French Onion Dip
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8HMkxEc2i0 Oh dear GAWD, is she ever gonna stop with the creamy treats?? That’s what I know you are saying to yourself right now. But check it. This creamy treat is...
View ArticleFried Plantains (Tostones!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fz9cBcc_pjc Plantains to me are a marvelous fruit. Over two weeks, they transform upon your countertop from immature and hard and green to ripe and black and soft and...
View ArticleShrimp Corn Dogs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDzww5YZGPQ I wish I could take credit for this most excellent idea, but alas, I first heard of these from a restaurant in town called Moonshine Grill. It’s a great place...
View ArticleQuesadillas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4Vb804Jkxc Don’t laugh. I know this is, like, Baby-Cooking 101 — whoa … not like that — but it’s very important to me that you not forget about quesadillas! They are a...
View ArticlePotato Skins! (or “Scalped” Potatoes)
Stuffed potato skins … a.k.a … wait for it … http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cu35aydoEOI Scalped Potatoes! Alright, I know this was a stretch (believe me, I KNOW!) but “Scalped Potato Skins”? I mean,...
View ArticleCaramel Corn
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxR2qclwr9M Someone every Christmas would send my grandma one of those big tubs of popcorn, the variety pack with plain, cheezy, and caramel corn. The caramel was my...
View ArticleBaked Chicken Wings
For “health month” (which we are still technically in, FYI, even though January seems to have sprawled itself out over like a decade already) I thought I’d do a baked chicken wings recipe....
View ArticleQueso!
If you’re not from Texas, you probably have no idea what the hell queso is. I know, I know, you think you know that it means “cheese” in Spanish and you are correct in that. But to a Texan, queso means...
View ArticleFlautas
I surely can’t be the only one to whom chicken flautas are a serious, dedicated food love. Corn tortillas rolled tightly around filling of your choice (chicken here, but beef or potato fillings are...
View ArticleGorditas
Gorditas roughly translates into “little fatties”, which is a reference to their appearance — fat, stuffed corn tortillas — and possibly your appearance as well if you eat too many. A play on my...
View ArticleChimichanga!
Chimichanga! It’s so fun to say! I had a request for a chimichanga video from my buddy Larry. That same week, I had TWO requests for “unhealthy vegetarian food” — a descriptive that makes me smile. A...
View ArticleJalapeño Deviled Eggs
Deviled eggs are one of my favorite party snacks to make. People make fun of them a little bit — they have a reputation for being old-fashioned or giving you farts and egg-breath — and perhaps there’s...
View ArticleBuñuelos Navideños – Colombian Christmas Buñuelos
Part five in my Christmas Around the World series! Christmas in Colombia, focus on: BUñUELOS! Muchas gracias a Cristina for this recipe and others that she has shared with me. ¡Abrazos! Colombian...
View ArticleSicilian Fried Dough Balls – Christmas in Italy
Part eight in my Christmas Around the World series! Christmas in Italy, focus on: DOUGH BALLS! Big thank you to my friend Mel for joining me on the show again to share her family tradition! Yay! Fried...
View ArticleRaw Hummus
As mentioned, I’ve been sprouting seeds lately. In my travels around the world while sitting in darkened office poking at a keypad and staring at the compooter, I came across the idea of sprouting...
View ArticleEgg Roll Recipe
From what I gathered on the internet, the egg rolls you find at Chinese restaurants are evolved from the more delicate spring rolls actually found in China. Spring rolls are so called because they are...
View ArticleSausage Stuffed Jalapeños
Stuffed jalapeños this way are incredibly, stupidly easy and delicious. No cooking the meat first, no cooking anything first, just mix up some pork with some salsa and other stuff, cram it in a...
View ArticleCrostini
Look how pretty a plate of crostini is! Crostini is Italian for “little toasts” and it’s exactly what that sounds like (crostino is the singular of the word). Thin slices of a baguette or other narrow...
View ArticlePatatas Bravas
Patatas Bravas are one of the most well known Spanish tapas recipes, and for good reason. They are inexpensive, super simple, and very delicious. Potatoes parboiled, then cooked in lots of extra-virgin...
View ArticleSuper Nachos with Avocado Sauce
Super Nachos recipe video (scroll down for printable recipe) //www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISxNOLWUc2I There’s not a whole lot in the world that’s better than nachos. Even less in the world that’s better...
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