Sundays are probably my least favorite days of the week. Since I work overnights, I basically get a half day on Sundays. I'll typically wake up around 3 am, and then be back in bed at 11 in the morning. I get all my cooking done on Sundays, but that's about the only "fun" thing… Continue reading Vietnamese Chicken Salad
My first experience with Thai food wasn't that long ago. I'm a relative newbie when it comes to Thai cuisine. There was a Thai restaurant in my hometown, but it was vastly different than the Thai food I've had since then. I'm thinking that place just called itself Thai, but was more like a dumbed-down… Continue reading Thai Peanut Chicken Flatbread
The London Symphony Orchestra's version of Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker plays throughout the house. The track is on Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy, right after the Pas De Deux. Chocolate and cinnamon and sugar cookie smells fill the air. The Christmas is lit up and twinkling with warm gold lights. Red food coloring is smeared… Continue reading Teriyaki Chicken Noodle Bowls
The Asian influence on cooking is real in my household. There's probably a gallon of soy sauce in my pantry, along with fish sauce, oyster sauce, sesame oil, sambal oelek, hoisin and peanut sauce. I get on these kicks sometimes where I really crave it. I need the flavor profile of Vietnamese or Thai or Korean food.… Continue reading Thai Basil Chicken
I realized just now that while I'm writing this post, I've used three different styles of writing today. Not just within this first sentence that your reading, of course. I'm talking about work and my favorite hobby. I started out my day writing for television. I try to make my morning show sound conversational, mixed… Continue reading Banh Mi Bowls with Spicy Meatballs
We don't eat a lot of fast food anymore. The older your get, the less appealing drive-through fast food is. I remember being in college and devouring a plate of nachos bell grande at 2 in the morning. If I did that now, it would not end well. The only "fast food" I partake in---albeit in a… Continue reading Copycat Panda Express Mushroom Chicken
There are only about 1,000 different taco places here in OKC. Tacos are currently Oklahoma City's "it" food, if you know what I mean. Hey---I'm not complaining. I love tacos. My current taco obsession is Torchy's down in Norman. Their tuna tacos are out of this world. I don't make tacos as much anymore and I… Continue reading Chicken Banh Mi Tacos
