Archive for January, 2009

Cá lóc hấp bầu.

Cooking tips: * Check cookies at minimum baking time. Read more…

Cá thác lác nhồi ớt xanh

Cooking tips: * Buy mushrooms before they “open.” When stems and caps are attached snugly, mushrooms are truly fresh. Read more…

Dau Hu Hap Xi Mui

Cooking tips: * Butter pie pastry scraps: sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar, and bake like cookies. Read more…

Shrimp and Scallop Sate

Cooking tips: * Brown gravy in a hurry with a bit of instant coffee straight from the jar… no bitter taste, either. Read more…

Vietnamese Salad

Cooking tips: * Bread will stay fresh longer if a celery rib is stored with it in the package. Read more…

Shrimp with Sesame Seeds on Toast

Cooking tips: * Before opening a package of bacon, roll it. This helps separate the slices for easy removal of individual slices. Read more…

Yogurt

Cooking tips: * Add a small amount of lemon juice to the artichoke cooking water to retain the color of the artichoke. Read more…

Xup vuon que

Cooking tips: * Add a little lemon and lime to tuna to add zest and flavor to tuna sandwiches. Use cucumbers soaked in vinegar and pepper in sandwich instead of tomatoes. Use mustard instead of mayo to cut the fat and add a tang. Read more…

Xúp vi cá

Cooking tips: * A simple way to sharpen kitchen shears: cut a piece of steel wool. Read more…

Xup van than

Cooking tips: * A roast with the bone in will cook faster than a boneless roast – the bone carries the heat to the inside of the roast quicker. Read more…