Salt-Toasted Pork Ribs / Suon Ram Man

In just about every REAL Chinese restaurant, you’ll find these on the menu.  What constitutes “real?”  These RIBS!  You won’t find them in your neighborhood Chinese Takeout/Delivery place!  I’ve made these battered and naked.  We prefer the nekkid kind at my house!  Here’s the recipe!          

Puerto Rican / Dominican Style Roasted Pork Shoulder

We ventured out a few weekends ago to drop off a Christmas present for a couple of our friends in the Heights.   It was actually the Saturday after Christmas and Nancy and Mike’s home was still magically decorated with whimsical lights dancing about in all the trees and around their porch.  We got to meet…

Vietnamese Meatballs – Xiu Mai

A typical Vietnamese Sunday morning brunch is more savory, than sweet.  Cereal? Pancakes or waffles?  Eggs and bacon?  what’s that?  My boyfriend and I playfully tease each other about having “white” breakfast/brunch versus a “yellow” one.  And our friends like to give me a lot of flak for not having a white man’s breakfast as…