Savory Coconut Rice – Sugar-Free and Easy

I love coconut rice, especially as a side for spicy, grilled meats, but when I order it out, it’s usually too sweet for my tastes…

Steamed Rice with Fried Egg, Sausage & Kimchi

Printable Version (Recipe Only) More an idea than cooking recipe, but in case you happen to have these things on hand and it does…

Classic Rice Pudding – Word on the Street Is

It’s not every day you find yourself walking next to someone on the street, who’s eating from a ridiculously large tub of rice pu…

Spanish Farro – An Ancient Recipe for an Ancient Grain

Spanish rice was one of the first recipes I made for my parents after returning home from my first semester at culinary school. I…

How to Make Sushi Rice That Even Works for Sushi

I don’t make sushi at home very often, or ever, since we’re surrounded by top-notch sushi chefs here in San Francisco, but that d…

This Tuna Poke is No Joke

There are many of foods I’ll stand in line for, and/or pay too much for, but Hawaiian-style tuna poke isn’t one of them. I can’t …

Chili Sesame Avocado & Brown Sushi Rice Bowl for 1

LAM brought me a bunch of what I think are Fuerte avocados from a friend's tree. They have a grassier and less creamy flavor …

Cilantro Garlic Yellow Rice

Printable Version (Recipe Only) One of the great things about this recipe is that its flavor profile goes so well with so many di…

Beef Egg Rice Recipe ("Bibimbap")

This was my take on the popular Cantonese dish of beef with egg rice and inspired also by the popular Korean rice dish of bibimba…

Claypot Chicken Rice (Rice Cooker Version) Recipe

On those lazy days or simply for the sake of convenience, I think it is perfectly alright to take some short-cuts in the kitchen!…

Italian Rice Croquettes aka Rice Balls aka Arancini – Back by Popular Demand… Aunt Angela and Uncle Bill D’Arduini!

I just flew back from New York, and boy, are my jokes tired (as you’ll hear). So is everything else, and there’s no rest for the …

Chinese Steamed Glutinous Rice Recipe

It has been a hectic start of the week for me in the mental sense but I am so happy to report that the mental stress was mostly u…

Gumbo a Go Go – Duck, Andouille Sausage, Smoked Pork Hock, Gulf Shrimp and Langoustine Gumbo

It’s not easy to pry gumbo-making secrets from a cook in New Orleans, but you should have better luck if you slip them some truth…

This Arroz Con Pollo Recipe (Chicken and Rice) Could Save Your Life

I w ake up in a strange kitchen with no windows. I have no idea how I got there. All the doors are l ocked. I am alone. There is …

Spicy Shrimp Etouffee - If You're Texting the Recipe Just Enter "A2FEY"

For whatever reason, I've recently been on a Cajun/Creole cooking kick. Here's the finished shrimp etouffee video recipe …

Creole Sausage and Shrimp Jambalaya with a Side of Newman

As you long time viewers know, I'm a huge Seinfeld fan, and being a chef, one of my favorite episodes is The Soup Nazi. Toda…