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Spicy Vanilla Chicken 25 Aug 2013 | 07:40 am
In the original recipe, the chicken is cooked in water (I use chicken stock )until the stock is consumed and the chicken starts browning by itself and only then add the orange juice and other ingr...
French Toast Custard Baked Martine Inn 24 Aug 2013 | 09:24 pm
This is not the least caloric French toast you will ever have but It is definitely worth it. 10 slices raisin bread 10 eggs, well beaten in large bowl 2 cups sugar 2 tablespoons vanilla extract 4 cu...
Martine Inn in Pacific Grove, CA. & Boheme Hotel, San Francisco 23 Aug 2013 | 08:37 am
I never used to take vacations. I hated to leave the restaurant, I’d write notes to be given with the checks to my customers that said things like: “I hope that you enjoyed the food and were well-ta...
My Seduction Meal 17 Aug 2013 | 05:22 pm
Tagine of Chicken with Preserved Lemons and Green Olives Many years ago, someone from the New York Times called to ask me what I would cook for a man if I wanted to seduce him. I imagine that they e...
Food from my Heart 14 Aug 2013 | 03:30 am
You are probably tired of me writing about the placement of my archive at Harvard/Radcliffe’s Schlesinger Library but it has become national news in Mexico and among many in the Mexican-American com...
Pico de Gallo and Tomatillo Salsa from Zarela Restaurant 3 Aug 2013 | 10:30 pm
Table sauces and how to cook with them…
Yes! You can eat at Mexican food if you’re on a diet! 3 Aug 2013 | 08:45 pm
Thanks to Tex-Mex, all Mexican food has gotten the reputation of being greasy, heavy and fattening at least among those who haven’ t traveled in Mexico or haven ‘t dined at restaurants such as Zarel...
Chorizo-Northern-Style 30 Jul 2013 | 07:34 am
Papas con Chorizo- Amaru Uballez My apartment smells of canela. cloves and red chile. I just sauteed the chorizo I made on Friday after letting the mixture rest in the refrigerator to let the flavo...
Pork Crackling Salad 29 Jul 2013 | 06:37 am
Now that people eat lardo and pork belly, commercial chicharrones (pork cracklings) seem positively low fat. This salad is always very popular at my parties ho pick out the cracklings before they...
PokPok 23 Jul 2013 | 04:39 am
I’ll never forget the first time I tasted Thai food. It was in 1983 at a restaurant called Bangkok Cuisine on Seventh Avenue around 53rd Street. These faintly fishy, sweet and salty, burning hot fl...
