Zox Kitchen: March 15, 2013
St. Patrick’s Day Cultural TraditionsSt. Patrick’s Day, or the Feast of St. Patrick, celebrated each year on the 17th of March, is considered both a cultural and religious holiday. It commemorates the...
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Frank Sinatra’s Recipe 1915-1998Celebrity cookbooks are less common these days than they used to be. Recently a friend recommended Frank DeCaro’s The Dead Celebrity Cookbook. This book resurrects...
View ArticleZox Kitchen: April 5, 2013
Holiday Supper With Vegetarian Delights Those of us who are not vegans, myself included, may suffer these days from the politically correct movement toward eating healthier, low-fat foods. Vegetarian...
View ArticleZox Kitchen: March 29, 2013
Southwestern Poaching For The HolidaysThere are many different methods to cooking such as roasting, grilling, sautéing, boiling, frying, braising, poaching, steaming and even microwaving, which I must...
View ArticleZox Kitchen: May 17, 2013
Vegetable Literacy And A Recipe Or TwoDeborah Madison has published another terrific cookbook, Vegetable Literacy. Madison’s background as a chef and celebrated author took root while growing up on a...
View ArticleZox Kitchen: May 24, 2013
Spicy Shrimp For Spring May through July is the ideal time when warm water fishing for shrimp begins in the Texas waters of the Gulf of Mexico and along the east coast waters of South Carolina. The...
View ArticleZox Kitchen: May 31, 2013
Le Bernardin is the flagship restaurant of the four star chef Eric Ripert. It is considered by many to be the best seafood restaurant in New York City, although Mr. Ripert personally enjoys other...
View ArticleZox Kitchen: June 14, 2013
Dumplings go by different names depending on their country of origin. In Japan they call them Sumai or Gyoza; in the United States we call them wontons or pot stickers; Chinese dumplings are called...
View ArticleZox Kitchen: June 21, 2013
Salads With Tabouli And QuinoaAs the weather gets warmer, salads become even better tasting light meals to enjoy 24/7. In the afternoon or late evening, try a freshly-made salad using small bowls...
View ArticleZox Kitchen: June 28, 2013
Spanish Seafood From BarcelonaMy father once traveled with me to Spain for business and pleasure. It was wonderful being with him but more eventful than I had expected. We drove from Madrid to a small...
View ArticleZox Kitchen: July 4, 2013
Bastille Day Calls For BouillabaisseBastille Day is the national holiday of France on July 14. Formally called La Fete Nationale, the day commemorates the 1790 first anniversary of the storming of...
View ArticleZox Kitchen: July 11, 2013
Advantage of Brown Rice?Remember when you heard that you should eat brown rice because it was good for you? But even your mom preferred Minute Rice or some other quick cooking rice over the crunchier...
View ArticleZox Kitchen: July 18, 2013
Early Summer Desserts One of my favorite food blogs these days is “Clean,” written by Alejandro Junger, MD. He is an internist, cardiologist and functional physician who is having a profound impact on...
View ArticleZox Kitchen: June 7, 2013
Quinoa, The Nutritional Powerhouse Quinoa (pronounced Keen-wa) is one of the most popular, healthy foods being grown today. You can pretty much find it everywhere probably because it’s one of the most...
View ArticleZox Kitchen: July 26, 2013
Growing up in Des Moines Iowa has left indelible memories such as summer baseball, swimming in sand pits with cold springs which made warm summer days bearable, drive-in movies and eating Eastern...
View ArticleZox Kitchen: August 1, 2013
Chimichurri, The All Purpose CondimentSummertime calls for grilling your favorite cuts of meat and vegetables and enjoying eating s’mores made at an outdoor campfire under the stars, even if the...
View ArticleZox Kitchen: August 9, 2013
Grilled Blue Fish And Cardamom Brown Rice Head boats are 50-60 foot motor boats that carry fishermen and women to fish with rods and reels and bait or saltwater lures provided by the boat captain. The...
View ArticleZox Kitchen: August 15, 2013
Favorite Sauces & SalsasIt’s good to know that the culinary terms salsa and sauce are used interchangeably by cooks in different parts of the world. The French and those influenced by European...
View ArticleZox Kitchen: August 22, 2013
Zucchini, A Seasonal BountyIn The Silver Spoon, the renowned 50-year-old Italian cookbook recently published in English, there are 37 recipes for zucchini and six for zucchini flowers. An ample number...
View ArticleZox Kitchen: August 29, 2013
Lobster Feast, Chinese StyleEvery region of the country is known for certain culinary specialties. The Midwest, which formed my roots, is known for its grain and flour, popcorn, cereal and beef. The...
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