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Receip: Suzan's Friend's Cookies++++

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Suzan's Friend's Cookies Yield about 20 small round cookies 1. All Purpose Flour 2 1/4 cups 2. Salt 1/2 tsp. 3. Eggs 2 4. Vanilla Extract 1 tsp. 5. Non-salted Butter 1 cup (1 stick) 6. Brown Sugar 1/4 cup 7. Sugar 1/4 cup 8. Cinnamon 1 tsp. 9. Raisin (Cranberry and Orange zest are other good flavor), Walnut, Chocolate chips, Oatmeal 10. Honey Directions: 1. Preheat oven at 350F 2. Melt Butter 3. Beat eggs, salt, vanilla extract and cinnamon with ingredient 4. Mix flour, melted butter, both type of sugar and raisin into the liquid 5. Form cookie ball and place on baking sheet 6. Brush honey onto cookies in the last 5 mins. 7. Bake for 25-30 minutes

Receip: Pan Fried Salmon 粵式煎封三文魚扒 +++

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粵式煎封三文魚扒 材料: 三文魚扒 2 件 (每件半吋厚) 蔥粒 2 湯匙 芫茜 1 湯匙 薑 3 片 鹽 少許 粟粉 適量 清汁: 水 1/4 杯 生抽 1 湯匙 老抽 1 茶匙 片糖 / 黃糖 1 茶匙 紹酒 1 湯匙 白醋 1 湯匙 做法: 三文魚洗淨瀝乾,洒少許鹽醃 30 分鐘,均勻撲上粟粉,備用 中火熱鍋落油,放入薑片煎片刻,轉慢火放入三文魚扒,每面煎 2 分鐘,上蓋,熄火,焗 1 1/2 分鐘,上碟,薑片不要 清汁拌勻,備用 另熱鍋落油,中火爆香蔥粒,放入清汁煮沸,轉慢火煮至略杰,放回三文魚扒每面煮 30 秒,上碟洒芫茜,即成

Recipe: Lemon Yogurt Cake +++++

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Lemon Yogurt Cake Yield:  2 small paper bakeware or 5 LC mini cocotte Ingredients 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt 1 cup Sugar or replace with good honey 1 cup plain whole-milk yogurt 1 cup for cake 1/3 cup sugar for glaze (optional) 3 room temperature extra-large eggs 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract 1/2 cup vegetable oil 2 teaspoons grated lemon zest (2 lemons) 1 Tsp of Honey 1/3 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice (optional for glaze) Preparation Instruction: Preheat oven at 350F Grease the baking utensil if needed Leave eggs in room temperature Grade the lemon zest as it takes time to do so Note:  Use a sharp fruit knife to un-skin the lemon (yellow skin only; white flesh is bitter), then fine chop is much easier for hands and shoulder when using grader or zest peeler =) Method: Sift together the 1 1/2 cups of flour, 2 tsp of baking powder, and 1/2 tsp of salt into 1 small bowl In another bigger  b

My Favorite Wines

Domaine Bourillon D’Orleans Vouvray Sec 2005 La Coulée d’Argent -tasted at Fringale in SF -paired with Beacon wrapped Pork Tenderloin -dry and steady Saviah Cellar, Walla Walla The Jack Cabernet Sauvignon

Recipe: Tailgating Asian Wings+++

Tailgating Asian Wings Ingredients 1 pound chicken wings, cut into segments, tips removed and discarded 1 tablespoon salt 1 tablespoon freshly cracked black pepper Asian Sauce: 2 Tsp Soy Sauce Paste 1/4 cup Honey 2 tsp Lime Zest 1 Lime Juice 1/4 cup Orange juice, from 1/2 orange 1 thumb size freshly grated Ginger 1 tsp Chili garlic paste 1/2 tsp Sesame Oil 1/2 tsp dried Oregano 1/2 tsp ground Cumin 1 tsp granulated Garlic 1 Tsp Oyster sauce 2 Tsp Sriracha Hot Chili Sauce Some Tobasco Sauce Some Chopped Cilantro Directions At home: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Season the wings with salt and pepper. Arrange the chicken wings on a baking sheet in a single layer. Put in the preheated oven and cook for 45 minutes. Remove the wings from the oven to a bowl and allow to cool. Cover and refrigerate until ready to finish at the event on the barbecue. Combine all of the ingredients in a resealable gallon-size plastic bag and combine well. For the wings ta

Recipe: Salsa ++++

Salsa Ingredients 6 Roma tomatoes, chopped 4 garlic cloves, minced 2 seeded and minced jalapenos, plus 2 roasted, skinned and chopped jalapenos 1 red bell pepper, fine dice 1/2 red onion, fine chopped 2 dry ancho chiles, seeded, cut into short strips and snipped into pieces 1 tablespoon olive oil 1 lime, juiced Chili powder, salt, and pepper, to taste Fresh scallions, cilantro or parsley, to taste Directions In a bowl, combine all ingredients. Place in refrigerator for up to 12 hours for flavor infusion. Serve with tortilla chips.

Soup: 花生雞腳豬骨湯++++

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   花生雞腳豬骨湯 1 花生浸泡過夜 2 雞腳去爪尖洗淨 3 豬骨&雞殼洗淨 4 雞腳&豬骨&雞殼用滾水燙透/飛水 5 洗淨紅棗 6 紅棗去核 7 生薑去皮免切 8 Add 1 1/2 Papaya 1 用半鍋水 (太多水會太淡) Note: -所有(except 雞腳)材料齊水落來保持來材料的營養 2 放入花生、生薑和紅棗,豬骨&雞殼 猛火煲至水滾 3 水滾後改變文/慢火 4 Add papaya cubes 5 1小時後放入雞腳 用慢火續煲1個小時 6 放入鹽調味,再滾,即可以食用