I love lentils. These little turtles of mellow flavor can help to boost the protein in a vegetarian meal. They are easy to cook and can be used in so many ways, lending flavor profiles beyond “the usual”. I find myself wanting to eat these in combination with rice and certain spices, such as turmeric....

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...

Miso Raisin Collard Greens Ingredients: 1/2 large onion 3 tablespoons olive oil Pinch of ground annatto seeds 8 large collard green leaves 8-10 beet greens (with stems) (can substitute other types of greens that are not too bitter) 1.5 ounces (small box) raisins 8.45 ounce box of Whole Foods “365 Organic” Miso broth 6 ounces...

(You can click on any of these images to learn more about the photographer and to navigate to their Flickr page. Please do, these people have amazing photo-streams! Note about photography at bottom of post.) The Japanese Tea Ceremony is a very special experience, usually performed inside a small room or building specifically designed for...

I just wanted to tease you on what I have coming up for tomorrow. With the help of a large group of extremely talented and generous food photographers at Flickr, I will be presenting a pictorial round up on Wagashi (Japanese Tea Confections). My objective is to share with you the stunning beauty of these...

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Found this interesting lime curd at the store and decided to bring it together with a lime shaped puff pastry base that I made and some whipped cream. There really is no recipe for this picture. I used store bought pepperidge farms puff pastry dough and sculpted it as you see here. Some details of...

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...

We (my husband, my mom, and I) adapted a Demi-glace-based brown sauce recipe from the Culinary Institute of America’s textbook The Professional Chef 7th Ed., p. 287. Sure this recipe breaks some rules, but we are not enrolled at the CIA and don’t have to follow the rules! For example, the wine should be reduced...

For a photographic tutorial on how to make these delicious empanadas visit this post “How to make Colombian Empanadas – directions” EMPANADAS Deep-fried meat pastries. These are served as appetizers because they will not keep their crispness for more than 1/2 hour. In other words, as you fry them, have someone serve them to your...