Have you ever wondered how teriyaki sauce would taste if fresh orange juice were added to it? I used to wonder about it a lot until I decided to go ahead ...
Small bites: Appetizers & Snacks Recipes
Small bites, finger food, dainty and not so dainty concoctions that are great for starters, munching and snacking.
Burger and Egg Canapés
Burgers, topped with egg or not, is both a quick meal and comfort food for many people. But burgers are hardly dainty. In fact, when cooked right, meat ...
Lime Butter Garlic Mushrooms
A delightful appetizer, these lime butter garlic mushrooms cook in just about 12 minutes—and that includes the preparation time! Tangy with ...
Sesame Seed-crusted Fish Fillet
Fried fish fillet is often blanketed in batter or flour to give it better texture and to help seal in the moisture. But what if, instead of all that ...
Chorizo In Red Wine
A popular tapa dish, many versions of chorizo in red wine can be found on the web and elsewhere. Some recipes include garlic, others say adding brandy adds ...
Cocktail-sized Beef Satay
Yes, there is a beef satay recipe in the archive, but this one's different. This beef satay is seasoned Vietnamese style but the dipping sauce is ...
Spanish Torta
Deceptively simple to make, the key to a delicious Spanish torta is to get the right balance between the amount of potatoes and eggs. It is also crucial to ...
Tuna and Cheese Nibbles
Tuna, pimientos, celery, onion, mayonnaise, lime juice, salt, pepper, sugar and cayenne were processed until smooth then piped into store-bought Tostitos ...
Rose Dumplings
Except for pleated dumplings, these delicious Chinese morsels aren't exactly eye candy. Until someone decided to make rose dumplings. According to ...
Thai Pandan Chicken (Gai Ob Bai Toey)
Pandan chicken is traditionally fried but Alex has done both fried and grilled versions so this recipe is being modified again. Boneless chicken cutlets ...
Alex’s Beer-battered Crispy Onion Rings
The beer-battered crispy onion rings were cooked by my daughter and chef-in-training, Alex, but the recipe itself is from Alex Guarnaschelli. The title ...
Japanese Steamed Savory Egg Custard (Chawanmushi)
Most of us know "egg custard" as a sweetened mixture of milk and eggs. It is the base for ice cream, it can be thin and spreadable, it can be a topping or ...
Cheese Sticks, Filipino Style
The traditional way of making cheese sticks is to cut cheese into fingers, roll them in bread crumbs, freeze them then fry them. Until a few years ago, ...
Gougères: French Cheese Puffs
The French pastry dough known as pâte à choux has many uses; cream puffs and churros are only two of them. Gougères, or French cheese puffs, are also made ...
Alex’s Churros Con Chocolate
Story has it that when the Portuguese sailed East, they paid attention to the delectable food they encountered in China and brought back with them to ...
Bacon-wrapped Chicken Livers
My version of rumaki which was allegedly first served at the Polynesian-themed Trader Vic's. I don't want to label my bacon-wrapped chicken livers as ...