I have never (before this post) made chicken fried rice. This is primarily because we never (and I mean never) have leftover rice. So when I made waaaaay too much rice last week aside some chicken, I excitedly got out my wok and made the first fried rice my kitchen has ever seen (outside of [...]

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Over the weekend I was craving steak. Unfortunately, I’d already been out to a few restaurants and spent a little more than I usually do on the weekends. This sandwich (inspired by one I saw in the fall in Cooking Light), was the perfect solution. I was able to use a cheap cut of steak [...]

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Some of my more frequent readers can probably tell when I’m in a photo shoot at work – because I disapear from the blogosphere. Managing the photo shoots for the cookbooks the CIA produces is one of the busiest and most hectic parts of my job, and it often leads to me working odd hours. [...]

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This dish was born out of needing to use up a few fridge staples and a desire to make something a little unusual for dinner. Stuffing the chicken breasts we had seemed to be a delicious solution, and it was. I stuffed it with deliciously garlicky mixture of spinach, cheese, and peppadew peppers, and topped [...]

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At the risk of sounding like a typical New Year’s Resolution maker, I am trying to eat healthier in 2010. Those of you who know me know I try to eat healthy at least most of the time (which makes it much easier and better when I go on a butter eating rampage). At any [...]

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