2 tablespoons vegetable or olive oil 1 medium onion, chopped 3 cloves garlic, chopped 1 red bell pepper, seeded and chopped fine hot chilies, hot sauce or chli flakes to taste 1 large ancho pepper (or just use one of those “dried Mexican peppers” you see at the Superstore),...

Meat Sauce for pasta 1 pound ground local beef chuck 1/2 pound ground local beef rib steak 4 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil 3 tablespoons or so of finely chopped pancetta 1 small onion, finely chopped 1 small carrot, peeled and finely chopped 1 small stalk of celery, finely chopped 4...

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Steak salt pepper fresh garlic dried cayenne pepper whte vinegar or red wine vinegar olive oil Completely smash the hell out of two cloves of peeled garlic. Season the steak with salt and pepper, then really rub in the minced garlic on both sides. Heat a heavy fry pan (cast iron is best but...

Back in the 90s, I started making pad thai after reading about the dish in a magazine. Lots of people make a big deal about Pad Thai but it’s really intended to be a quick, street-food kind of dish. In the U.S. and Canada, we have hot dog stands on the corners of our big city streets,...