Toffee cookies are an amazing upgrade to chocolate chip Today's recipe for English toffee chocolate chunk cookies was adapted from Bon Apetit magazine, one of my favorite culinary sources. Every month my husband and I anxiously await this lovely publication. So in one of the previous issues there was a recipe for this cookie; we...
Recipes List
Black Bean Plantain Empanadas
Black bean plantain empanadas is what you might call an unusual combination of ingredients. It is a perfect vegan dish. I am not a vegan or even a vegetarian by the way, but find these empanadas absolutely irresistible. You can stuff an empanada with just about anything, creativity is your friend. I have adapted this recipe...
Shrimp Asopao
What is Shrimp Asopao? Asopao is a rice stew popular in Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic. What is shrimp asopao? It’s akin to gumbo or Jollof rice. All three are comforting, cool weather dishes with a rice base. When you think about Puerto Rico or the Dominican Republic, cold days probably don’t come to...
West African Peanut Stew
If you’ve been looking for that perfect vegetarian stew recipe, look no further. West African Peanut Stew is hearty, comforting, and not shy on flavor. I was stunned because it is made from such simple, healthy ingredients that aren’t at all hard to find. Crops in West Africa Now how did a sweet potato stew...
Steak au Poivre and Pan Sauce
Steak au Poivre is classic French recipe that creates a fantastic pan sauce in typical French style. Fresh ground black pepper, cream and beef tenderloin come together and cooked to perfection. Learn how make a pan sauce for chicken, shrimp, scallops and fish with a tutorial on this sauce technique. Delicious! [feast_advanced_jump_to] My family's all...
Papas Rellenas - Peruvian Stuffed Potatoes
Today’s menu is all about Peruvian food. More specifically, papas rellenas or Peruvian stuffed potatoes. These are a popular street food, but are also served at home and in restaurants. Now for the fun part, there is no set recipe for this dish. Every cook will have their own spin to it. Most often the...
Lamb Stew with Rose Water
It's one of those dishes whose ethnicity is hard to pin down. Is it Indian, Turkish, Middle Eastern? All of these ethnic groups have recipes with rosewater. Oh well, it really doesn't matter. For the sake of categorizing, I am saying this is Middle Eastern food. It has a nice balance of sweet and savory;...
Orecchiette with Shrimp, Fennel and Arugula
Seafood pasta is so easy that you can make on a weeknight. The multiple pasta dishes and shapes are too many to count. I've adapted this orecchiette recipe with shrimp, fennel and arugula from The Southern Italian Kitchen. I found this gem in an odds and ends shop, the kind my husband likes to drag...
Authentic Quiche Lorraine
One of the first French dishes I ever tasted was an authentic quiche Lorraine. My young taste buds embraced the flavors with gusto. At the tender age of 12 I felt like a sophisticated woman for having experienced French food, albeit a simple dish. From that day on, there is and was only one quiche...
Bulgogi Beef
Bulgogi beef is a classic dish in Korea made with marinated beef, sliced ultra-thin and then grilled or stir fried. Although it is widely available in restaurants and small eateries, it is deeply ingrained as a home dish, a comfort food if you will. [feast_advanced_jump_to] What is bulgogi? History goes that this dish dates back...