Grilled Cilantro Fish in Coconut Broth

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I have a problem buying fish.  Actually, I don’t have a problem buying fish.  I have a problem buying fish that I like.  Most times I buy any old fish, am not happy with it, then forget what kind of fish it was and I end up making the same mistake over and over again.  I think I’ve bought cod three or four times and still can’t make myself remember that I don’t like it.  Or maybe that was haddock.  See what I mean? Continue reading “Grilled Cilantro Fish in Coconut Broth”

Salisbury Steak

Salisbury Steak

I grew up a connoisseur of Salisbury Steak.  It frequently showed up on the school lunch menu and on the dinner plate.  What the lunch ladies served up definitely had a mystery meat quality.  And the Salisbury Steak I ate at home came from none other than Swanson. So who knows what was really in it.  Probably lots of things that I can’t even pronounce.  When I saw a recipe for Salisbury Steak in Cuisine For Two, I decided to see what I could do with it.  I figured that even if I totally bombed, it would still be at least as good as any Salisbury Steak I ever knew. Continue reading “Salisbury Steak”

Spiced Chicken

Spiced Chicken

In a perfect world, I would:

  1. Travel and paint and read.
  2. Be fluent in French.
  3. See the inside of my gym on a regular basis instead of just driving past it occasionally.
  4. Interact with my friends in person regularly instead of sporadically texting or emailing them.
  5. Watch less mental junk food television programming.
  6. Cultivate a green thumb, if it kills me.
  7. Have oodles of free time to cook and photograph and write. Continue reading “Spiced Chicken”