Halibut en Papillote with Pernod

Great things come in small packages, especially when you cook en papillote. Halibut en Papillote or Halibut al Cartoccio. Both a French and an Italian method of cooking fish in an enclosed parchment paper pouch along with veggies, herbs, wine and or butter. Serves 4 The first time you have this dish, it feels like…

Tequila Flambéed Shrimp Tacos with a Pineapple-Avocado, Black Bean Salsa

There are tacos and THEN THERE are tacos! Timothy and I were talking about how we wanted to describe these tacos and all that comes to mind is “blerre lekker!!” Translated means “bloody tasty.” We’re both from South Africa and our first language is English and our second is Afrikaans, so sometimes when we want to…

Spring Panzanella Salad

Bread Salad. Just think about that for a second. Put the word “bread” in front of the word “salad” and you get people’s attention real quick. Serves 4-6 Just add some good grassy olive oil and chunks of summer tomato and they become very good listeners. If you’ve never tried Panzanella, you’re in for a treat. This classic Tuscan…