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The first bite fills my mouth with unexpected stars. Yes, sometimes dishes surprise me. On paper, the recipes or descriptions may seem puzzling or humdrum, the combination of ingredients failing to sing to my food-loving imagination. But I am always eager to try new concoctions when cooking with talented chefs. Their gifts open my palate to new tastes and textures. Three addictive dishes come to mind; each a scrumptious revelation taught to me by a Southern California chef. Concoctions such as an avocado-centric raita that is so flavorful its delicious teamed with everything from chicken to chips to salad. A...

If you’re like me, you spend half the day on a mission to find the second missing sock, torturing your family members with never-ending "have you seen" questions about this and that, trapping yourself in the eternal "lost and found" limbo. The good news is, it doesn’t have to be this way, so bear with us. Bored Panda has compiled a list full of practical and super simple ideas that will give your home (and soul) some much-needed order. From making an "eat me first" bin in your fridge to making a magnetic organizer for your makeup to mount on...

Hello Again Everyone!   HERE  As Promised,  is the kitchen at  LAND'S END I wish I could say that I'm finished with this room  but I'm not. I'm still fixing certain things I'm unhappy with- but I say this on every post don't I?  🤪 The main thing which has bugged me  right from the start, is  the Kitchen's countertop which I've already  remade  5 TIMES! The last 3 'Final' attempts were made  using a "self-stick' metallic contact paper,  which  😫 refuses to Stay Stuck! First it's Down  then it's Up! I've repeatedly wrestled with it,  trying to subdue it, but between me and the...

If you are a huge fan of Japanese curry, you have to make this insanely delicious bread bun at home.  Curry Bread (Kare Pan) INGREDIENTS 150 g bread flour (1 cup + 1 Tbsp) 50 g cake flour (1/3 cup + 1 tsp) 3 g kosher/sea salt (use half for table salt) (1 tsp) 15 g sugar (1 Tbsp + ½ tsp) 3 g instant dry yeast (1 tsp; See Notes if you use ACTIVE dry yeast) 125 g whole milk (125 ml; I highly recommend using whole milk instead of non-fat or reduced-fat milk.) 10 g unsalted butter (1 Tbsp) 300 g Japanese curry of your choice (1 ½ cup) (at room temperature, made previous night kept in the fridge overnight. Here are...

Welcome to my third and final recipe for this year’s #springsweetsweek, my friends. Today, I’m sharing how to make a sweet potato sonker recipe. That’s right, I’m making dessert out of vegetables featuring sugar from sponsor Dixie Crystals. I love sonker, a dessert native to Surrey County, NC which is more or less synonymous with cobbler, but I’ve not made a sweet potato one yet. This version is probably the most specialized sonker recipe. While you’ll see peach cobblers, strawberry cobblers, and blackberry cobblers outside of Surry County, NC, you most likely will only find a cobbler made of sweet...