The last place I expected to find a good recipe for Cochinita Pibil, was in the comments of an English-language website that recaps Spanish-language telenovelas. If you’re asking yourself how I wound up reading the comments on that site, I have both an easy and a more complicated answer for you. The easy answer is [...]
Crockpot Cochinita (Puerco) Pibil: Yucatecan-style Pork with a Telenovela Twist
June 14, 2012 by · 3 Comments
Super Simple Stir-fry Formula
May 24, 2012 by · 5 Comments
My first recipe experiments were in a shared dorm hall kitchen during my freshman year of college. Unfortunately, those meals were mostly forgettable. What I do remember is that my neighbor, homesick for her native Korea, thought I made the perfect taste-tester. She would cook dishes that were unfamiliar and exotic to my rural Utah [...]
Poached Salmon in Foil Packets – Two Days, Two Ways
May 10, 2012 by · 8 Comments
I was browsing. Just trying to mind my own business. But, then I heard a deep voice – a la Michael Clarke Duncan – ask, “What’s for dinner?” Standing next to me was the butcher – as imposing as his voice, arms crossed as if proudly surveying the meat, poultry, and seafood refrigeration units that [...]
Batches of Green Chile Garlic Burgers + Evening Rituals
April 19, 2012 by · 3 Comments
My husband and I have a Monday-evening ritual that involves cooking up the same thing each week and tuning in to the latest episode of House. It’s not exciting. In fact, it is completely comfortable and relaxed – a way of easing back into the week. But, it is something we both look forward to. [...]
Flavor Bible to the Rescue (AKA Awesome Broccoli Soup)
March 29, 2012 by · 6 Comments
