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Inspired by Martha, Instapot Ropa Vieja

I have been a Martha Stewart watcher since I worked for her back in the 80's around the time her first cookbook came out. Over the years I've dropped my subscriptions to most of the food magazines keeping only Martha Stewart and Cherry Bomb.

Pressure Cooker Asian-Style Beef Ribs

Ok, the actual recipes says Asian-Style Boneless Beef Ribs, but they didn't have any boneless ones in the market today, so I made them with bone in.  And really, where's the harm? Having the bones in meat adds so much flavor.  This is the second recipe I've tried out of Pressure Cooker Perfection by [...]

By |2017-01-03T09:43:15-08:00April 10th, 2013|Favorite tools, Reviews|2 Comments

Yiayia’s Oven

This picture is of one of my favorite ovens EVER! This charming dome structure which was probably built sometime in the late 1930’s was the primary bread baking oven for my mother’s family. My mother’s family emigrated from Crete, Greece around the 1900’s and eventually landed in Manteca, CA where they purchased forty [...]

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