Home Cooking
Shoyu Chicken
A very popular and delicious Cantonese dish is Shoyu (soy sauce) Chicken. It’s very easy to make and the emphasis is on the technique of very gently cooking the chicken.…
Creole Catfish Recipe
Here is a really simple method for cooking Creole style blackened catfish on the grill. One benefit of cooking the fish in a pan on the outdoor grill is that…
The Comforts of Home – Global Comfort Food Recipes for the Home Cook
for this week, I’m sharing some of my favorite recipes from the Scheff’s Table column: comfort food dishes from around the world, from schnitzel and fried rice to chile verde…
Bison Tacos
I really love tacos and I love that flavor of lean bison meat. So, this bison taco recipe was a no-brainer. Of course, you could use ground beef if you’d…
Duck Confit Tagliatelle
There are few things I love more than duck confit. And, I also love pasta. So, I put the two together for this recipe: Tagliatelle with duck confit. It’s a…
Greek-Style Pork Souvlaki Skewers
I really love Greek-style pork souvlaki and this recipe is a great one for summer grilling. I suggest serving the souvlaki on pita bread with store bought tzatziki sauce or…
One Pot Roasted Chicken
This method of oven roasting a whole chicken in a well-sealed pot makes for an incredibly juicy, tender chicken with natural pan jus. It’s one of my favorite recipes.
Green Curry Beef Kebabs with Crispy Basil
If you’re thinking about firing up the grill for this 4th of July, here is an Asian spin on beef kebabs with Thai-style green curry paste and crispy fried basil.
Corn & Black Bean Salsa Recipe
One of my wife’s very favorite things to eat is Corn & Black Bean Salsa, which she usually buys at Harmons. However, it is very easy and inexpensive to make…
Penne with White Sausage Sauce
Here is a quick and easy comfort food pasta dish which I modified a little from the original New York Times recipe by Mark Bittman. Here, pasta is coated in…
Cod with Lemon-Butter Sauce
Here is a really simple, but very tasty, recipe for fish fillets. You could use any white fish. I used cod here, but halibut would work well and so would…
Cajun Shrimp Stuffed Pasilla Peppers
I really love all types of stuffed peppers, but especially Mexican peppers like pasillas, poblanos, Anaheims, etc. For this recipe – which is based on one on the Chili Pepper…
Thai Drunken Noodles with Tofu Recipe
There is no alcohol in “drunken” noodles, but there are countless variations on this delicious dish all over Thailand. It’s typically a very spicy dish and that’s the way I…
Chicken Korma Ansari Recipe
This Chicken Korma isn’t quite as “saucy” as typical curries – more dry. But I absolutely love the bright, tangy flavors of this dish.
Sunday Gravy for Pasta, Rich Red Pasta Sauce Recipe
One of the great all-time comfort foods is Italian-America pasta with sauce known in many Italian (and other) families as Sunday Gravy. No two recipes are identical, and most make…
Chicken Parmigiana Recipe
When I lived in New York City, at least once a week I’d visit my favorite Italian joint in Hell’s Kitchen called Manginero’s Hero Boy. They were renowned for their…