Of all the beautiful places I’ve ever been to, Bali stands out. Today’s Lemon Rice recipe is as rich and flavorful as this magical island itself. It combines the crunch of peanuts, the heat of two chillis, a hint of curry, a dash of onion,…
This salad looks like a picture of Spring. It’s as tasty as it is beautiful to look at. And healthy too! It gives you half your daily servings of fruits and vegetables, the tomato being the fruit. It’s also low in both calories and fat.…
Ina Garten is one of those Food Mavens who can do no wrong. The Barefoot Contessa has by far the most popular posts on Chewing The Fat. Three of her recipes are in the Top Ten. And they’re never the same three—varying by the season. …
Cooking for One Yields Some Great New Discoveries for Two. Or More. I don’t know about you, but in our house, there are some forbidden ingredients. Olives of any kind. Cabbage when used outside of Cole Slaw. Pickles. Blue Cheese. Cauliflower. And most especially Kimchi,…
Open up your Asian pantry and make great meatballs in 20 minutes flat. When I saw this recipe in the New York Times, I had misfired with meatballs all too recently. I’ll spare the ugly details, but that recipe used un-cooked rice in a meatball…
A perfect lunch or casual dinner dish features Asian flavors just right for the whole family. This is a wonderful flavor-filled casual meal for serving at lunch or dinner. It brings Asian tastes to the table achieving the balance of sweet, sour, salty and umani…
The Astonishing Allure of Thai Cooking Combined with the Irresistibly-priced Costco Rotisserie Chicken I cannot seem to pass up Costco’s Rotisserie Chicken. At $4.99, I marvel at how it’s actually priced lower than its raw counterpart a few yards away in the store. But regardless…
A return to California with a recipe and reminiscence of one of the true greats of California Cuisine. I came out to California this week as a guest of Viking Cruises. They’re naming the newest of their Ocean Cruise Ships, Jupiter and they are introducing…
A Passion for Asian Flavors takes us to…Australia! Ever since I went to Vietnam two years ago, through Singapore and Hong Kong, I’ve been on the lookout for Asian recipes. I love the combination of flavors, the ease of a stir-fry and the speed with…
New York’s most recent addition to Chinese Food is a solid hit. The last time I wrote about Xi’an Famous Foods there were just 8 branches of this wildly popular chain of Chinese restaurants scattered around New York. Now there are 15. There’s no stopping…
This recipe is a prize winner, time after time. Over the weekend, I was binge-watching “Beat Bobby Flay”. I’d recently bought Bobby Flay’s “Bobby At Home: Fearless Flavors from My Kitchen” (Clarkson Potter 2019). It is his latest in a library of 14 cookbooks he…
Take a trip to Singapore tonight with this spicy, flavor-full dish that’s a one dish meal. If you’ve never been to Singapore, you should put it near the top of your list. Before I went there last year, I am ashamed to say that only…
I’m pleased to welcome Melanie Grosjean to Chewing The Fat Today, I welcome one of my fellow Contributors to www.Travel-Wise.com, Melanie Grosjean. Our guest writer grew up in a small farming town in South Central Kentucky. At Grad School in Colorado, she met her husband…
A year ago March, I had the good fortune to travel to Bali. I stayed at both Four Seasons Resorts Bali, one high in the mountains near Ubud and the other on the shores of the Indian Ocean at Jimbaran Bay. Recently a new Executive…
PONANT EXPLORES THE GLOBE WITH A DECIDEDLY FRENCH ACCENT.
