This anytime easy meal is a cultural icon on a plate.

Raise your hand if you love coriander as I do! Love the flavour of coriander seeds, that is why I like to keep as they are and grind them only if I need.

The seed of the cilantro plant is known as coriander. Although cilantro and coriander come from the same plant, their flavors are very different and cannot be substituted for each other. Some countries refer to the cilantro as coriander, so any references to "fresh coriander" or "coriander leaves" refer to cilantro.

In Indonesian cuisine, coriander seed is widely used, but not cilantro, and a kind of herbs that has parted as cilantro, is Chinese celery leaves. I started to know about cilantro while I learned about Mexican and Thai cuisine.  read more »

Cooking For Real with Sunny Anderson Masterpiece Burger Curry Pork Burgers with Spicy Ketchup Peaches and Cream Oatmeal Cookies Sweet Potato and Celery Root Fries Sunny tells us that in her New York neighborhood there are a lot of artists. She says pork is HER canvas. I sure hope shes not going to paint a real live hog. No, luckily shes using it to create a masterpiece of zestily spiced pork burgers. I have to admit I dont like the sound of pork burgers, but I bet theyll have a lot of flavor. Sunny starts by making a spice blend with cayenne pepper and garlic powder for her oven fries. (SHE loves garlic powder, while you know how I feel about it.) BUT she does give us the exactly right reason for using it.  read more »

Almost four years ago now, I caught myself saying on this blog that I had tired of looking out for Chinese restaurants which were all mediocre and served nothing but the same old glutamate-laden ready-made sauces... would you believe that the same passionate cook has found new love in Asian restaurants lately? And this is a relatively new disovery, a complete 180-degree turn of my palate, who would have thought?  read more »

You've heard us sing the praises of roasted cauliflower a few times now... so I'm sure you won't be surprised with how much we enjoyed tonight's side dish of Sesame Roasted Cauliflower.  read more »