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I'm a cooking instructor in Florida, specializing in food for the home cook. Gorgeous food photography too!
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Steamy Kitchen Cookbook Update + More Testers!
I'm getting so close...I can smell it! So far, I've written 90 recipes and shot over 65 photographs...but I'm a little behind - and still have 30 more photographs and another 15 recipes to go. I must ...
Salmon with Blackberry Brandy Sauce
The ebony-blue, bursty blackberry fruit was just too pretty to pass up at the market the other day, so I picked up 2 pints to experiment with. I was thinking: Sauce. Brandy. Salmon.......
Chinese Shrimp Fried Rice
I'm the newest guest author at my friend Elise's blog at Simply Recipes! Come on over and read the secrets to light, fluffy and flavorful fried rice -- secrets that my Mom taught me....
Pan Seared Steak with Sweet and Sour Tomato Onion Sauce
Last week was my good friend's birthday and like me, she popped out kids back to back, 16 months apart, which meant we both had the same momentary lapse of judgment. Date nights are rare events, not b...
Shrimp and Zucchini Stirfry with Crispy Basil
How do you describe the TEXTURE of perfectly cooked shrimp? A bursty, buoyant, bouncy bite? Crisp, succulent, bubble-crunchy? Playfully dancing in the mouth? Learn the secret of how to prepare and coo...
08/08/08 I’m goin’ on a mystery trip for my birthday!
It's my birthday and my husband is surprising me!!! ...
Durian Frozen Yogurt
Bourdain describes it as "...Your breath will smell as if you'd been French-kissing your dead grandmother." Richard Sterling, travel/food writer: "... its odor is best described as pig-shit, turpentin...
Wonton Noodle Soup
Watch me make Chinese Wonton Noodle Soup in a video and I'll give you the secrets to folding, freezing and cooking wonton noodle soup... ...
Xiao Long Bao - Steamed Shanghai Soup Dumplings
The famous Xiao Long Bao - Steamed Shanghai Soup Dumplings ...
15 Minute Asian Light Meals + Win Flip Video Ultra!
It's my birthday and I want to give you a gift! Enter to win a super cool Flip Video Camcorder! Watch my video for the details... ...
Xiao Long Bao - Shanghai Steamed Soup Dumplings
If you've never had XLB before, its one of those foods that you absolutely must try in your lifetime. Inside the dumpling are little pockets of gelatinized broth made from chicken, pork and cured ham....
Pan Fried Shrimp and Pork Potstickers + How to pleat dumplings
Learn how to make perfect pan fried potsticker dumplings with step by step photos!...
Stir Fried Shrimp, Eggs and Peas + Stir Fry Secrets
Ancient Chinese Stir Fry Secrets: Restaurant kitchens have extremely high powered stoves, flames that jump so high that your eyebrows will singe just standing in the doorway. At home, especially with ...
Ground Beef with Beijing Sauce Over Noodles
This dish, Ground Beef with Beijing Sauce over Noodles is so flexible - you can use ground turkey, chicken or even pork. If you don't have Chinese noodles, serve over rice or any type of pasta. The gr...
Korean Glass Noodles - Jap Chae
The software that runs my website has a nifty little feature that tells me what terms people are entering into the search box when they come to Steamy Kitchen. Although smart authors would probably us...
“Meat” Fried Rice - Four Ways
"hmmm...I wonder if I could showcase the otherwise disgusting "meat" in a edgy, fashion-y, Bon Appetit-esque yet appetizinng way. I mean, when was the last time you saw a photo of canned ham and said,...
Easy Pan Fried Mango Curry Chicken
Writing and editing more than 100 recipes for a cookbook that I'm doing is no easy task. In fact, it's quite a bit more intense than I had ever imagined. The more-than-occasional brain farts and write...
Behind the Scenes at ABC
If you are curious to see what happens behind the scenes when I'm cooking live on TV - as part of the morning news broadcast - here it is. I brought along my super cool point-and-shoot camcorder, the ...
Grilled Shrimp Lettuce Cups with Tropical Fruit Salsa
I just read an article about a man in India who created a tree that grows 300 varieties of mangoes. Although the original tree is more than 80 years old, this man has grafted different mango saplings ...
Sesame Shrimp with Honey Mustard Sauce
It never fails that at least twice a day, I'm asked, "so when are you gonna start your own restaurant?" My reply is always the same, "only when I have an extra million in the bank and I don't have to ...
Whose Cuisine Reigned Supreme?
"Iron Chef: Battle of the Grill vs. Wok" - so who won?????...
Sign of Things to Come + Cookbook Update
I was eating cold slices of leftover grilled steak and just had to take a photo. I love happy meat! The arranged slices are out of order - I had already eaten half of the steak by the time I noticed. ...
Vietnamese Iced Coffee (Cafe Sua Da)
Thanks to two of my favorite bloggers WhiteOnRice and Wandering Chopsticks, I learned a few secrets to some great recipes that I shared on TV last month...come take a look at the video. (by the way, ...
Asian Flavored Sea Salts
If I had to just choose one thing, "my killer app" in the kitchen, it would be salt. Instantly transform your cooking with homemade Asian flavored sea salts! Curry Salt, Matcha Green Tea Salt, Sichuan...
Why did the chicken cross the road???
This one is funny....and sure to make you laugh! Ok, you've probably have already read this joke in your emails...but I want to hear what you think food celebs would say? Martha? Rachael Ray? Guy Fier...
Need your help! Iron Chef Jaden vs. Iron Chef Dr. BBQ
Ok, so that was totally photoshopped! But I am in a mock Iron Chef competition with the world-famous Green Egg spokesperson and Justin Timberlake's Exec Chef, Dr. BBQ......
Pan Seared Steak Rolls
Tat-tat-taaaat-tat-tat-taaaat-tat! That, my friends, is the beautiful sing-song sound of Chef Martin Yan’s cleaver as he chops bok choy. In fact, everything about Martin is musical, from the lyrica...
Martin Yan carves a chicken in 18 seconds!
Watch a video of Martin Yan carving a chicken in 18 seconds!...
Need Food Fluffer Desperately!
I'm working on a photograph for the cookbook, Grilled Pineapple with Chocolate Coconut Rum Sauce. And thought I would take a photo of me holding the skewers for the cookbook. It didn't quite work out,...
Apple Ginger Mint Iced Tea
When I was little, my mom used to take a 2-quart pitcher, fill it with water, add a few tea bags and placed it in a sunny spot early in the day. My job was to chase the sun. As the sun moved throughou...