Appetizers

Vietnamese Pork Meatballs

I was just going to fold the recipe for these meatballs into an upcoming post for bun (coming later this week!), but then I...

A Trip to the Punahou Carnival and a Salsa Recipe for Mom

What football game?  The highlight of my weekend was the Punahou Carnival.  Each year Punahou (the President's alma mater) puts on the event to...

Kauranäkkileipä- Rustic Gluten-Free Oat Crackers

Those of you living on the mainland might have better luck finding good, inexpensive gluten-free crackers, but out here in Hawaii they cost something...

Mexican Toritos- Mini Peppers Stuffed with Shrimp and Queso Fresco

For years I’ve been meaning to make the Pioneer Woman’s Bacon-Wrapped Jalapeno Thingies.  I mean, how good do those sound?  The Pioneer Woman proves...

Mexican Chile and Lime Peanuts

Just one taste of these spicy and addictive roasted peanuts and you’ll know why they’re so popular all over Mexico- in bars, on the...

Dua Gia- Pickled Bean Sprouts

I fell in love with pickled bean sprouts back when I was cooking Korean food- it was these seasoned soybean sprouts that started the...

Peppered Pear and Goat Cheese Scones

I’ve been waiting patiently all week to post these…  I loved them so much that I wanted them to get three full days on...

Vietnamese Pork Meatballs in Lettuce Cups

Here's a fun, quick little recipe using those Vietnamese pork meatballs I posted last week.  The traditional recipe includes rice noodles in these little...

Caramelized Onions, Arugula, and Goat Cheese Gluten-Free Flatbread

Before I went gluten-free, I always picked pizza as the one food I’d choose to eat for every meal for the rest of my...

Dorie’s Pumpkin, Gorgonzola and Walnut Flan

It was the fall semester that I spent studying in Paris, which meant that my favorite holiday, Thanksgiving, was spent on the other side...