Here's a brilliant recipe from @foodminimalist When I saw this on Instagram the other day, I was completely stunned! First, by how gorgeous it was and second, by how delicious it sounded. Thank you …
Chinese Eggplant Salad
Here's a super simple, super tasty eggplant salad for all you eggplant lovers. Everyone else, enjoy your cauliflower! ;) For starters, at the store, look for eggplant with dark purple skin. Try …
Pesto Lime Leaf Chicken Salad
It's July 2nd and very hot in Brooklyn. It was time to top/pinch out the growing tips of all my basil. Here are some of the tops that I got: I made The Husband's favorite Pesto Lime Leaf Chicken …
KP’s Sambal Teriyaki Chicken
I love it when folks send me pictures of dishes they've made using my Sambals. A couple of weeks ago, I received a FB message of an image that refused to load. Thanks FB Pages! The sender, let's …
How The Sambal Lady became a princess.
In early April, I received news that two Auria's Malaysian Kitchen products had won SOFI Awards. What's a SOFI Award? The simplest description is that it's the Oscars of food. For the last 47 years, …
Crab Cakes with Sambal Remoulade
If you've read some of my other blog posts, you may remember me mentioning our friends the Tolberts. They're our dear longtime Brooklyn friends who spoil us rotten every couple of weeks or so to …
Salt & Pepper Fried Flounder
This recipe has two things that I hate - 1. deep-frying and 2. did I already say deep-frying? I guess that's just one thing. And ok, I guess "hate" is a pretty strong word. Let's just say I have a lot …
Shrimp and Leek Sambal
It's leek season! I absolutely love them, don't you? They're related to onions and scallions, but have a mild, sweet and sophisticated flavor that just makes any dish fancy. We usually make leek and …