Armida Cooks!

Ever since I got knocked up, my nausea caused my culinary adventures to be on hold for a while (hence, not too many recipes lately in case ...

I bought a bunch of nice looking leeks at the farmer's market this weekend, and when I got home I didn't know what to do with them....

Ever since we got our cob-oven, I've been obsessed with the perfect pizza. To me, a perfect pizza is thin crust that is crispy on the o...

I subscribe to a foodie newsletter called Gourmet Tastemakers and sometimes they come up with really interesting dishes. I jumped at the id...

My sister-in-law, Lindsey, once mentioned to me that she uses avocados when making smoothies. I figured, why not? Avocados have a very crea...

Happy St. Patrick's Day! Every time this holiday comes around, it reminds me of our incredible trip we made to Ireland a few years ago....

When my brother-in-law was here, he bought chicken and asparagus for us to cook. I kind of had to find a recipe to use these two ingredient...

I have not been feeling well; I have been suffering from migraines lately, so I've put my spatula down for a while and have not been co...

My husband is currently in Crete for work. I hope that I get to visit him there in the near future because Greek food is one my top 5 favor...

I learned from cooking classes that I've taken, and from professional chefs, that good, beautiful food takes time. Lots of time. The re...

I've been noticing several restaurants here in San Diego now offer "Jidori Chicken" in their menus, and for a while I though...

For some reason, I'm getting some weird cravings, and I was craving red beans and rice the other day. When I was in boarding school in ...

I love fries...but what girl doesn't, right? One of my favorite kind of fries (besides truffle fries) are sweet potato fries. Since I...

The Contessa never fails! I got this recipe from Ina Garten's cookbook and I just had to make it because it seemed like such a simple y...

There's a controversy in the family about "pancakes." Apparently a lefse is not a pancake, but more like a Norwegian tortill...

I'm not a Sandra Lee fan as most of her recipes call for 70% canned or store bought ingredients and only 30% fresh ingredients, but at ...

I found that we had two overly ripe bananas in the house the other day and, of course, the first thing that came to mind was banana bread. ...