Chicken paillard is one of those classic dishes that is elegant - and hard to pronounce - yet is a surprisingly simple dish to make and one of my absolute favorites to order on a menu! Paillard is actually just a French term used to denote a piece of chicken or veal that has been [...]
Hands-down Asian food is one of my favorite cuisines...to eat. When it comes to cooking Asian food, I tend to be fairly tentative. There are so many magical ingredients in the realm of Asian cuisine, but I don't have much experience utilizing many of them.However, I recently purchased the Defined Dish cookbook (which is fabulous!) [...]
Anyone who knows me knows that I could eat veggies for the rest of my life and be perfectly content. Although I have never entertained the idea of going vegetarian, I often will go up to 5 days a week eating plant-based without ever realizing it! I think what it comes down to is that [...]
You know how there are some words you can never seem to spell correctly? Although I have no trouble spelling words like fiduciary or onomatopoeia, the word responsible gets me every time. Most recently, shawarma earned a spot on the list of words I can't seem to spell. I've somehow convinced myself that the first "a" just doesn't exist. [...]
Growing up in California, I learned to love Mexican food from an early age. I had the privilege of being exposed to authentic Mexican cuisine from the time I was old enough to hold a taco shell in my hands and my father instilled my love for hole-in-the-wall restaurants tucked away on lazy street corners. [...]
