Posts by tigerwoman

shroom has some great suggestions as always here's a few more look in some entertaining books - early Martha Stewart is a great start. Look at catering magazines - catersource, catering mag. etc. Go to one of a few specialized...

Did a trip thru Malaysia (from Thailand to Java) many years ago and loved the country, food and people. Even KL was an amazingly interesting city with lots of great street food. Are cookies popular in Malaysia and Southeast Asia? ...

Have never made it, but milling through the asian supermarkets - particularly the Korean ones, you see packages of raw ultra thinly sliced meat frozen (probably sliced when frozen) Seems like these would work for the application you...

:rolleyes: Wraps are another sort of sandwich really but are very versital (sp?) Not sure if you are just commenting on them or not familar. When I first encountered "wraps" in california a zillion years ago (at least 25)...

sauteed broccoli rabe with garlic the taiwanese especially love bitter melon - it's an acquired taste for most. horseradish has a bitter edge to it arugula mixed with greens like watercress and dressed with citrus - nice ying...

We have been making a version of cuban black beans which we use in various ways, black beans with grilled chicken and rice black bean soup etc instead of white vinegar substitute balsamic my adapted recipe goes...

you can buy these soy protein chunks in the health food store. We make them in a caribbean pumpkin curry which can last unrefrigerated a few days as long as its not super hot. sautee alot of garlc, a few onions and some curry paste or...

foam was a big thing in high end restaurants for a few years but hasn't made it to general level status. another trend I have noticed is using spices in sweet chocolate - like curried chocolate truffles or brownies, the previous post...

great site but I couldn't find the article on foreign eating etiqutte - could you post the direct link. Thanks Their other magazine is interesting too.

I guess I am ahead of the curve on this one. check out my tagline... I saw a quote from Mayor Daley Mayor Daley put it in proper perspective "Our children are being killed in the streets and we're debating and creating...