Tag: garlic

Roman Pasta and Only You
The October Food ‘n Flix feature is Only You with a VERY young Marissa Tomei and Robert Downey, Jr. Seriously, they look like they’re twelve. 🙂 As part of the film is set in Rome, I found an “authentic” pasta to prepare.

Spicy Beef Sambel
Here’s the latest results from a virtual cooking class with Chef Elizabeth from Haochi US (on a virtual Yelp event). This spicy beef dish is too good not to share (and so easy)!

Black Beans with Garlic and Chipotle on a TLC Book Tour for Resurrecting Rain
Resurrecting Rain by Patricia Averbach is partially set in Santa Fe. This novel gave me a great excuse to pull out my Santa Fe School of Cooking Cookbook and find an authentic recipe that could have been served up in the novel.

Cold Udon Salad with Bok Choy and Cucumbers
Join me for another TLC Book Tour, highlighting The Woman in the White Kimono by Ana Johns. I loved this book!

Hawaiian Meal for Cook the Books
Deb at Kahakai Kitchen is hosting Island of Sweet Pies and Soldiers by Sara Ackerman. Here’s my Hawaiian inspired meal of Kula Pickled Beet Salad and Huli Huli Chicken.

Ruth’s Kitchen Therapy and Comfort Food: Painless Pasta
I Heart Cooking Clubs’ theme this week is therapeutic comfort food via Ruth Reichl. Here’s a delicious (and quick and easy) pasta dish from My Kitchen Year.

Sichuan Cucumber and Noodle Salad for April/May Cook the Books
Shark’s Fin and Sichuan Pepper: A Sweet-Sour Memoir of Eating in China by Fuschia Dunlop inspired this salad. “I’d really be just as happy with a bowl of noodles.”

Celery Soup and Egg Salad Sandwiches
Here’s my Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner dinner for this month’s Food ‘n Flix.

Olive and White Bean Hummus
Today I am continuing a hastily put together series of Super Bowl worthy bites. Try this “hummus.”

Veggie Salad with Berbere
There’s an Ethiopian restaruant in Denver that we go to every summer when we’re there visiting the nieces. Â It’s kind of in a sketchy part of town. Â It’s in a seen-better-days strip mall. Â The sign out front has faded to oblivion. Â It takes almost an hour to get your food (definitely made from scratch).…