[This post appeared on the Paper Palate blog, a member of the Well Fed Network] (Source: Hoffman Media, click image to go to magazine order page) I watch only a few shows on the Food Network, two of those being Alton Brown‘s “Good Eats” and Paula Deen‘s “Home Cooking“. I do not watch the “Paula’s...

We had these for breakfast today, warm, sauteed in nutty browned butter. They are delightful on a winter’s morning. Can you guess what they are? Are they Tibetan MoMos? Are they Chinese potstickers? Are they Japanese Gyoza? Hint: They are filled with a starch and...

I am slowly, ever so slowly, finding stores within a 50 mile radius of where I live that have the ingredients I need to make Colombian and also Japanese foods. The first 30 miles of that travel is through a foodie wasteland so don’t be impressed with the distance I travel for food . One...

(Clockwise from top left: changua, arepa with queso blanco, pan de bono, and patacones – Copyright © 2006 Nika Boyce) A Colombian breakfast is not just one thing, sort of like you might think a proper English fry up would be. I think that a Colombian breakfast can actually have many different possibilities limited only...

So the egg thing for breakfast morphed into this high octane french toast. Enjoy! Warning: This is so completely decadent that adults may need their kids to eat their leftovers. Mine did! Carmel Chocolate French Toast Ingredients: 4 eggs 1/8th teaspoon cream of tartar 1 can sweetened condensed milk 1 tsp vanilla extracts 1 dash...

Puff pastry, bacon, basil, cream cheese, and scallions Ingredients: Pastry Dough (thawed) Cream cheese + fresh scallions Basil leaves Cooked bacon Egg wash 1 egg pinch of salt 1 Tablespoon water Directions: Egg wash: make 30 minutes before use. Beat egg, add salt and water, incorporate. Set aside in refrigerator for 30 minutes. Pastries: Preheat...