RECIPE: Quick Quinoa “Paella”

A delicious vegetable “paella” of quinoa. Photo © Hannah Kaminsky.   Paella is a Spanish pilaf traditionally made with saffron-seasoned white rice and, depending on regional preferences, different combinations of meat and seafood (here’s the history of paella and popular variations). Vegetarians can make vegetable paella with tofu. And in this recipe, from Plant Power:…
Continue reading “RECIPE: Quick Quinoa “Paella””

Make Delicious Appetizers With Wonton Wraps

An even more delicious way to enjoy the flavor of Buffalo wings. Photo courtesy Nasoya.   You may not be ready to take on homemade dumplings, as we suggested yesterday. But if you’re looking for easy, impressive hors d’oeuvres for entertaining? Make them with won ton wraps. Of course, you’d buy won ton wraps to…
Continue reading “Make Delicious Appetizers With Wonton Wraps”

BOOK: Dumplings All Day Wong

A dumpling lover’s treasure. Photo courtesy Page Street Publishing.   We loved chef Lee Anne Wong on the first season of Top Chef. She’s out with her first cookbook, Dumplings All Day Wong, focusing on Asian dumplings. Says Chef Lee Anne: “Biting into a hot, fresh, juicy dumpling can be a transcendent moment, the kind…
Continue reading “BOOK: Dumplings All Day Wong”

FOOD FUN: Brownie Sandwiches With Buttercream

Here’s an idea from Earl Of Sandwich: brownie sandwiches, filled with peanut butter buttercream or a frosting of your choice. Just bake your favorite brownies and sandwich two of them with your favorite flavor of buttercream: chocolate, coffee, maple, pistachio, strawberry, vanilla, etc. You can fill the brownie pan with less batter for flatter brownies…
Continue reading “FOOD FUN: Brownie Sandwiches With Buttercream”

TIP OF THE DAY: Non-Cocktail Ways To Use Tequila

We found ourselves with a wealth of tequila on hand—lots of opened bottles that we tasted for one review or another, but never got back to. So we decided to use the tequila in cooking. Here’s what else to do with tequila. Cake: Replace up to 1/4 cup liquid in a cake recipe with tequila,…
Continue reading “TIP OF THE DAY: Non-Cocktail Ways To Use Tequila”