Fish

Deep Fried Fish topped with Lemongrass Sauce

May 2, 2013
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Today I write this post from the beach. I’m sitting in a beach side cafe on Otres Beach in Cambodia and with a beer in hand and the ocean breeze coming in, I’m on my computer. This is what I see when I think of location independent living. The fresh air and beach as the [...]

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Fish Steamed in Banana Leaves – Mok Pa

April 10, 2013
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The Asian cultures are so incredibly resourceful, even 7 months into traveling in Asia I am still stunned by the various uses they find for some things. Banana leaves are used to wrap veggies, fish, noodles, you name it. Thin strips of bamboo are then used to secure the banana leaf satchels. No plastic needed. [...]

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Sweet and Sour Spicy Fish with Deep Fried Basil

March 25, 2013
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Let’s start with the basil portion of the title. Did you know that even basil can be deep fried? This thought never even crossed my mind, until my cooking class at Time for Lime on Koh Lanta, Thailand. It’s not so much deep fried as “flash” fried, dipped in hot oil for a few seconds [...]

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Tuna Tartar

January 4, 2013
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Happy new year to everyone! A few days late I know – I’ve been slacking. Travel has been getting the best of me. Can you believe I’ve already spent a month in Vietnam and am now on to a new country – Thailand? I certainly can’t. So since I’m in a dwelling in the past [...]

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Lacy Tuna Spring Roll

December 24, 2012
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How are you spending the Christmas holidays this year? Cozying up from the cold by a warm fire? Watching the snow flakes float past your window? Or are you in tropical part of the world where the sun is shining and the beach is a-calling? We are the latter – here in Vietnam and spending [...]

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Broiled Red Snapper with Chili Shallot Sauce

December 1, 2012
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One thing I incredibly respect about Chinese cuisine and cooking is the full use of the animals. They eat chicken feet, hearts, livers, pig snouts, and hooves, you name it. And yes while I myself do not particularly find all of these animal parts appealing I cannot but have the utmost respect for the creative [...]

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Beer Fish

November 8, 2012
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For my first cooking school of all time I chose Yangshuo Cooking School in Yanghsuo China, where D and I had been volunteering at an English school for a few days. As my first cooking school experience and my first opportunity in over a month to prepare my own meal I was both giddy and nervous. What [...]

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Swordfish and Vegetable Kebabs

July 6, 2012
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One of my favorite things about summer is that it’s grilling season. No need to turn on the oven or the stove just head out to your grill and cook everything there. Meat, fish, shellfish, vegetables, it all cooks to perfection on the grill. One of the downsides of city living is the lack of [...]

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Broiled Salmon with Coconut Red Curry Sauce and Lime Scallion Rice

April 25, 2012
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I go back and forth with salmon. Sometimes I love it, and other times I can’t stand the smell of it. With this recipe though, I definitely love it. I was planning on making my salmon teriyaki recipe for dinner last night but at the last minute decided to try something new. By now you [...]

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Asian Fish Soup

March 16, 2012
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This is one of my favorite soups –  tied for first place with Split Pea Soup and New England Clam Chowder.  All completely different types and textures of soup but all so delicious. While split pea soup is my grandmother’s specialty, this soup is my mom’s. She tried something similar to this at a restaurant [...]

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