Day: February 11, 2021

Chef couple shares easy pasta recipe with a twist for Valentine’s Day

By Elizabeth W. Jernigan 9 months ago

Spice things up at home this Valentine’s Day and whip up an easy, chef-approved dish for dinner that will be the key to any food lover’s heart.

New York City-based chefs and restaurateurs Matthew Hyland and Simone Tong shared a favorite meal from their own kitchen with “Good Morning America” that home cooks can pull off and enjoy on Feb. 14 and beyond. Plus, they revealed their favorite dish on the others’ menu, the fun that comes with cooking with a partner and how they spent their first Valentine’s Day with a special surprise.

The Pizza Loves Emily co-founder said

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Eagle Harbor Books, Marche team up to hold virtual cooking demo

By Elizabeth W. Jernigan 9 months ago

Through a unique collaboration of two Winslow businesses, a virtual cooking demonstration will take place next week from Seattle cook and author Hsiao-Ching Chou, who just released her latest book Vegetarian Chinese Soul Food.

This innovative partnership is meant to celebrate the coming Chinese Lunar New Year as well as to address the difficulties small businesses have faced since the COVID-19 pandemic began. This will be the first event — although virtual —that Eagle Harbor Book Co. has held since last March. The bookstore does not plan to hold any in-person events for the foreseeable future but could hold some

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Whole Steamed Fish, Garlicky Rice Cakes, and the Luckiest Stir-Fry

By Elizabeth W. Jernigan 9 months ago

For Hsiao-Ching Chou, author of Chinese Soul Food and Vegetarian Chinese Soul Food, Lunar New Year is the best holiday there is. It’s the one she most looks forward to, because her whole family usually gathers together for the feast. Though the pandemic means that Lunar New Year will look a little different this time around, Chou is committed to keeping certain traditions alive.

“I won’t be able to have my entire family come to my house, which will be tough, but I’ve been thinking about a way to still mark the celebration,” Chou tells me over the phone.

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