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Web Chef Review: Epicureal Saigon Cinnamon
Nov29

Web Chef Review: Epicureal Saigon Cinnamon

Posted By on Nov 29, 2013 in Asian Food Recipes, Baking, Cooking Shows, Ethnic Foods, Great Cooking Products, Vietnamese Food Recipes | 0 comments

Epicureal Saigon Cinnamon is one exceptional spice I’d like to share with you. Saigon cinnamon comes from Vietnam. Saigon used to be the name of Ho-Chi-Minh City. It is very fragrant or aromatic. Saigon cinnamon, in particular, is much higher in essential oils and cinnamaldehyde than other cinnamon species. So, in essence, this cinnamon gives you more “bang for the buck” with more cinnamon flavor. This also means,...

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What is Beaujolais?: Nouveau Beaujolais Day
Nov20

What is Beaujolais?: Nouveau Beaujolais Day

Posted By on Nov 20, 2013 in Adult Recipes, Featured, Food Holidays, French, Grapes, Western European Food, Wine Tasting and Recipe | 0 comments

Nouveau Beaujolais Day is November 20th, and this wine is most versatile in cooking and simply enjoying a glass of to sip on. Not everyone favors this red wine, but those of us, who are inclined to prefer a grapey, deliciously sweet wine to sip or pair with everyday, hearty & rustic foods find beaujolais meets our desire. Refreshing & uncomplicated, our world needs more of these wines in France, South of Burgundy. The Gamay...

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How to Cook Stewed Tomatoes: National Tomato Month
Oct01

How to Cook Stewed Tomatoes: National Tomato Month

Posted By on Oct 1, 2013 in Appetizers, Featured, Food Holidays, How To Cook, Main Dishes, Preserves & Canning, Side Dishes, Soups, Stews & Chilis | 0 comments

It’s National Tomato Month, and there’s nothing like the taste of homegrown tomatoes fresh from your garden. We enjoy all the shades & shapes of tiny tomatoes, and all colors of large tomatoes as well. So perfectly tangy & juicy, perfect in any savory dish I can dream up, and such an important staple in our household. When it’s harvest time, it’s so exciting to make everything from gazpacho to fresh...

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How to Cook Curried Mussels
Jan01

How to Cook Curried Mussels

Posted By on Jan 1, 2011 in Appetizers, Ethnic Foods, Hors D'Oeuvres, How To Cook, Main Dishes, Mussels | 0 comments

Curried Mussels are a staple at our house for Friday nights, New Year’s Eve, birthdays & more! We typically used to make white wine & garlic mussels before we tried these bad boys… Here’s how to make them and enjoy them in such a delicious way! Curried Mussels: Spicy, creamy with the perfect tang & savoriness. These curried mussels will knock your socks off. The perfect appetizer or entrĂ©e, however you...

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Asian Pacific Cuisine at it’s Best: In Person

Posted By on Oct 28, 2009 in Asian Food Recipes, Ethnic Foods | 0 comments

If you want the best food, you’ve got to go to the source! Travel to that locale, take in the scenery and enjoy the unbelievably delicious food. You want Asian Cuisine? Go there, experience the showmanship of well-trained chefs that take their cuisine so seriously, it’s their way of life. Asian food, especially around the Asian Pacific, is full of interesting flavors with high impact taste, as well as delicately seasoned...

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Take the Guesswork out of Asian Cuisine

Posted By on Oct 21, 2009 in Asian Food Recipes, Chinese Food Recipes, Cooking Tips & Tricks, Ethnic Foods, How To Cook, Japanese Food Recipes, Sauces | 0 comments

I love Asian food and I even love cooking Asian food at home. The problem, for most people, however, is that Asian food often requires a lot of ingredients that are otherwise not used in other cuisines. These ingredients can get expensive because Asian flavors are very complex and you only use a little bit of many seasonings, which may also go bad before you could use the entire bottle or package. Also, if you don’t know what...

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Web Chef Review: Chefmate Cookware Stainless Steel Frying Pan
Aug24

Web Chef Review: Chefmate Cookware Stainless Steel Frying Pan

Posted By on Aug 24, 2009 in Great Cooking Products | 0 comments

I Love Love Love this cookware item! Everyone needs an entirely stainless steel frying pan, in my opinion. It’s great on the stove, single burner and even in the oven because the handle is made of stainless steel. You could even make cornbread in the oven in this frying pan! This is the non-stick version of the Chefmate frying pan: Since it’s stainless steel, you can’t scratch it with metal utensils like flippers,...

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How to Make Rice More Exciting

Posted By on Jun 11, 2009 in Cooking Tips & Tricks, Ethnic Foods, Rice Recipes, Side Dishes | 0 comments

Now that you know how to tackle cooking any kind of rice, you need to know how to make it taste amazing. Don’t just always feed your family plain, white rice with butter and salt. Yes, this is awesome sometimes… …But you can really take your rice to another level, and make it something to take note of at dinner. Are you cooking Indian food? Why not add some curry powder or paste, some sesame seeds and green onion, or...

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Web Chef Review: Itt’s Thai Restaurant – St. Catharines, ON
Mar24

Web Chef Review: Itt’s Thai Restaurant – St. Catharines, ON

Posted By on Mar 24, 2009 in Asian Food Recipes, Ethnic Foods, Main Dishes, Niagara Reviews | 0 comments

That’s not a typo…LOL There is a restaurant in St. Catharines, Ontario called Itt’s Thai! My mother and sister wanted Thai, but didn’t feel like driving from the Pen Center (a mall in St. Kitt’s) over to Spicy Thai and heard there was one over on Hartzel Rd. They told me it was super clean and very nice inside. The waiter was helpful and friendly too. Most importantly, the TASTE! They brought me food...

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How to Cook Kimberly’s Curried Beef Stew

Posted By on Aug 19, 2008 in Ethnic Foods, Main Dishes | 0 comments

I love curries…Indian, Thai, Chinese, African…You name it, I love it! Needed my curry fix today, so I thought I’d try to create a beef curry myself for the 1st time! Delicious!!! Yum! ~ Kimberly Edwards đŸ™‚ Type: Main Serve With: Over Steamed Rice Prep Time: 15 min Cook Time: 1 hr 20 min Yield: Serves 4 Ingredients: 2 lbs Simmer Steak (also called Stewing Beef) – In 1″ pieces 3/4 tsp Sea Salt 1 1/2 tsp...

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How to Cook the Best Tandoori Chicken Wings + Video
Jan27

How to Cook the Best Tandoori Chicken Wings + Video

Posted By on Jan 27, 2008 in Appetizers, Cooking Tips & Tricks, Ethnic Foods, Main Dishes | 1 comment

I just love these…I’m not crazy about Buffalo wings, so I always have honey garlic wings…I was bored with that and tried to create some different. What I got was amazing! Type: EntrĂ©e Recipe Serve With: Basmati rice Prep Time: 10 min + marinating time Cook Time: ~ 40 min Yield: 40 chicken wings The ingredients & instructions are listed below the video for measurements & directions. Please enjoy this webisode...

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