What's sweet and a little crunchy, rich and coconutty, and so easy to make, it's like you waved a magic wand? That would be my magic coconut pie! This dream dessert skips the crust completely, and makes coconut custard filling the star. No-Crust Coconut Pie? This Coconut Pie is one of two recipes in Southern Pies with no crust to keep ...
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Pink Grapefruit Salad with Toasted Coconut from “Simply Vegetarian Thai Cooking”
This week I'm celebrating the publication of my newest cookbook, Simply Vegetarian Thai Cooking: 125 Real Thai Recipes. It's out in the world just in time for Thai New Year, which takes place on April 13th, and is known as the Songkran festival. Songkran is a time of celebration, centered on visiting the elders to show them respect and affection, ...
Lunar New Year Farewell: Mom’s Special Dish and Good-Luck Lettuce
Meet my friend Shirley Lin. She lives in San Francisco and just like me, she adores food, cooking, culture, and travel. With these common interests, I could have met her anywhere in the world, but the place I was lucky enough to meet her was Beijing. I traveled there last fall with my husband, who had a scientific conference to attend in ...
Dinner with “The Lee Bros. Charleston Kitchen”
Ever since I first heard about the Lee Bros. Boiled Peanuts Catalogue in which Matt and Ted Lee offer an abundance of Southern ingredients and foods both by mail order and online, I have been a big fan of Matt and Ted Lee. (About that catalog: It's simply wonderful. I adore it even though I live right here in the South. They actually ...
My Apple Pie Recipe, Easy as Pie
My wonderful young cousin Erika Sue got in touch late last week, asking if I might have a recipe for making an apple pie. Matter of fact, I did, and I decided to make one and take pictures, so that I could pass along the closest thing to going over and sharing the pleasures of making an apple pie with her in her kitchen. (Only distance and time ...
#Let’sLunch! Sandra Gutierrez’s Chili-Cheese Biscuits with Avocado Butter
When I heard that #LetsLunch ‘s May theme would be cross-cultural culinary creations, I beamed with delight, knowing exactly where to look. My dear friend Sandra Gutierrez’s excellent and powerful new cookbook compares and contrasts Southern and Latin American cuisines. With her deep roots in North Carolina as well as in Latin America, and her ...
Chef Stephanie Tyson’s Sweet Potato Biscuits from “Well, Shut My Mouth!”
I love biscuits, and sweet potatoes, and cooks, and stories, so how could I not fall in love with Well, Shut My Mouth! The Sweet Potatoes Restaurant Cookbook"? Written by Stephanie L. Tyson, chef of Winston-Salem's celebrated "Sweet Potatoes Restaurant", the book is a treasury of inviting recipes, with culinary chops and inspiration flowing from ...