Our latest addition to the cabinet of kitchen appliances is the Instant Pot. We got one over the holidays and it hasn’t failed to impress with every dish prepared so far. It’s like having a bunch of appliances in one. It’s a pressure cooker, slow cooker, rice cooker, steamer, and yogurt maker. You can use...
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Lollapalooza 2012: River Valley Kitchens Serves Up Delicious Tamales
In addition to Chow Town North and South, fresh food can also be found over at the Farmer’s Market. Somewhere between the deep fried cheese on a stick and the cream puffs of doom, there were large signs screaming out “TAMALES! TAMALES! TAMALES!” To accompany the signs, there was also a very enthusiastic woman standing...
A Green Tea Watermelon Smoothie and a Mushroom Lasagna
I posted about Chef Rocco DiSpirito’s Now Eat This! Diet cookbook earlier this week. With permission, I’m going to share with you two recipes from cookbook. By the way, there’s still a chance to win an autographed copy of the cookbook. Enter the giveaway here if you’re interested! The first recipe is for a refreshing...
Happy Chinese New Year Dinner
Here are some pictures from my Chinese New Year dinner with the family this past Thursday. The living room was filled with beautiful flowers, plants, lucky decorations, and new years snacks and cakes promoting happiness, luck and prosperity. The kitchen was filled with large batches of delicious foods prepared by my aunt the night before....