Pupusas are El Salvador’s best known national delicacy. The concept is simple, just corn masa with a savory filling and flattened into a thick disc, then baked on a lightly-greased griddle or in a cast-iron skillet. …
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Chermoula sauce (served on a vegetable tagine and couscous) I hereby nominate chermoula as the "it" sauce for 2010. (I'm pretty sure last year it was chimichurri, and of course we all remember the pesto riots of …
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One-Bowl Banana Muffins I wasn't planning to write a post about these banana muffins. They were just something me and the kiddos were whipping up on a Saturday morning. Pretty much every food blogger and their Great …
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The SuperFrico - a grilled cheese sandwich with a built-in cheese crisp Every knows the best part of a grilled cheese sandwich (lasagna, gratin, mac & cheese, ...) are the bits where the cheese gets brown and crispy. …
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Lapsang souchong fog It is a popular device in modern restaurants to serve clouds of perfumed smoke as a way to enhance a dish, adding another layer of sensory experience. Smoke can be produced with a small smoking …
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Vegetarian potstickers (aka gyoza) The first rule of potstickers is that you can never make enough potstickers. At least in my family, we fight over the last few like seagulls over a spilled bag of kettle corn. If …
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