I’m crazy about coconut! My favorite cake as a child, and still to this day, is chocolate cake with coconut cream cheese frosting. A smoothie without coconut milk is unimaginable and one of the few fried foods I absolutely can’t resist is coconut shrimp! Since “discovering” coconut oil at the Natural Products Expo, I’m adding […]
Seafood
White Asparagus and Crab Salad
As you’re reading this, I’m soaring high above the clouds on my way to a biking adventure that begins in Amsterdam – “excited” hardly describes how I feel. I’ve been doing research on Dutch cuisine: both traditional and street food. Myself and 20 other adventurous women will be touring traditional tourist must-sees like Keukenhof, The […]
Oysters 101
Last week, I began a series of informational posts on the important issue of Seafood Sustainability with the idea of raising awareness and sharing the wealth of information I gained from attending the first Seafood Summit sponsored by Bluewater Grill with experts from Santa Monica Seafood Company and the Aquarium of the Pacific presenting a […]
Fish Fridays
We’re nearing the end of the Christian Lenten season which begins on Ash Wednesday (preceded by the celebrations of Shrove (or Fat) Tuesday) and continues for 40 days until Easter Sunday. Lent is a time when many Christians prepare for Easter by observing a period of fasting, repentance, moderation and spiritual discipline. The tradition of […]
Sesame Salmon En Papillote
Lately, I’ve chatted with several people that aren’t that crazy about salmon. Really? you don’t like salmon? This was an idea that had never occurred to me, but its true. They like other fish and seafood, but have never developed a liking for the distinctive taste of this vibrantly colored fresh-water fish. Of course, I […]
Baked Salmon Egg Rolls
I love eggrolls: Chinese egg rolls, Vietnamese egg rolls (Cha Gio), Filipino eggr olls (Lumpia), but knowing that they’re deep fried, I don’t eat them as often as I’d like to. So I came up with Baked Salmon Egg Rolls for a healthier option. A few weeks ago I was craving eggrolls something fierce. The […]
Salmon with Bow Tie Pasta and a Recap
A deliciously colorful main dish packed full of the nutritional benefits of salmon, multi-grain pasta, and sweet peas with a flourish of caramelized onions.
Clam Chowder from the Soup Kitchen
A winning clam chowder recipe with a flavorful twist from herbs de Provence. Featured on Huffington Post’s Kitchen Daily’s article on New England Clam Chowder: What’s the Best Recipe? Jump to Recipe One drizzly afternoon in December I joined several bloggers from OC Family and the Orange County Register at the Someone Cares Soup Kitchen […]
Corfiote Fish Stew
With most of the country in the midst of a deep freeze, I thought a ray of sunshine from the Mediterranean island of Corfu would brighten your day. From the Bon Appétit special edition on Islands of the Mediterranean (May 2002), this recipe is from Rex Restaurant on the Greek island of Corfu and is […]
Recipes from L’atelier des Chefs in Paris
As promised, here are the recipes for the three course meal from my adventures in cooking at the L’atelier des Chefs in Paris. Rather than present the most popular first (the dessert), I’ll let logic prevail and order the recipes as you would savor them when dining. First, there is the salad of Mackerel with […]