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When the weather warms up, I crave fresh, flavorful dishes like Chinese chicken salad. It makes a great meal because it's filling, crunchy, and delicious. Every home cook should master a couple of basic salad recipes, and since Chinese chicken is so popular, it's a great dish to add to your repertoire. I've found two recipes — both are straight forward, simple, and scrumptious — for you to Read more
Source and Source Would You Rather Eat Chicken Caesar or Chinese Chicken Salad? Chicken Caesar salad Chinese chicken salad Neither, I prefer _______ (fill in the blank below). I love both! I'm a vegetarian and prefer my salads without chicken. Read more
Ever buy a bunch of herbs for a recipe, only to use a scant stem and find the rest wilted with dehydration a week later? This has admittedly been a long-standing problem in my kitchen, and I've been determined to cultivate a solution for it. This week I'm addressing an aromatic I have a chronic problem forgetting about: scallions. When they're fresh, green onions have a biting smell and are Read more
It's raining baby showers around here! We've asked our readers to share their showers with us in our Baby Showers Tips and Pics group. Here's an entry from cakes7873. Two of my girlfriends and I hosted a Thai themed baby shower. It's actually a cute story. The mommy-to-be April actually got pregnant on a trip to Thailand, so she and her huz nicknamed their wee-to-be the "Pad Thai Noodle." We Read more
It's hard to keep a restaurant that's been open over a decade perennially packed, but Craig Stoll makes it look easy. The chef-owner's flagship restaurant, Delfina, has been open for 13 years, yet remains one of San Francisco's top dining destinations. Stoll and his wife, Annie, have a new Roman restaurant, Locanda, as well as two locations of the absurdly popular Pizzeria Delfina, which was Read more
Last night's Top Chef All-Stars took things down South, and the butter and the drama were a-flying! The queen of butter herself, Paula Deen, guest judged and presented the cheftestants with the quickfire challenge: deep fry something, y'all! And Paula being Paula, she meant business: "I've deep fried mac and cheese, lasagna, chunks of butter," she told them. "No calamari sprinkled on top of a Read more
