Atlantic salmon is fatty and high in omega-3s, which is exactly the type of fish the American Heart Association recommends that you eat at least twice weekly. Though wild Atlantic salmon is an endangered species, the Atlantic salmon at your local grocer’s is almost certainly sustainably farmed. No matter the cooking method, Atlantic salmon is […]

Banana flowers (a.k.a. banana blossoms) are, as the name suggests, the blossoms from a banana tree. Left on the tree, they would blossom into bananas. Like bananas, they are wonderfully edible. They don’t so much taste like a banana as like something that will grow into a banana. They have a similar aromatic profile, but […]

Eye Round Roast/Steak or Eye of the Round: A boneless roast that looks like tenderloin, but it is much tougher. Used as a roast or cut into steaks. Steaks cut from the roast are used in stews or processed into cube steak.

Eye Round Roast/Steak or Eye of the Round: A boneless roast that looks like tenderloin, but it is much tougher. Sliced thinly, it can be used in stir-fry, sear or hot pot.

Short ribs are popular in many international cuisines. Short ribs generally require long periods of cooking in order to break down the connective tissues in the meat and make the meat tender. Methods of preparation include braising, stewing, and sous-vide. Short ribs may also be barbecued, a popular method that subjects the beef to high […]

The strip steak is a cut of beef steaks from the short loin from a cow. It consists of a muscle that does little work, the longissimus, making the meat particularly tender, although not as tender as the nearby tenderloin. Unlike the tenderloin, the longissimus is a sizable muscle, allowing it to be cut into […]

Gai choy is usually pickled, stir-fried, stewed, or braised. It’s recommended that it’s blanched first if you want to remove some of the bitterness.

Bing is a cultivar of the wild or sweet cherry that originated in the Pacific Northwest, in Milwaukie, Oregon, United States. The Bing remains a major cultivar in Oregon, Washington, California, Wisconsin and British Columbia. It is the most produced variety of sweet cherry in the United States

A chicken leg has two parts to it, the drumstick and the thigh. The drumstick is the calf part of the leg, while the thigh is the top part of the leg.

Chicken wings can be cooked pretty much any way you’d normally cook chicken: broiled, seared, grilled, fried, or even roasted. Due to their higher proportions of skin and bones, they also make delicious chicken stock with lots of flavor and body.

Chicken wings can be cooked pretty much any way you’d normally cook chicken: broiled, seared, grilled, fried, or even roasted. Due to their higher proportions of skin and bones, they also make delicious chicken stock with lots of flavor and body.