Raw food cupcakes – no oven required!

Green Beans with Sweet-and-Sour Red Onions

The Boastful Baker is baking homemade croissants. Yes, they use this much butter.

Jelly with a kick, made from 25 jalapenos.

Mama’s Silkie Chicken, braised in soy sauce, ginger and sesame oil.

A delicious hot weather alternative to a hot Christmas pudding- a rum and craisin ice cream pudding

Steak Florentine

Chicken Soup with Lentils, Ginger and Cardamom

Macadamia Nut Brownies

Crystallized ginger, ready to be mixed into the ultimate ginger cookie – full of spice and sweetened with dark brown sugar and moasses.

A recipe from a chef from Beijing.

Pasta alla Chitarra with Sea Urchin & Langoustines

Really easy homemade fudge with a hint of balsamic.

Kimchi and brown rice salad with toasted seaweed and sesame oil

Pressure Cooker Beef Stew. Fast, hearty, healthy and just plain good.

How many types of dried chiles do you keep in your pantry?

Wray and Nephew overproof rum or “Why does my drink taste like gasoline?”

Creamy chicken and rice soup – thick, hearty and tasty without all the guilt.

A simple, quick and healthy snack – and some interesting info about Avocados. (I’m trying to eat my way through the alphabet).

A summer must Pasta Salad With Vegetables, Avocado and Capers

Baked Chicken Parmesan

Totopostes, a thin tortilla from the state of Veracruz, Mexico.