Amy Powell
Specialty: 30 Minute Meals
Education:French Culinary Institute, Cornell University
Lives: Manhattan
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Bring On The Romance With Breakfast In Bed
Valentine’s Day is more often than not fraught with indecision on how to celebrate. If it’s on a weekday, do you stay up on a school night for a night out on the town along with millions of other...
A Big Easy Super Bowl Menu
Next weekend’s Super Bowl is any team’s game. For certain there are die-hard fans of skilled quarterback Peyton Manning who will be watching for him to lead his Indianapolis Colts to another championship...
Dried Fruits to Sweeten Cold Winter Meals
Late January is just far enough removed from autumn apples and summer berries to give one a hankering for something fruity and delicious. Just in time, citrus fruits such as oranges and grapefruit begin...
Coming to a Costco Near You: Burrata
Close your eyes and let your finger drop at random on most Italian-American restaurant menus and there is a fairly good chance your dish of choice will contain the stringiest of Italian cheeses, mozzarella....
The Best Bowl of Warmth is the One You Make Yourself
It is hard not to watch the news on the bad weather covering much of the country right now and not feel that same cold down to my bones. It may be unseasonably warm in Southern California right now, but...
Eating *Right* In The New Year
Now is the time of resolutions. While most New Year’s resolutions involving food tend revolve around eating less of it, I propose this be the year not so much of eating less as eating right. Eating...
Foam, Air, and Anti-Foam
As this decade comes to a close, it might be nice to look back on some of the most influential cooking trends of the last ten years. Whether or not you realized it, not so much a trend as a revolution...
No-cook Seafood for an Easy and Elegant Christmas
Christmas morning is a time of celebration and the last thing one wants is a kitchen debacle to interfere with the day’s fun. When balancing church-going with stocking rituals and present opening, a...
Christmas On The Lighter Side
A mere four weeks after preparing what is usually the biggest meal of the year, Thanksgiving dinner, we are expected to do it all over again. Fortunately for most Americans, Christmas tends to be a smaller...
A Homemade Gift Is Always In Style
The art of the homemade Christmas gifts was not lost on me even as a young child thanks to the craftiness of my mother. Growing up I watched my mom, an excellent baker, spend an entire week preparing...
Party Perfect Without Breaking the Bank
With the economy being what it is, it might seem like a contradiction to party this holiday season after what has been a very tough year financially for many people. That being said, celebrating the season...
Succulent Post-Thanksgiving Supper
As my friend heads home to the Midwest for Thanksgiving dinner this year, she and her extended family of about 30 aunts, uncles and cousins will be sitting down for a dinner of roast turkey, ham, and all...
A Turkey Melting Pot
Recently while getting my nails done, I had a chance to catch up with Cindy, the Vietnamese owner of the salon, about her Thanksgiving plans. As a first generation immigrant, I had imagined that if she...
Oh My, Umami
We all know the four basic tastes: sweet, sour, salty, and bitter. But did you know there is a fifth taste as well? You mostly likely experience this taste everyday and don’t even realize it. When...
An Egg For Any Time of the Day
If you are looking for what might be the world’s most perfect protein, look no further than the breakfast food favorite, the incredible, edible egg. Protein, a main component of eggs, is an essential...
Pumpkin Seeds Make For Some Un-Scary Treats
About this time of year families around the country pack their kids in the car for a trip to the pumpkin patch. Amongst the misshapen orbs, over-sized behemoths, and miniature decorative types, the kids...