Multi-style cooking

Stir Fried Tomato Slice Recipe Introduction: I have come to love tomatoes more and more ever since I attended the lecture that was made by a nutritionist at the fitness center. Tomato is a vegetable that we all know and like. It can be eaten raw or cooked. It can be cooked into soups and processed into paste. According to the nutritionist, tomato is a vegetable that benefits men the best. She warned the women in the audience who should observe their husband urinating. When they see that the husband’s urine flow gets thinner and more difficult, they should know that it is time ... Read Full Story

Sorry, guys. I know I promised this post yesterday but life got in the way. For those of you anxiously waiting, here’s the recipe I mentioned in my last post . I tried out and adapted several different wheat bread recipes and finally settled on this one for three basic reasons. 1 - It’s made entirely from food storage ingredients (no refrigerated items needed). 2 - The finished product is good for sandwiches or toast. 3 - It freezes really well so I can make four loaves in one batch and have enough to last the entire week. This recipe uses both wheat and ... Read Full Story

Welcome to the second part of my sourdough baking series. This is the part where you make and bake amazing, nibble-worthy loaves of bread. Yesterday, I made the sponge for my bread using my sourdough starter . I let it sit overnight, covered, to develop flavor. Today, I used that sponge to bake dense and chewy loaves of sourdough bread. The method couldn’t be simpler. Basically, I added a little salt and more flour the the sponge, then kneaded it into a stiff dough and formed it into loaves. The dough pretty much does the rest all on its own. Start this early in ... Read Full Story

Kong (Gong) Bao Chicken is one of my favorite dishes. It combines spicy, sweet and sour taste. One important ingredient is raw peanut with its red skin. Peanut is fried and then mixed with other ingredients, which provides beautiful color and nutty aroma. Baked peanut or cashew is often chosen as substitute, however, neither of them can really give that fantastic result. My recipe: (1) Cut 1 lb chicken breast into 2-cm cubes, dice one green pepper, finely chop green onion and grab some dried red pepper; (2) Marinate breast cubes with 2 tbsp dark soy sauce, 1/2 tbsp salt and 1tsp corn starch ... Read Full Story

While rummaging through my kitchen cabinet the other day, I came across this beautiful slip decorated redware bowl. The bowl measures 8 inches across the top and is 2.25 inches tall. The foot measures 3 inches. Every time I come across the bowl in my cabinet I remember Gary's grandmother. My mother and I discovered this bowl in her apartment when we packed her possessions when she passed away at 98 quite a few years ago. When I turned the bowl over, I saw, Made in Finland , stamped into the bottom. This didn't surprise me since Gary's grandparents on both sides immigrated to ... Read Full Story