Chef Cristian

Foods That Make Your Home Smell Good

Did you ever walk into somebody’s house and it smelled so good you didn’t want to leave? I remember Mrs. Avle. We lived a few houses down from her when I was 10 years old, and it seemed that she was always making tomato meat sauce. You could smell it down the street and it was absolutely delicious. I even made friends with her son in hopes of getting a chance to taste the source of this mesmerizing aroma. Some children make friends with kids who have pools or ping pong tables, for me it was the meat sauce. And […]

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Chef Cristian’s Kelapo Seared Scallops

If you’re in the mood for something exotic, this recipe should do it! Most of the ingredients in this recipe can be found at your local Asian grocery store. You can find many variations of these starch based noodles which tend to be somewhat translucent, thus you may have heard of them referred to as “glass noodles” or “bean thread noodles” in other healthy recipes or at your favorite Asian restaurant. They are quite versatile in that they can be served hot or cold. This recipe used potato glass noodles.Fresh, large sea scallops were used for this recipe, but you […]

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Multipurpose Foods

The Swiss army knife was invented in 1897, and since has become known worldwide as a symbol of multiple use and application. The manufacturers have touted that, “you can do anything with a Swiss army knife!” You can cut. You can eat. You can saw.  You can magnify. You can tweeze, and you can unscrew. The only thing you can’t do, is eat it. That’s where multipurpose food comes in to play. This article offers a quick list of foods, although not Swiss in origin, that you can use for various tasks. And you can eat them too.   Apple […]

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