During our recent weekend in Seabrook our friend Preben made some awesome grilled oysters. He calls them “Burton Style BBQ Oysters from Lydies”. We had some nice local fresh oysters. Preben added a bit of cheese and a spicy mix. Good...

This is a simple, quick and tasty dish for a rainy day (which happens a lot in Seattle) lunch. The one tip is to use one pan to cook the mix greens and than the sausages. Finally use a bit of chicken stock to deglaze the pan. It’d result in a very thick and flavorful sauce that you can...

This past weekend we headed out to the Pacific coast for a razor clamming gateway. This was my first time, but fortunately our friends had been there before. “Razor clamming” is essentially the harvesting of the pacific razor clam...

This is an easy and quick salad for any occasion. Heirloom tomatoes with red onions, basil, chilli, lots of olive oil, and your pick between lime juice or...

My grandma cooks baccala’ in a variety of ways. Once in a while she also made pasta with it. The recipe I used is not quite what she did, but it was heavily inspired by her cooking. Note that in this case I used a standard tomato sauce as the main base for the sauce. in other words I...

Bacalao a bras was one of my favorite dishes when I was living in Lisbon. From wikipedia: ” is one of the most popular ways to prepare codfish in Portugal. It is made from shreds of salted cod (bacalhau), onions and thinly chopped (matchstick sized) fried potatoes in a bound of scrambled...

There are lots and lots of different ways to make scrambled eggs. It really depends on how you like your scrambled eggs. Some like them a bit runny, some a bit rougher, etc… Here’re some of our favorite scrambled eggs videos.     Chef Gordon Ramsey. Sunday morning...

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This is an easy one to assemble in just a few minutes. You just need mozzarella (I used buffalo mozzarella), few crunchy veggies (celery, bell peppers, green tomatoes, etc…), and a good bread that toasts...

Traditional winter recipe. My grandmas used to make this dish. Grandma Nicoletta used to serve it by spreading on a large cutting board (that she used to also make pasta). She would than pour the sauce on top and all of us would sit around the table and eat our part. Unfortunately I...

Quick salad. Pictures are self-explanatory. You can use your preferred dressing....

Tonight we wanted to make quesadillas. The problem is that we only had corn tortillas (the smaller ones) and they get a bit too crispy for a standard quesadilla. It’s a quick and tasty one. start warming up the tortillas in a non stick pan on another pan sauté the chicken (cut in...