I’ve been making this “stuffing” since I first got the November issue of Bon Appétit in 1999. I use quotes because, while this makes a wonderful stuffing, it works just as well as a side dish. It’s really just a fancy pilaf. Just skip the baking portion if you’re serving it as [...]

I had a craving for chicken and rice soup the other day and was looking for an easy way to make broth without resorting to canned broth. Allrecipes.com has a recipe that’s a compromise between canned and homemade broth. It uses a pre-cooked, store bought chicken and simmers the skin and bones in a mixture [...]

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I love fish with coconut flavors, so I fell in love with this recipe as soon as I saw it in  the July 2006 issue of Gourmet magazine. I made it again last night and decided it was about time to get a picture of it up on this site! Sriracha, if you’ve never had [...]

Stir fries are great. They’re easy, filling, and you can substitute so many of the ingredients if you just want to use what’s on hand. I had a craving for scallops the other night and came up with this concoction.
Ingredients:
2 tablespoons peanut oil
3/4 pound sea scallops
8 ounces sliced crimini mushrooms
1 red bell pepper, cut into 1″ pieces
1 zucchini, [...]

Source: Bon Appétit – June 2002
Ingredients
4 teaspoons extra-virgin olive oil
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