Mooncake Festival - September 29, 2003

Mooncake Festival - September 29, 2003

Traditionally consumed during the Mid-Autumn Festival in China, mooncakes are a type of Chinese pastry item. While moonwatching is allegedly related to the event and mooncakes are considered a delicacy, the festival is mostly about the harvest. While commemorating the holiday, mooncakes are shared among friends or at family get-togethers. As one of the four most significant Chinese festivals, the Mid-Autumn Festival is well-known.

I get way too much happiness from good food. - Elizabeth Oliver

Beef and Ginger Stir-Fry

Want to increase your kitchen productivity? Consider preparing all of your ingredients in advance by slicing and measuring them. In the same amount of time, it takes to prepare a pot of rice, you can go from raw components to a beautiful stir-fry. 

“Food is symbolic of love when words are inadequate.” – Alan D. Wolfelt

Spicy Sweet Shrimp and Water Chestnut

One of my go-to proteins, shrimp, is excellent for a quick weeknight supper and makes it simple to make midweek dinners in a pinch. The quick preparation methods for shrimp include boiling, roasting, grilling, and pan-frying. My ideal way to prepare them is as a quick evening supper, like this spicy sweet shrimp and water chestnut dish. A dash of chili heat has been added to liven up the sauce.

Get people back into the kitchen and combat the trend toward processed food and fast food. - Andrew Well

Vegetable Frittata

Frittatas are a terrific way to prepare elegant brunches, hearty and quick breakfasts, and meals that help empty the fridge. Frittatas are delicious warm, cold, or room temperature. In comparison to certain other egg recipes, it is far less fussy. It has almost enough space for everything. Add whatever strange things or leftovers you have lingering in your refrigerator to your frittata. It is really adaptable. And it is really easy to make them. Once the basic formula has been mastered.

A recipe has no soul. You, as the cook, must bring soul to the recipe. –Thomas Keller

Bacon and Bleu Sirloin Steak and Clam Chowder

Although I frequently remark that a wonderful steak doesn't require much more than salt and pepper, this creamy blue cheese and bacon sauce certainly doesn't hurt. It begins with a base of butter-caramelized onions, which intensifies their savory-nutty flavor and gives the finished sauce weight.

True, nuts are high in fat, but most of them contain monounsaturated fat that is good for the heart. In fact, eaten in moderation, nuts can lower your risk of heart disease and heart attack - Andrew Well

Chicago's Lou Malnati’s Pizzeria 

Deep Dish Pizza Time!

The deep dish butter crust pizza served at Lou Malnati's, a classic Chicago-style pizzeria, is typically referred to as a "pie". A deep-dish pizza pan is seasoned, and a thin crust of pizza dough is placed inside and raised up on the sides. On a Chicago-style deep-dish pizza, the toppings are added in the reverse order of how they are on thin-crust pizzas, with sausage lining the bottom layer rather than pizza sauce. The dough is topped with thick slices of mozzarella cheese as the initial component. Then the cheese is covered with other items like mushrooms, pepperoni, and onions. A tomato sauce made with whole tomato chunks is spread on top of the pizza. A single Italian sausage patty called a "sausage patty" is used in "Lou-Mal" pies.

“Food is your body’s fuel. Without fuel, your body wants to shut down.” – Ken Hill

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