Semiserious Chefs

I’m pretty sure that everyone knows by now how precious the little red stigmas from a saffron crocus are. The common rumor is that they are more expensive than gold, and at around $5,000 per pound wholesale it is no joke, but let’s compare that to the price of gold today; around $1200 per ounce. Immediately […]

It was a pretty typical Saturday. I wake-up a little before everyone else, fold laundry and watched some tube. We later have breakfast, and straighten up the house. We go to the store. We visit with family that stops in. We take care of breathing treatments and play some video games, cook a giant piece […]

One of my favorite  foods to have in the fridge are simple spreads or sauces that can be added at the last minute to really turn a meal, snack, or pop visit from a friend into something gourmet. This olive tepenade is one such thing. It’s great served on bread or crackers or even thrown […]

This is absolutely my new favorite sauce. For two reasons: I LOVE roasted red peppers (if you can’t tell by my many uses of them in recipes) and I LOVE hotsauce! (Well three because I love tomato juice as well.) I want to put this stuff on EVERYTHING! On sandwiches, in soups, on noodles, in […]

Despite looking and sounding like it will be a spicy middle eastern herb, Sumac has a tart, almost lemony flavor and is great sprinkled on fish or chicken, light salads, and rice pilaf. Common in Arab dishes, it comes from ground Rhus flowers, found in subtropic and temperate parts of Africa. For this dish I […]