Regional Cuisine Recipes

Basic Sauce is used over and over again to slow-simmer a number of foods. It imparts its own flavor to what is cooked, and grows more savory with the cooking of different foods.

Roasted pepper and eggplany condiment.

General Tsao was a real person, general and poet who lived in China 155-220AD.

Serve as an appetizer spread on thick slices of country-style white bread, or flat pita bread, or use as a side dish to accompany grilled or roasted meats.

There is no need to purchase the ready-made packet. Here's a quick and easy homemade Taco seasoning mix.

If you omit the raw egg, you still get a nice sauce. According to an ancient proverb, "Garlic is as good as 10 mothers." If the latest flu bug has hit your house--and whose has escaped--you may be ready to test claims for garlic's medicinal powers.