Grilling time is here so dust off the BBQ, stock up with propane or briquettes and get to grilling. My friends in Gig Harbor, Jodi and Michaela, are probably the only two people I know who can actually bake a cake in their gas grill. While their kitchen was in the throws of a remodel, ...
This recipe takes 10 minutes to prepare and goes great with rice, pasta, or steamed spaghetti squash, a crisp salad with feta and kalamata olives, a loaf of garlic bread and a glass of wine. Salmon fillets or steaks olive oil to sauté veggies 1 small onion, sliced thin 1 garlic clove, minced 2 Roma tomatoes, ...
Sumac is available in Middle Eastern markets, Asian markets, and your better culinary shops. Do not use sumac berries from native American bushes, they are poisonous. Edible sumac closely resembles paprika and adds a decidely lemon flavor to most dishes. This recipe is adapted from one given to me by a Jordanian friend in Seattle. This would also ...
There is nothing quite like reeling in one of these sport fish. They put up a hero’s fight and are beautiful breaking the surface with their long lances flailing the air. The flesh is much like halibut, dense and pink in the raw. Swordfish grills beautifully, even without marinating, though the marinade helps retain moisture. ...
St. Patrick is best known for chasing the snakes out of Ireland. That’s a bit out of context as most of our folk lore. St. Patrick was actually the first Roman Catholic Bishop of Ireland in 438 A.D. and responsible for purging Ireland of pagan rituals which were symbolized with serpents. There are not now, nor have ...