Grilled Tilapia with Red Cabbage Slaw and Grilled Corn and Red Pepper Salsa Yields 10-12 tacos Serves 4 Ingredients: Small white corn tortillas 1 pound of tilapia Tilapia Rub: 1 teaspoon oregano 1 teaspoon ancho chili powder 1 teaspoon cumin 1 teaspoon smoked paprika 1 teaspoon coriander 1 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon black pepper 4 […]

From brass bands to cabarets, sazeracs to hand grenades,  shot gun homes to French colonials, and seafood gumbos to beignets, the city of New Orleans has an essence, a culture, and identity of its own. Whether I’m walking on Bourbon watching the ladies flaunt their flesh or on Frenchman where trumpets and saxophones pump life […]

Chinese Take-out Part Deux “What the heck?” That’s what I exclaimed the last time I opened my Chinese take-out box, rummaging for the shrimp and peapods.  I ordered #43 from the menu “shrimp and peapods.” But to my dismay, I found four pitiful shrimp the size of jelly beans and five stringy, yellowish overcooked peapods. […]

Entertain with an Exotic Appetizer The other day our dear friends Lizette and Marcin came over for a relaxing Indian summer evening on our rooftop deck. We started out the evening with a mussels appetizer that had a bit of kick, lots of flavor, and juicy plump mussels. This recipe is inspired by a waterfront […]

Comfort Food with a Punch of Protein It’s one of those days, you come home from a long day’s work and all you want to do is to indulge in a comforting bowl of something, something that will give you that notorious food coma that lands you straight onto the couch with a happy belly […]

Plan B for a Rainy Day After 3 years of anticipation, my husband and I have finally built our rooftop deck. We didn’t actually build it; we had it built. So, what is the first thing we did? We immediately bought a barbecue grill to take advantage of the summer days with some outdoor cooking […]