Anchovy and Roasted Red Pepper Pintxo

Last week I began my journey to explore tapas. I started with a hilarious adventure in making chorizo al vino, then the much more successful recipe, Galician Scallops. This week I wanted to make boquerones but it requires fresh anchovies, and I just don’t have access to any at the moment. Instead I stumbled across […]

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Poblano Chili and Yellow Pepper Salad

Many years ago our local grocery store started marking down the produce that was beginning to age. In a place where you will NEVER pay last than a dollar and usually easily more than 2 dollars a pound for anything other than potatoes and carrots, getting 3 or 4 pieces of fruit for a dollar […]

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Brussels Sprouts with Marsala Lime Dressing

While shopping for Christmas gifts last year we took our annual trip to the 5th Avenue Mall. Yup, you heard right, annual. As much as I would love to go on a mini rant about the fact that the shopping ‘situation’ in America is completely blown out of proportion, and don’t get me started on […]

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