• giardiniere escabeche pickle recipe

    Pickle It! No Waste Pickles

                 My favorite way to prevent wasting produce is to pickle. Mostly because I am obsessed with pickles but also because you can pickle most anything and it…

  • Roasted Red Pepper Tomato Soup Recipe

    Roasted Red Pepper Tomato Soup

    A friend of mine was working on a recipe and shopping list app. He asked me for feedback on some things about it. The concept was great, but there was one thing that…

  • Chicken Tortilla Soup

    Chicken TORTILLA Soup

    I LOVE a good tortilla soup. I have a confession though. Not even thinking about the name itself, I used to make it without tortillas! I’ve just enjoyed it so many times while…

  • Red Chicken Pozole

    Red Chicken Pozole

    Red Chicken Pozole is another one that came to me from a request by a weekly meal client. I hadn’t made it before. To be perfectly honest, I had never even eaten it…

  • Bacon Wrapped Grilled Shrimp

    Grilled Bacon Wrapped Shrimp

    Bacon Crimes Series Edition 1: Flabby Wrapped There is only one texture that bacon should be and that’s CRISPY! It’s one of the reasons I actually prefer thin-cut bacon over thick. When I have…

  • Caprese Penne Pasta Caprese Pasta

    Caprese Penne Pasta

    The fresh tomatoes in this dish really brighten it up. Truly a perfect summer pasta. Simple, light, and delicious. Sometimes, that’s all you need. (function() { var d = document, s = d.createElement(‘script’);…

  • Thai Coconut Chicken Soup (Tom Kha Gai)

    Thai Coconut Chicken Soup

    The first time I ever cooked Thai anything was for a client that had a special request for a Thai red curry chicken. Ever since I made that dish, I’ve been hooked. Since…