A risotto made with duck stock w/ portobello and chard, served with a hazelnut gremolata.

Beef Kaldereta Empanada

Mackerel with Smoked Eggplant Cannelloni, from West restaurant, competes w/ Mario Batali’s recipes in our IRON CHEF event! (Part 2 of 2)

Chocolate Cappuccino Cake from West, competing w/ Mario Batali’s recipes in our IRON CHEF RECIPES event! WHOSE CUISINE REIGNS SUPREME?!

Fun squiggly pasta with squid, oven-roasted tomatoes, basil, garlic and chile peppers, with an even “fun-ner” price.

Almond Eggplant “Bisteeya”. Phyllo pastry is filled w/ almond-eggplant “baba ganoush” and finished with cinnamon sugar.

Mushroom Ragu Pastitsio: a non-classical take on a Greek pasta dish.

Caffè Latte with Almond Milk. Fancy up your latte by making it with homemade almond milk!

Beef “Ribbon” Kebab (Pasanda Kebab) w/ a fabulous Cilantro Chutney

Jag (Jagacida: Cape Verdean Beans & Rice), part of our Portuguese meal.

Sautéed Kale with Hazelnut Gremolata, part of our Portuguese meal.

Vinho d’Alhos (Portugese Wine & Garlic Marinated Pork), served with jagacida and kale w/ hazelnut gremolata.

Spanish Roast Duck w/ Orange Sauce. Will turn French, then Asian. Find out how.

Read about how NOT to order a roast pig.

Mustard Greens, 3 Ways. Shown: Sautéed w/ garlic. Way 2: Grilled. Way #3: Three-Egg style (chicken eggs, preserved eggs, salted duck eggs).

A brief Japanese interlude with miso soup. The comfort of dashi, miso, seaweed.

We discover the “secret” to Cantonese Braised Beef Brisket. Here, it’s served on rice w/ bok choy.

Onions and olives made this Olive Oil Bread smell heavenly! (Olive Oil Bread from Artisan Breads in Five Minutes a Day.)

Fried Oyster Quesadilla: When a craving for fried oysters cannot be denied!

Roast Pork Belly with Puy Lentils

Tex-Mex Casserole: Chili & cumin-spiced ground beef, beans, tomatoes, onions, cilantro – all layered w/ tortillas and topped with cheese.

Sweet Soy Pork with Potato Chips; another recipe from the upcoming Steamy Kitchen cookbook.