All Posts Tagged 'cooking' (4)

Do the secrets of beautifully cooked, fluffy white rice elude you? Follow these tips for a perfect pot of rice every time.



1. Rinse the rice in cool running water to get rid of excess starch. This step helps prevent the rice from turning out too…

I admit it. I spend a LOT of time watching cooking shows, a lot. I'm obsessed with them, sometimes I imagine I am sitting in their kitchens having a glass of wine while they tell me about how they came up with the concept for the dish. One of my favorites is Extra Virgin, hosted by Debi Mazar (of LA Law fame) and her husband, an Italian farmer and chef she met while traveling in Italy. They're a really cute couple and they prepare all the meals in…

Estofado is one of those dishes that lays bare the connections between the two countries. Estofado tastes like Spain in the interplay between tomatoes, olives, and chicken, which lends the dish a Mediterranean feel. But ultimately the Mexican flavors are the ones that linger; it’s the combination of aromatic, slow-roasted and ground spices that dominates and makes estofado. At some point during the cooking process I was…