Prawns with Squash & Coconut Cream Soup

This soup has many of my favorite tropical things… coconut, prawns, lemongrass, a hint of chili and the color orange. I first had this soup at my cousins house where all good food cometh. Up until then I’ve only tried, and enjoyed, plain creamy squash soup flavored with stock. It seems with all the strong […]

Pescado a la Yucateca

This is the dish I cooked for Christmas at grandma’s every year.  The recipe calls for white fish fillet but I always use whole tuna which turns out quiet good. If using tuna, perfect timing is required or the fish will dry out. Pescado a la Yucateca 6 to 8 servings 3 tbsp olive oil […]

Fish with Harissa

Who would have guessed that I would find some of the hardest to find spices in the middle of wine country? I unexpectedly found some of the spices I have in recipes from Morocco, India and China that would have had to be especially ordered from the country itself. A trip to the Oxbow Market […]