Recipes

The Old World Dutch were among the earliest to bring back spices from Asia. You can sense the cook’s pinches and dabs of rare spices evolved into a traditional Dutch blend known as Spe …

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Make sauerkraut without a scent of fermentation! This is a unique twist on traditional sauerkraut by borrowing ingredients and flavors from our friends to the East. East meets West with Eur …

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Korean Tacos are ground zero for all those food trucks motoring around America. Let's sashay into the kitchen, leave the truck in the driveway and make us some goooood street food! Tak …

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A pickle that really surprises! This Fruta de Pico de Gallo (Spicy Fruit Salad) or “rooster’s beak” concoction blazes with sweet, sour, and spicy crunch. Pico de Gallo in Mexico is a …

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Okinawans are renowned for good health and longevity. I created a fusion between Okinawa and Korea by spicing it up with chiles. These ingredients of Okinawan Kimchi (less the chile flakes) …

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While traveling in Seattle, I had lunch in a soup-and-sandwich shop owned by a Persian who, much to my dismay, advertised but did not serve soup. He said it was too expensive to take the …

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