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Why Do We Eat So Much Sushi Until We Can’t Move?
Feb13

Why Do We Eat So Much Sushi Until We Can’t Move?

Posted By on Feb 13, 2012 in Food Fun | 0 comments

This is yet another food phenomenon… Why is it that we keep eating copious amounts of sushi until we feel like we’ll need to be rolled out to our car? Well, that’s my experience anyway. Maybe it’s that there’s so much to try, and everything looks so darn cute & yummy! Maybe I need to go get sushi more often and the novelty will wear off a bit. When I get there, my eyes are always bigger than my...

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How to Bake a Lemon Jelly Roll + Video: Easter Surprises
Apr11

How to Bake a Lemon Jelly Roll + Video: Easter Surprises

Posted By on Apr 11, 2014 in Baking, Cake Recipe, Citrus, Cooking How-To Videos, Cooking Shows, Cooking with Kimberly, Desserts, Easter, Featured, Fruit, Fruit & Vegetables, Holidays & Events, How To Cook, Lemons, Sweets, Vegetarian | 0 comments

What a perfect time to learn how to make a Lemon Jelly Roll. Easter is the perfect time to present this showpiece of a dessert – A lemon curd filled jelly roll. How to Make a Lemon Curd-Filled Jelly Roll: I usually bake lemon meringue pies or angel cake with special sauces, as well as the traditional Paska, but this year, I will add something just a bit different. Type: Dessert Recipe Prep Time: 20 min Bake Time: 10 – 15...

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National Ethnic Foods Month: The Heart of Our Favorite Foods
Sep01

National Ethnic Foods Month: The Heart of Our Favorite Foods

Posted By on Sep 1, 2013 in Ethnic Foods, Featured, Food Finds, Food Fun, Holidays & Events | 0 comments

National Ethnic Foods Month allows us to reflect upon the eclectic nature of our world today, the fusion of cuisine & culture, and the heart of our favorite foods. North America, being such a melting pot of cultures has brought us a wide variety of cuisines that speak to us of the many original homelands and their best loved foods. What is ethnic these days? Well, that’s all relative to you, your heritage or background and...

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September is National Rice Month – So Many Choices…
Sep01

September is National Rice Month – So Many Choices…

Posted By on Sep 1, 2013 in Featured, Food Fun, Quick Meals, Rice Recipes, Side Dishes, Vegetarian | 0 comments

 Happy National Rice Month! Rice is my favorite main dish or accompaniment to any meals prepared in my kitchen. It comes in many different types…long & short grains, Basmati, Jasmine & Arborio for risottos, as well as oriental suitable for sticky rice, as used in rolls or sushi… …or maybe in the form of rice papers or rice vinegar. Oh the possibilities! Rice salads are a perfect addition to a summer feast...

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How to Cook Asian Food Recipes
Aug31

How to Cook Asian Food Recipes

Posted By on Aug 31, 2012 in Asian Food Recipes, Ethnic Foods, Reviews | 0 comments

One of the genres of cuisines I would love to know more about and be exposed more to is in the Asian food realm. From sushi to stews, Bento boxes to dessert treats, Asian recipes are not only varied, but span so many different subcultures as well. Regional cuisine from all over Asia is packed full of exotic flavors, often provides the utmost in plate appearance, and often requires some honed skills to be able to accomplish a...

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How to Cook Pan Sauteed Wasabi Crusted Salmon
May17

How to Cook Pan Sauteed Wasabi Crusted Salmon

Posted By on May 17, 2012 in Asian Food Recipes, Fish, Main Dishes | 0 comments

Spice up your plate tonight with Pan Sauteed Wasabi Crusted Salmon! Tonight, I’m cooking salmon, but I wanted to pan sauté it with a bit of a new flare. Pan Sauteed Wasabi Crusted Salmon: I saw wasabi peas in my pantry and decided to grind them or pulverize them in the food processor to use as the “dredging flour” to kick it up a hundred notches! One of my favorite combinations is when I have salmon sushi with...

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Jackson-Triggs Proprietors’ Reserve Sparkling Wine for New Year’s
Dec30

Jackson-Triggs Proprietors’ Reserve Sparkling Wine for New Year’s

Posted By on Dec 30, 2008 in Alcohol Drink Recipes, Beverage Recipes, Holidays & Events, New Year's, Product Reviews, Vegan, Vegetarian | 2 comments

My husband was such a sweetheart yesterday morning. Before I had even woken up, he had made his trip to the grocery store and purchased all of his necessities for making my mother and me a spectacular brunch meal. He made us smoked salmon and chive omelets, but snazzed it up a few more notches with sparkling wine… He brought home a really delicious sparkling wine, not champagne – as only sparkling wine from Champagne,...

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How to Make a Green Geisha

Posted By on Sep 14, 2007 in Alcohol Drink Recipes, Beverage Recipes, Coffee Recipes, Ethnic Foods, Japanese Food Recipes, Vegetarian | 0 comments

This drink was inspired by my new-found green tea cravings, and my love of lychee nuts… Refreshing and interesting to drink as an aperitif, while eating sushi, or all by itself… Have fun and I hope you enjoy it! ~ Kimberly Edwards 😀 Type: Beverage Prep Time: 5 min (Unless you have to make the green tea from scratch: ~ 20 min.) Yield: 1 tumbler/glass . Ingredients: Instructions: 1. Lightly squash/grind/pulverize lime leaf...

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