Easy Hollandaise Sauce
Hollandaise sauce is an emulsion of egg yolk, butter, and lemon and is notoriously difficult to prepare. It should be, since it is one of the five sauces in the fancy French haute cuisine mother...
View ArticleHazelnut Aioli
We recently bought the Ninja Kitchen System 1100 (dual blender and food processor) and I was so excited to try my hand at making all my own sauces with my snazzy new food processor. After my recent...
View ArticleTomato Sauce
As I’ve often said, I’m more of a carnivore than a carbivore, but I still love a well made pasta. More accurately, I love hearty sauces on a small serving of pasta (somewhere Jen is laughing reading...
View ArticleSambal Tomat (Tomato Sambal)
We used this tomato sambal to make Mee Goreng in my Balinese Cooking Class. Sambal Tomat — Tomato Sambal (recipe by I Nyoman Sudiyasa of Sate Bali) Ingredients: 4 T vegetable oil 15 shallots, peeled...
View ArticleBase be Pasih (Spice Paste for Seafood)
This spice paste was made for use in the Pepes Ikan (Steamed Marinated Fish in Banana Leaf) during my Balinese Cooking Class. Base be Pasih — Spice Paste for Seafood (recipe by I Nyoman Sudiyasa of...
View ArticleBase Be Siap (Spice Paste for Chicken)
This spice paste was made for Tum Ayam (Minced Chicken in Banana Leaf) during my Balinese Cooking Class. Base Be Siap — Spice Paste for Chicken (recipe by I Nyoman Sudiyasa of Sate Bali) Ingredients:...
View ArticleCausa
Causa is a unique Peruvian dish made of potatoes (shocker, I know) that are mashed and seasoned with key lime, onion, chili, and oil. The mashed potatoes are then layered with a variety of stuffings,...
View ArticlePeruvian Cooking Class – Dinner
After landing in Lima on my Peru travels, one of the first orders of business was scheduling a Peruvian cooking class. Natalya had taken a class with Sky Kitchen when she was in Lima several years ago...
View ArticleThai Basil Pesto
When life gives me Thai Basil… apparently I make pesto. I recently moved to a cozy neighborhood in Singapore that boasts a fantastic wet market. I go there every weekend to stock up on local produce,...
View ArticleFlank Steak with Salsa Verde
I was inspired to cook some steak with salsa verde one night after seeing a photo of the cooked dish posted online by my friends Kelmoe. Good ‘ole social media influence! I decided to try a Jamie...
View ArticleBo Ssam
For those who have spent any time in NYC, the Momofuku Bo Ssam does not need any introduction. But for those who have yet to see the path to meat enlightenment that Chef David Chang has paved, here...
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