Pasta Szechuan is a quick and easy weeknight pasta recipe that might bear some resemblance to Asian food if you stand far away and look at it in bad lighting. The recipe comes to me by way of Open House, a 1995 cookbook supporting the National Alliance to End Homelessness. A few recipes in Open……
Ingredient: scallions
White Gazpacho (adapted from Buen Provecho, New Jersey, 1995)
White Gazpacho is a make-ahead chilled soup perfect for a sweaty summer evening. This particular recipe is one of two White Gazpacho recipes in Buen Provecho: 500 Years of Hispanic Cuisine (1995), a community cookbook compiled by a group of Hispanic AT&T employees. Both versions were submitted by the same employee and are, fundamentally,……
Smoked Oriental Seafood (adapted from Cooking with Regis & Kathie Lee, 1993)
Smoked Oriental Seafood is a quick and tasty stir fry with a spicy, garlicky kick. The name of the recipe is misleading: if you’ve come looking for seafood infused with smoke you’ve come to the wrong place, nor are any of the supporting ingredients smoked, smoky, or even smoke-flavored. As best as I can figure……
Thai Chicken Pizza alla Shandi (Oregon, 2006, adapted)
Thai Chicken Pizza alla Shandi is a protein-heavy, vaguely Asian, sweet and sticky weeknight pizza. The recipe comes to my by way of Recipes from the Heart, a 2006 community cookbook from the church congregation my family attended. The recipe was submitted by a woman who has since moved and with whom our family was……
Spanish Chinese Fried Rice (New Jersey, 1995, adapted)
Spanish Chinese Fried Rice is a nifty little recipe that I found in Buen Provecho, a community cookbook compiled by HISPA, then a professional development group for Hispanic AT&T employees. This cookbook was put together to raise money for the National Hispanic Scholarship Fund as part of HISPA’s larger efforts in the community. Shortly after Buen……