Despite its appearance, risotto is not a type of rice but rather an Italian dish made with a special high-starch short-grain rice. Which includes the Arborio, Carnaroli and the Vialone Nano rice. This special type of rice can absorb quite a bit of liquid without becoming mushy. A basic risotto is particularly prepared with Arborio […]
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Roasted Red Potatoes with Garlic Parmesan
These roasted red potatoes with garlic parmesan are simple and fast to make. A perfect side dish to any dinner and sure to please. They are toasted with olive oil, minced garlic, along with a little Himalayan salt and black pepper. You can also mix dried thyme, oregano, and basil if you wish. Once they’re […]
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Cooking With Chicken Thighs
Meat is typically the center piece of most traditional cooking. Having insight or understanding of the meat’s structure and composition can help one cooking it, to make the most of the cut. Meat has three types of tissue: muscle, fat, and connective tissue or ligaments. Let’s Talk Poultry Chicken is the second most consumed meat […]
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Roasted Sweet Potatoes And Figs
Roasted sweet potatoes, along with figs and green onions are all piled onto a plate and drizzled with a ginger-chile sauce and a balsamic reduction. This amazing dish draws inspiration from a Middle Eastern dish made by Chef Yotam Ottolenghi, author of – “Jerusalem A Cookbook.” Fresh figs are abundant in Jerusalem when in season, from mid-May […]
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Sugar Snap Peas With Shallots & Tarragon
Tarragon is a culinary herb that is described as an herb with glossy skinny leaves and an aromatic flavor similar to fennel and anise. Fresh tarragon has an intense flavor over dried tarragon as the oils evaporate during the drying process. The most common type found in markets and used in cooking is the French […]
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Asian-Style Coconut Chicken Salad Lettuce Wraps
Easy to make Asian-Style Coconut Chicken Salad Lettuce Wraps are extremely flavorful, and perfect for lunch, brunch and dinner. Big bold flavors, all wrapped up in a piece of butter leaf lettuce. A soft buttery texture leaf with hints of sweetness and a mellow floral note. Delicate butter lettuce leaves have a nice cup shape […]
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Wild Salmon with Peach Mango Salsa
Do you know the difference between farmed fish and wild ocean caught fish, in particularly salmon? We wanted to know the answer, so we reasearch it, and here is what we found. Farmed fish is a $1 billion a year revenue (USA), with salmon being number one. Farmed salmon has less area in which to […]
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Beef Steak Fajitas
A Tex-Mex style food with Mexican ingredient influence. Fajitas got its start in a tortilleria in Houston Texas (USA). As legend has it, Maria Ninfa Rodriguez of Huston, Texas, better known as “Mama Ninfa Laurenzo,”started serving fajitas (1973) in a tortilla factory turned into a restaurant that she named, “Rio Grande Tortilla Company.” Top to […]
