This addictive garlic mushroom recipe from Food Chain TV can be prepared in under 25 minutes. It’s a simple, flavorful side dish featuring mushrooms sautéed to golden perfection with garlic, herbs, and a secret umami boost. Quantities are approximate, so adjust based on your serving...

A Moka pot is a stovetop coffee maker that brews rich, espresso-like coffee by forcing hot water through ground coffee using steam pressure. Invented in Italy in the 1930s, it consists of a bottom chamber for water, a middle basket for coffee grounds, and a top chamber where the brewed coffee...

Do you remember what movie theater popcorn used to smell and taste like back in the 80s and 90s? The aroma would reach you at the parking lot, and the flavor would have you digging all the way down to the bottom of the bucket! Nowadays, movie theater popcorn has lost its luster. It has a...

Making a perfect cup of coffee has taken me years of experimentation. I have tried many different methods and machines, and while they all had their pluses and minuses, it wasn’t until I used an Aeropress machine that I was finally able to find a routine that I could stick to and make a...

I’ve been asked several times by my viewers what they can use instead of wine for cooking. There are many reasons why someone may not want to use wine for cooking. For some, it’s a religious restrictions, and for others, it may be that they just don’t have any wine on hand...

Everyone loves a perfectly crispy piece of bacon! But not everyone loves having to clean out a pan full of burnt bacon fat. And how about when you cook bacon and half of it is under-cooker, or over-cooked? Is there a way to cook perfectly even crispy bacon every time? (rhetorical question) By...

How to cook asparagus video With its robust flavor and wonderful texture, asparagus ends up in our dinner plates quite often. And although it may be intimidating to some, cooking asparagus is actually quite easy. There is no other vegetable that has the flavor and texture of asparagus. The...

Chicken cacciatore is one of those heart-warming comfort foods in any Italian kitchen. It’s simply chicken, braised with vegetables and a tomato sauce. It’s a perfect dish to serve over pasta, rice or potatoes. The sauce for this dish turned out so flavorful that we even ate is as...

Tres Leches is my favorite cake. It’s wet, it’s sweet, it’s soulful and satisfying, and when I want it, I want it, now! Once you deconstruct a tres leches cake, and understand its parts, it’s pretty easy to put together in a jiffy. Tres Leches is spanish for...

This is a really easy recipe for Pad Thai noodles. I developed this sauce for the western world, where finding Thai ingredients may be difficult for some. Trust me, it may seem unconventional at first, but you’ll love it! Pad Thai is about flavors and textures – crunchy and soft...