Armida Cooks!

Today was a really long day for Stella and me. We got up at 6:30am, did our daily mama/baby routine and at 2pm we were at the mall for ...

Elaine and my mom and Lindsey are throwing me a baby shower next month and when they were talking about what food to serve, it reminded me...

As you can see, I haven't been cooking much and that was due to the "sick" I had. But now I'm over it and my appetite is ...

I have a friend, Kristen Piotrowski, who is from Buffalo, NY and she now lives here in San Diego. One would think that Kristen's absolu...

Not too long ago I found a Thai restaurant near my work called Thai Chadda. The restaurant is in the food court where a lot of us from...

My husband loves flat iron beef and Iowa Meat Farms here in San Diego sells one of the best cuts of this meat, however it's quite spen...

Mise-en-place is my new favorite culinary term. I never knew that that's what I did pretty much every time I cooked; basically it mea...

I was addicted to iced coffee for a while, until I had a Thai iced tea latte several years ago. The tea flavor is fabulous, especially that...

I first had sticky rice with mango at Spices Thai restaurant in San Diego. I was very pleasantly surprised. I'm not a big rice pudding ...

In exactly 30 days from today my friend, Kerry , will be getting married to Mr. Sean, and my hubby and I are going to their wedding in Bost...

Well, as you know I was in Oahu last week and I totally fell in love with Romy's garlic prawns over in the North Shore. Anyhoo, my reci...

Every time I fly I like to buy a cooking magazine to get new ideas for my culinary experiments. I saw this recipe in the new issue from Fo...

This chicken and cashew dish is a one pot wonder. You basically only need a large 4 quart pot or Dutch oven and voila, you're done! As ...

I will be sans husband this week as he is Minnesotta to get the land ready for the Blaha vineyard! Since I'll be cooking for myself, I...

I just love Teriyaki sauce but sometimes the bottled stuff is either too sweet or too salty for me. I learned how to make homemade teriyaki ...

I am addicted to wine tastings. I don't know why, but my husband and I spend way too much money on wine and wine paraphenelia. Last nigh...