Armida Cooks!

There are a few dishes that I can say I'm an expert on. One of them is, of course, ceviche. Another one is the perfect rib eye steak, a...

As you all know, I'm not a good baker, so when I see recipe that only involves three ingredients I totally have to go for it. I'm ...

As the holidays approach, Matt and I have been eating lots of cookies and cakes and breads and we've been going to many holiday parties...

I am a master at cooking rib-eye steaks , so when I bought the biggest T-bone Steak (on sale) that I've ever seen, I said to myself, ...

Matthew has been on a baking kick lately. Yesterday he made (by accident) a brioche loaf, which was excellent after he sliced it and made...

I just love buying ready-made pizza dough. I really love the pizza dough that Mona Lisa sells in their deli in Little Italy (SD), but Trade...

So, as some of you may know, I have a difficult time making gnocchi or dumplings. Actually, anything that involved making a light pastry wi...

I saw this recipe in Food and Wine magazine and when I realized Chef Jacques Pépin created it, I had to try it. But of course, being the Vi...

On weeknights when both Matt and I get home late from work, I turn to this super easy pasta to make for dinner. I came up with thi...

The Day of the Dead is a Mexican tradition inherited from the rituals that were once practiced by the Aztecs, Toltecas, Chichimecas and May...

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 decided to give homemade ravioli a try again. Since I don't have a pasta machine, the easy Carpi pasta is more appetizing to me beca...

I got this recipe from my friend, Kerry, who is a culinary genius. I slightly tweaked her original recipe because I didn't want the ...

I've been stuck in the house since Monday due to the raging wild fires here in San Diego. The air quality is extremely bad and since I ...

If you haven't heard yet, San Diego is on fire again. Authorities are saying that this is the worst fire in San Diego history. Thank go...

My husband hates, hates bananas. I have no idea why, but to me bananas are the perfect food. One of the reasons I've been able to maint...

Sometimes America's Test Kitchen has some good recipes on their shows on PBS (here in San Diego). I did try their Cincinnati Chili r...

Yes, my friend, you read that right...fried pickles. If you've ever been to Louisiana, especially the Bayou, you've probably had ...

My father-in-law, Jim Blaha, makes an awesome margarita-on-the-rocks, or a Blaharita, as I like to call them. One evening while I was in M...

Every time I visit Boston, I always make sure I stop by at the North End. When we were there earlier this year, I made sure I took my husb...