Archive for September, 2009

TUNA NOODLE CASSEROLE

As I pointed out in my recipe for the B.E.L.T., canned tuna has long had a negative stigma connected to it.  This was not the case growing up in my family where I was routinely fed tuna melts, tuna salad and one of my all-time childhood favorites, tuna noodle casserole. This recipe comes from my [ READ MORE ]

ALSATIAN ONION PIE WITH OLIVES & ANCHOVIES

I don’t do a lot of baking, but sometimes I come across a recipe that inspires me to go outside of my culinary comfort zone.  Such was the case when I saw Hubert Keller make this dish on his PBS television show, Secrets of a Chef. Having made pies and tarts in the past, I [ READ MORE ]

AGUA DE HORCHATA

When it comes to taquerías, the only thing more dependable than the requisite plastic container of pico de gallo is the dispenser of horchata lurking just behind the counter. Since I’m usually eating my way through a two pound super burrito–that’s rice, beans, sour cream, guacamole, salsa, and chorizo, for me–a gulp of cool, sweet horchata [ READ MORE ]

TACOS DE COCHINITA PIBIL

An authentic recipe for tender and juicy Tacos de Cochinita Pibil[ READ MORE ]

ROAST BEEF SANDWICH WITH DILL HORSERADISH SPREAD

An zesty alternative to your boring roast beef sandwich[ READ MORE ]