Simple Ingredients, Properly Prepared
Category: Seafood
I love to make paella using what ever shellfish is freshest and the time, Valencia Rice, chicken, and plenty of onion, bell peppers, and garlic. Short grain Valencia rice is essential to making a great paella. Valencia rice has a seemingly unique property of holding together without getting gummy. To simplify things, I make these [...]
Compared to the United States as a whole, California has a relatively young cuisine, the foundation of which is innovation. The third largest state in America and with the largest population, it has a wide variety of microclimates and geography, making it well suited for growing and raising foods of all kinds Agriculture is the [...]
Texas and Tex-Mex cuisine Big as Texas. A state that is as large as all of New England, New york, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Illinois combined, Texas has served under six flags and reflects a culture that includes cowboys, rodeos, and ten-gallon hats. It is a region that bred a cuisine described as the only food [...]
Louisiana has been described as a “cultural gumbo” in which each of the different ingredients is identifiable, yet all have blended, affecting each other. A complex blend of Native American, French, Spanish, German, English, African, and Italian influences creates a unique regional culture. These people have merged to become the Cajuns and Creoles – the [...]
Floribbean cuisine, also known as new era cuisine, has emerged as one of America’s new and most innovative regional cooling styles. The fresh flavors, combination’s, and tastes of Floribbean cuisine are representative of the variety and quality of foods indigenous to Florida and the Caribbean Islands. The cooking style and techniques used in Florida today [...]
Southern hospitality: Big family Sunday dinners, fish fry’s and fish boils, barbecues, oyster roasts, and public feasts. Throughout the regions history, Southern hospitality has meant open doors, welcome smiles, and a feast for family, friends and strangers. Southern cooking came from a blend of English, Native American, and African influences, with a mix of [...]
The Mid-Atlantic region, with its mild climate, abundance of river valleys with rich soil, and extensive coastline, was the perfect environment for the orchards and farms established by the early settlers who emigrated to America from England, Germany, the Netherlands, and other western countries. People from all over the world who have been attracted to [...]
Crab Cake VIDEO We had some left over Alaskan King Crab legs from our prior evening feast. So I decide why not make some crabs cakes out of them. Crab is crab, right? They came out great. Topped them with some homemade Corn Salsa and a little hot sauce…mmm mmm good! Ingredients: 1 pound crab [...]
How To Make Healthy Paella (VIDEO) Paella pronounced (pah-eh-ya) which contains chicken, seafood, pork sausage, rice, fresh vegetables, herbs, and spices is the best known traditional dish of Spain. Given its popularity in Spanish cooking it is not surprising that other Latin countries like Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Venezuela have come up with their own [...]
“VIEIRAS AL AJILLO” Scallops in Garlic sauce (VIDEO) This is a great garlicky-lime scallop dish. The combination of citrus of the lime, the garlic, and the butter gives this dish a great flavor. It is easy to prepare and ready in less than 20 minutes.
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