I love spicy. Crave spicy. Every few weeks I whip up a batch of chile oil and drizzle it on just about everything and anything. Sometimes, I simply heat up some oil and then pour the hot, sizzling, bubbly oil over a bowl of chile flakes. The hot oil gives the chile flakes a pleasing … Continue Reading
At times, summoning the motivation to cook can be a challenge, especially in the winter when the vast majority of my favorite fruits and vegetables are not in season. Oh the irony, as the goal of this blog is to connect with others, to get people excited about new flavors and ingredients and to inspire … Continue Reading
My plan was to post these multicolored dumplings around Christmas time. The red and green dough seemed festive and fitting. However, I wanted to give them another test run and ran out of time. Such is life. The inspiration (and technique) for these multicolored dumpling wrappers originated with Red House Spice. Her dumplings are beautiful. … Continue Reading
Photographing food sometimes seems a bit silly. Although, I just can’t seem to stop myself. I feel like it’s something that I need to document (although, I’m not sure why?). Take pasta. No matter how many times I make pasta, the process always seems so fascinating. Specifically, that just a few humble ingredients — flour, … Continue Reading
For the longest time, artichokes intimidated me. Not really sure why? Just a bit of the unknown I suspect. But I’ve come to learn that artichokes aren’t really all that difficult to prep and prepare. I especially love baby artichokes. Baby artichokes are not a different variety than the larger globe artichokes, just a smaller … Continue Reading
