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Salmon with Buttery French Pea and Lettuce Broth

Salmon with Buttery French Pea and Lettuce Broth

I just published a review of Searing Inspiration, a most lovely cookbook. The book has a specific concept: cook a main course then keep the pan, add components, and fashion a sauce to transform it all to a feast. A feast for your eyes as well as your mouth. Searing...
Nuoc Cham or Vietnamese Dipping Sauce

Nuoc Cham or Vietnamese Dipping Sauce

  One of the secret pleasures of Asian dining is the sauces. I love our local Thai restaurant with its sticky, sweet [and succulent] dipping sauce. In Adam’s Big Pot, Chef Adam Liaw provides the Vietnamese version of this sauce. You can use it at home for spring...
Banana Rum Sauce from The Soda Fountain

Banana Rum Sauce from The Soda Fountain

  Yes, you can just eat them. And I have no personal prejudice against bananas. But, the combination of bananas and rum, as in Bananas Foster, can certainly capture your attention. This idea comes from The Soda Fountain, a considerably grand source for ice cream...