Hungry for pasta? This is my go-to recipe when I need pasta, pronto. Easy to make — most ingredients are in well-stocked pantry: olive oil, pasta, capers, bread for breadcrumbs, and pecorino Romano cheese — or Parmesan in a pinch. Try it — super easy — super delish! DIRECTIONS: Butter for greasing the baking dish2…
Month: December 2020
So Ramen-tic: Broccoli Beef with Ramen
I am a hopeless ramen-tic. I could absolutely eat ramen noodles three times a day — even with the terrible flavor packets–let the public shaming begin! I’ll add them to anything–in chicken noodle soup, in my Szechuan green beans, and they’re completely delicious with broccoli beef. This is definitely a Tony and Mark…
Diane’s Chicken Wings
Love at first bite! Super duper fingerlicking GREAT! EASY to make — light and crunchy outside and flavorful and moist on the inside. Sweet, sour, salty and spicy–all the flavors of Vietnam. My family knows I have a serious addiction to wings, so much so that I will cook an entire turkey (granted, only once a…
Grilled Lemongrass Pork and Rice Noodle Salad
I am in love with Asian Box, a small chain takeout restaurant in the Pruneyard in Campbell. You HAVE to check this out: http://www.asianbox.com/menu Everything on that menu (except maybe the caramel egg) is so delicious, but it took just a couple visits to find my favorite: Lemongrass pork with chilled rice noodles, bean sprouts,crispy…
Potato Leek Soup
Ahhhhhhtumn (such a toastier word than Fall). This is my all-time favorite season–warmy sweaters, wrap around scarves, wooly coats, and silky, luxurious, tummy-warming soup that’s super easy to make and ready to serve in 30 minutes. Heck yeah! 2 tablespoons unsalted butter4 large leeks1 baking potato (8 ounces), peeled and cut into two inch chunks…
Pan-Roasted Lemon Chicken
Easy, completely delish, great wow factor, and a great reason to buy a Lodge cast iron pan. Wow factor of 10 out of 10! When I first made this I’ve never had a pan that creates such a great crust before — inexpensive and will last for your lifetime. I now have 4, and my…
A Ciao Mein Confession
I don’t eat at fast food restaurants very often at all (but I just discovered amazing carnitas tacos at Filiberto’s, dangerously close to our house) — an occasional hamburger at In n Out, and in the summer, I’ll swing by Wendy’s once in a great while for a chocolate frosty. BUT (here’s the confession part)…
My Favorite Seasoning: Four Season Salt Blend
Do you barbecue? Do you have Charred and Scruffed, by Adam Lang — one of my top five cookbooks ever? You don’t? THEN YOU DON’T BARBECUE! You just don’t! This book is a BIBLE — yes it is. And I don’t dare approach the grill without having prayed with Adam Lang for a while. I now…
Chili de Arbol Salsa
Okay, let’s talk salsa. It is the soul of Mexican food. I know it’s easy to run to the store and pick up a mundane plastic tub of mushy out of season tomatoes, and old onions, but honestly why would you do that to your beautiful tacos? Once you start making your own, there is…
Pasta alla Gricia
This is that dinner that you put on the table when you really didn’t think about making dinner earlier in the day, and then after everyone’s eaten you’re wondering why you don’t make this every week. A 15 minute dinner from beginning to end with few ingredients — super delicious and so easy to make….
Cafe Barber 