Today starts the beginning of Chinese New Year! When translated, Chinese New Year means Spring Festival and is the first day of the Chinese calendar and runs to the 15th day or the Lantern Festival, something I think would be beauty to behold with children carrying chinese lanterns winking out their lights in the darkness…
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Continue ReadingValentine’s Day is almost here and I am always looking for a simple chocolate dessert recipe to serve Mr. Wonderful. Hearts made of brownies and strawberries say chocolate romance in a big way. Melt some butter and stir in some chocolate chips, add in eggs and some sugar and flour. Mix it all up and…
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Continue ReadingI spent Monday and Tuesday in Tulsa on two TV segments on two morning news casts. Monday morning I was on Fox 23 Daybreak show. (See video below). I also spent some time with my daughter Kayla who goes to school in Tulsa. We ate sushi and drank chai tea lattes. We slept in some…
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Continue ReadingThis is the second in a series I’m adding to my Blog – titled Tips & Tricks. Enter the chicken breast. Boneless, skinless and … THICK. Cooking takes awhile, unless you’re going to make chicken paillards or cutlets which are thinly pounded chicken breasts. The cooking time is greatly reduced when chicken is prepared this…
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Continue ReadingOkay, I admit it. I’m a sucker for anything with pie crust. So a traditional shepherd’s pie recipe with a crust of mashed potatoes seems sometimes, well….just sad to me. I have no idea how I started making this pie. I may have had something similar at a diner years ago and tried to replicate…
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Continue ReadingSeveral folks have wondered where they could find my book, The Food Lovers’ Guide to Oklahoma sold locally in Oklahoma City. Today, my editor sent me a list to help. Sam Noble Museum of Natural History The Best of Books Hastings Music & Video stores Brace Books Miami Book Co. Full Circle Bookstore Books-A-Million Barnes…
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Continue ReadingI am a lover of all things curry, but especially Thai curries that involve coconut milk. We are trying to work some more salmon into our lives for health reasons, and this recipe is a definite winner! Mr. Wonderful told me I can stop putting chicken in our curries…NOW! Watch how easy this is.
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Continue ReadingSo a few weeks back at Whole Foods in Tulsa, I got this really cute pasta. I know, pasta is generally not thought of as “cute”, but I am a sucker for unique pasta in all shapes, sizes and colors. Casarecce pasta, sometimes called “scroll pasta’ is one of those pastas designed brilliantly to…
