Cioppino with Harvest of the Sea Seafood Medley

17. April 2022 Shellfish, Soups, Stocks + Sauces 0
I love making seafood dishes at home, but sometimes it becomes cost prohibitive when you need multiple kinds for stews like this cioppino. Enter Harvest of the Sea’s frozen seafood medley pack. One bag contains a generous combo of Asian shrimp, Indian-wild-caught calamari, Argentine scallops, and Canadian Prince Edward Island blue mussels. They’re available at ...

Jammy Eggs

27. March 2019 Breakfast + Brunch 0
Jammy eggs are my new jam! Ha! Even though they need more supervision than hard-boiled eggs, they’re easier to make than poached eggs. They’re perfect to top your sourdough-avocado toast with or to jazz up your instant ramen.  A spider skimmer is useful here; in fact, it’s one of my most used kitchen tools. If ...

Jiggly Cheesecake

26. January 2019 Baked Goods + Desserts + Drinks 0
Baking instructions are weird. This recipe came from Bon Appetit and I had to enlist two of my friends’ help to decipher what the original recipe meant by “Butter pan, then line with 2 overlapping 16×12 sheets of parchment, making sure parchment comes at least 2 inches above top of pan on all sides.” Why ...

Spanish Chorizo and Potato Stew

21. January 2019 Pork, Soups, Stocks + Sauces 0
New York City temperature dropped to “feels like -15F” during the long weekend that I was forced to make this Spanish chorizo and potato stew before hibernating. Actually, “forced” is such a strong word; it was too easy to be forced to make it. It was a hearty meal that did not require much effort. ...

Seared Salmon with Endive and Broccolini

18. January 2019 Fish 0
The original recipe came from Bon Appétit and the dressing required a couple of jalapeños. I bought some, but the clerk didn’t ring them up so they weren’t in my grocery bag when I got home. I had to improvise and I used chili oil instead. Ingredients:2 garlic cloves, choppedchili oilzest from 1/4 grapefruit1 tsp ...