Adventures in Mika's Kitchen
I’m always looking for new ways to cook beef short rib. The other night, I was combing through foodnetwork.com recipes, and found a Dave Lieberman recipe that looked good. I made a few adjustments to the recipe… and I was pretty happy with the results. The cloves of garlic end up wonderfully caramelized after cooking – [...]
I’m on a mission these days to try new foods… new vegetables, new flavors… basically anything that is outside my normal routine. It helps that the supermarket down the street now carries all kinds of exotic fruits and vegetables. For example, I can buy lemongrass, daikon radish, shitake mushrooms… even yuca root! I don’t normally [...]
“Milk Tart” is a very common specialty from South Africa – and is also one of my husband’s most favorite childhood desserts. You can purchase Milk Tart (a.k.a. Melktert) in markets or bakeries all around Cape Town – or like most people, just make it at home to serve as a dessert or an accompaniment with [...]
And now, for something completely different… Have you ever tried Mochi Brownies? These rice flour “brownies” taste like a cross between chewy sweet mochi and chocolate cake. They are moist, chocolaty, with a springy and chewy texture. There are various types of “rice flour” on the market. If you want the mochi texture – be careful [...]
Apfelkuchen is a traditional German/Austrian apple cake. It’s very simple, as it calls for only basic pantry ingredients. You can “dress it up” a bit by adding raisins, walnuts, whatever you like – but I think the apple flavor stands out the best without these additions. This cake makes a wonderful dessert than can be [...]
On our recent trip to Florida, we picked up some “taste of Florida” Tortuga rum cake sampler packs. The sampler pack contained three flavors: Florida Orange, Key Lime, and Coconut. The Florida Orange Rum Cake was my favorite… and for the low price of $26.95… I could have another one mailed direct from the Cayman [...]
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