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In preparation for the Chinese New Year that’s coming up this week on February 4th, 2011, I have decided to make some Taiwanese Niu Row Mein (Taiwanese Beef & Noodles).  This will be our fifth recipe for the International Pressure Cooking theme. I am Chinese.  Born in Taiwan, but raised in the U.S.  And with [...]

I’ve been a little busy lately and haven’t found a lot of time to cook at home. We’ve been eating out mostly.  Which is bad, bad, bad!!!  Bad for the figure, and bad for the pocket book. Any who, I finally found a little time to cook something up in the pressure cooker that falls [...]

Sooooo………this post is sort of unrelated to my whole International Pressure Cooking Adventure.  I just got excited and wanted to share and post about it.  So it’s kind of an impromptu post. I just recently got introduced to Pepper Jelly.  Some of you may be like me and don’t have a clue what Pepper Jelly [...]

This will be our third recipe for the International Pressure Cooking adventure.  And when I say adventure, I really mean it!  I am learning so much about what needs to be done to tweak or fix a recipe when it needs to be adapted to be cooked in a pressure cooker.  So my imagination and [...]

This will be our first recipe of the brand spanking new year!  And the second recipe to our International Pressure Cooking Adventure.  Spanish Paella with Seafood, Chicken and Chorizo.  Happy 2011 everyone!!! Traditional paella is usually made on the stove-top in a special cooking pan.  But we’re going to give it a try in the [...]