the chef mimi blog

This recipe comes from one of my favorite bloggers – David Scott Allen of Cocoa and Lavender!

There is a wonderful Thai restaurant that my daughter and I order food from in Oklahoma City sometimes when I visit, called Tana Thai Bistro.

This fantastic recipe comes from my favorite book on Turkish Food, Turquoise, written by Greg and Lucy Malouf, published in 2008.

I’ve been a huge fan of chef Stephan Pyles, a 5th generation Texan, since I moved to Dallas, Texas in 1978.

A while back I came across a list of the 35 best cookbooks of all time, and it was fun to see what Food and wine editors and chefs had compiled.

I love discovering new and accomplished folks in the professional culinary world, like Carolina Gelen, who was born in Transylvania, Romania.

This is the last recipe I expected to find when I re-read my book The Cuisines of Spain, by Teresa Barrenechea, published in 2005.

My daughter and I shared a unique baked Camembert at the fantastically quirky Paris restaurant called Le Sens Unique back in June.

When I saw this recipe online I almost kicked myself!

My daughter told me about this recipe when we were talking about how hard it is to get red ripe tomatoes at the grocery store.

I don’t remember how I discovered the wonderful blog Tasty Eats, but I’ve been following it for quite a while.

A couple of years ago my husband gifted me a food sampler from La Tienda.

Recently I ordered two pounds of crab meat – no shells, just the meat.

Living in a landlocked state in the middle of the U.S., it’s challenging to purchase fresh fish and seafood locally.

If you’re familiar with pappa al pomodoro, which is a soup, this recipe isn’t what you’re expecting.

I’ve only used black garlic once, for this delicious pasta dish – pasta with black garlic and morels.

This unique recipe is from Lindsay in Minnesota.