If you go to a Chinese restaurant and order wonton soup, you'll likely get a bowl of wontons served in clear broth and thin wheat or egg noodles. This red curry wonton soup recipe is a twist on the ...
Even though it has been another hot summer in Sacramento, I still enjoy eating noodle soup for dinner. For example, this zucchini noodle soup is something I made many times in the last few weeks. It ...
Like most people, I often struggle with weeknight dinners. What can I cook that'll be ready in 30 minutes from start to finish? I keep packages of naan around the house to make quick thin-crust pizzas ...
Making my first bowl of instant noodles was my rite of passage into cooking. It meant that I was ready for "big girl" tasks in the kitchen:
use the stove without burning down the ...
A lot of you may know this already, but food waste is a big problem in the U.S. I've read reports from the USDA that food waste amounts to 30 to 40 percent of our food supply! It boggles my mind that ...
Growing up in Mama Lin's house, Chinese new year was about observing quirky, arguably superstitious, customs: not washing my hair on new year's day, avoiding major cleaning duties, and eating a big ...
First confession: I desperately wanted to give this thing a meyer lemon glaze. Those orangey-yellow citrus orbs are in peak form right now, and a nice shot of the meyer lemon glaze drizzling ...
Can you imagine how excited I was when the Idaho Potato Commission asked me to join their potato harvest tour? It was a food geek's dream come true.
Our first stop was at the James Hoff ...
I like to daydream about places in the world where I can live in besides the Bay Area. Seattle, Portland, England . . . If I really had things my way, I would own two homes of different ...
Can we talk about the slow cooker? It's one of those "great-to-have-one-but-where-do-I-find-the-space" kind of kitchen tools . . . a bit like a waffle maker, really.
Several months ago, I ...
Fresh yellow squash noodles with a light pasta sauce made with roma tomatoes, sun-dried tomatoes, basil, and garlic. Hello, summer!
I know it is summer time when fresh basil and yellow ...
I truly believe that "The Muffin Tops" episode of Seinfeld was written for me. It's the episode where Elaine proclaims that muffin tops are the best part of a muffin and that bakeries should only sell ...