Utah Food
Tomato Biryani
Biryani – which is also spelled biriyani – is a popular rice-based dish from Southern India. It’s sort of like rice pilaf, but with an Indian spin and can be…
Venice-Style Shrimp
This is a scrumptious recipe based on one from Food & Wine magazine – large shrimp prepared in the Venetian style with garlic, wine, butter, chili flakes and lemon zest.…
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…
Jerk Pork Tenderloin
I really love the spicy and sweet flavors of Jamaican-style jerk seasoning. It’s terrific on pork, poultry, fish, shrimp, and lots of other things. For this recipe, you can 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…
Blackened Grouper
Here is a really easy and delicious way to prepare any firm-fleshed fish such as grouper, catfish, halibut, cod, haddock and the like. You could also use this recipe for…
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…
Pork Loin Roast with Apple-Mustard Glaze
This simple pork roast is a big hit for a weeknight supper at our house. It couldn’t be easier to make and the result is delicious. I use boneless pork…
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.
Overcoming Obstacles: Foods that Went From Loathed to Loved
just as avocado toast has become a “thing” in the past couple years or so, there are a number of foods that, in the past decade, have gone from unloved…
Yakisoba with Beef, a Classic Japanese Stir-Fry Recipe
Yakisoba is a classic Japanese stir-fry dish with egg noodles, veggies, and usually a protein. In this recipe, I use thin-sliced beef but you could substitute chicken, shrimp, pork, tofu,…
Oven “Fried” Chicken Wings Simple Recipe
With this simple recipe from Cook’s Country you’ll make crispy chicken wings in the oven.
Pasta Aio e Oio with Shrimp
One of my favorite preparations for pasta – and one of the easiest – is aio e oio (also called aglio e olio). It’s a classic Roman dish usually made…
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…