This is not the papaya you’re thinking of – the ripe golden breakfast fruit that people drizzle with lime juice and eat while vacationing in tropical climes. This papaya is unripe: green on the outside and white on the inside. It’s shredded and mixed with green beans, fresh tomatoes, lime juice, and spices. The beef is then marinated in lime, garlic, and fish sauce, and grilled. Add a rice base, and you’ve got an unusual and delicious salad. I love […]
In keeping with our week of Asian-inspired recipes, here’s a quick and easy hors d’oeuvre (hors d’oeuvres – officially the hardest word to spell correctly that I know). This is a five-ingredient recipe that takes less than 15 minutes to make, but will satisfy the nibbles before an Asian-themed meal and whet appetites for what’s to come. I found this recipe in Gourmet’s summer edition and thought it was terrific, though I used more sugar to offset the saltiness of […]
You can’t buy sushi just anywhere, as one of my friends learned after picking up a salmon roll at a gas station. I still can’t figure out what possessed her, but she was sick for days. For the record, other places NOT to buy sushi: vending machines, convenience stores, and dive bars. If you live in most big cities in the US, great sushi is probably a phone call away – but that’s not the case everywhere. I thought it […]
Good eats for a good cause. Talented LA chefs and local food enthusiasts gathered around yesterday to support an incredible charity, L.A. Loves Alex’s Lemonade. In 2000, Alex a four year old girl battling cancer set-up a lemonade stand in her front yard to raise money for doctors and help them find a cure. After she passed away at 8 years old, her parents started the Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation dedicated to building awareness and funding the cure to beat […]
One of my husband’s favorite treats is rugalah, a Jewish pastry/cookie that is made with a cream cheese and butter dough, and filled with all kinds of delicious things, like cinnamon, nuts, fruit preserves, chocolate, Nutella – if you aren’t familiar with it, wouldn’t you like to be? This year I made apricot rugalah (my favorite flavor) and speculoos rugalah. Speculoos is a Dutch spiced shortbread cookie that is ground up and mixed with vegetable oil to create a peanut […]
