Comments
Though the days are getting warmer and the summer daylilies have just started to bloom, I still feel the urge to pull out the slow cooker on cool spring mornings. When most of our days are swirling with activity, it gives me a sense of accomplishment to get a meal going in the slow cooker. [...]
Roasted Tomatillo Soup with Chicken (Sopa Verde con Pollo)
March 24, 2010 By 8 Comments
We had one last bag of green tomatillos in the freezer, but I didn’t want to use them because it meant there would be no more tomatillos until late summer. After our final harvest, we froze about 12 pounds of tomatillos last fall then over the winter I experimented with soups using those frozen tomatillos, [...]
Moroccan Chicken Soup
February 1, 2010 By 10 Comments
I had one last butternut squash in the kitchen waiting to be used and this soup had been calling my name for a while. The flavor is warm and inviting, perfect for a cold wintry day, and the soup is easy to put together and easy on the budget using widely available ingredients. The recipe [...]
The Daring Cooks Make Steamy Kitchen’s Pho Ga
October 14, 2009 By 8 Comments
The October 2009 Daring Cooks’ challenge was brought to us by Jaden of the blog Steamy Kitchen, and the recipes are from her new cookbook, The Steamy Kitchen Cookbook. I was excited to see that Jaden would be our host for the October Daring Cooks challenge, especially since I finally got to meet her at [...]
Thai Basil Chicken (Kai Kraphao)
September 22, 2009 By 9 Comments
This dish is the main reason we grow Thai basil in our herb garden. We’ve grown many kinds of basil over the years and seem to have settled into a routine of Genovese, Lemon (Sweet Dani or similar), and Thai (Sweet Thai or Queen of Siam) basil because they cover the spectrum of our uses. [...]
Grilled Adobo Chicken (Pollo Adobado)
July 20, 2009 By 10 Comments
I recently acquired a copy of Rosa’s New Mexican Table (review) and having heard of the restaurant and the book’s James Beard Award nomination in 2008 I was eager to try out some of the dishes from Chef Roberto Santibañez. One of the first dishes that caught my eye was the adobo marinated chicken with [...]
