Weekend mornings are the best time for baking. I can hardly remember a Saturday morning growing up when I wasn’t gently woken up by the inviting aroma of my dad’s homemade Norwegian bread or my mom’s Hong Kong style sweet rolls. (To be sure, there were certainly weekends when my parents had the audacity to … Continue Reading
We just finished up another Restaurant Week in Madison and I noticed that nearly every place we visited this year offered mussels on the menu. Not wanting the Restaurant Week fanciness to end, I was determined to craft up my own mussels recipe for the weekend. To my surprise and delight, I learned that not … Continue Reading
Sometimes you just have to dine with a native to try something new, even if it’s from a cuisine as saturated into American culture as Chinese food. For me, such was the case with Mapo Tofu, which is actually a very popular Chinese dish but is often overshadowed by more common take out fare such … Continue Reading
Food Advertising by After picking up pâté from the grocery store with every intention to make traditional banh mi for dinner, I realized that with Cince de Mayo just around the corner, tacos sounded like a much better idea. Luckily, Vietnamese and Mexican food share many of the same fresh ingredients, such as lime, jalapenos, … Continue Reading
