14 Sep 2012
by scolgin
in Cooking Tips, Recipes
Tags: food, Italian cooking, Italy, Mario Batali, olive oil, pasta, penne, recipes, swiss chard
There are a lot of great drizzles in the world.
A drizzle of honey over thick Greek yogurt.
A drizzle of chocolate atop an old-fashioned buttermilk donut.
A cold drizzle on a gray Parisian day that causes you to duck into a cozy bistro for a bowl of soup and a long afternoon with a bottle of wine.
But for my money, the greatest drizzle of them all, the drizzle that makes all the difference, is the drizzle of a good, fruity olive oil over a plate of pasta.
This is one of the simplest and most important cooking tips among the many I will bestow upon you here. More
07 Sep 2012
by scolgin
in Recipes, Video
Tags: bacon, breakfast, cooking, Egg McMuffin, food, French toast, recipes, sandwich, smoked salmon
Once, many eons ago, when tweets and clouds were still part of nature, when “kindle” meant to build a fire and men knew not of their brethren’s minute-by-minute status, there was the Egg McMuffin. The prototypical breakfast sandwich, the one that started it all.
French toast bacon breakfast sandwich
In reality, there have probably been breakfast sandwiches for as long as there has been two slices of bread and an egg to put between them. More
30 Aug 2012
by scolgin
in On the Road, Recipes, Video
Tags: fish, food, Mazatlán, Mexican cooking, Mexico, Pacifico, recipes, seafood
One afternoon my wife and our (at the time) young son were strolling down a wide, deserted beach along a malecón in Mazatlán, Mexico. It was around lunchtime, and the tall spires of the Pacifico Brewery in the distance were inspiring an almost religious-like thirst.
Su amigo, on the beach in Mazatlán
As fortune would have it, a gentleman came running from one of the dilapidated fish joins lining the malecón down the beach after us, promising delicious food and cold beer. A fisherman had just come in, he said, with a particular fish they rarely ever had — one of the best in all of Mexico! However skeptical we may have been about the story, we were ready for the pitch, so we followed him back up to the empty plastic tables and chairs and Tecaté umbrellas awaiting us away from the water. More
28 Aug 2012
by scolgin
in Recipes
Tags: breakfast, cooking, food, Hawaii, Hilo, King's Hawaiian Bread, Kona coffee, Maui, Portuguese sausage, recipes
On family trips to Maui as a kid, one of the things I always looked the most forward to was macadamia nut pancakes with coconut syrup. Now I visit the islands with my own kids, and one of the things they look most forward to is my King’s Hawaiian Bread french toast with coconut syrup and Portuguese sausage (another staple of the Hawaiian diet). Served with a big cup on Kona or Kauai coffee and a pile of fresh tropical fruit, there’s no better way to start the day.
King’s Hawaiian Bread French toast with macadamia nuts, coconut syrup and Portuguese sausage
There is a certain let down to eating Hawaiian food on the Mainland. My famous Ono island ribs, for example, just don’t taste quite the same without the plumeria-scented trade winds, crashing waves and gently shh-shing palm trees. More
21 Aug 2012
by scolgin
in On the Road, Recipes, Video
Tags: cooking, food, India, Maria Blackmer, Mauritian cuisine, Mauritius, Portland, recipes, shrimp creole
“Do you want me to cook Mauritian food tonight?” Maria offered. That is not the sort of offer I turn down.
Maria’s Mauritian shrimp creole
We were staying with our friends, Gary and Maria, in their home along the Tualatin River in an idyllic suburb of Portland, Oregon. Gary is one of my oldest friends from childhood. Maria, whom he met in the Northwest wine industry, hails from Kauai, where we were fortunate enough to be a part of their wedding a few years back. Her father is American, and her mother comes from Mauritius. More
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