Spanish Seafood Paella with Negra Modelo Beer!   Paella is well-known as one of the top seafood dishes in the world. With it’s creamy rice, rich saffron broth, tiger shrimp, sea scallops, chorizo sausage, fish, and clams, it’s not hard to figure out why. Chef Cristian has...

Baked Ice Cream Cappuccinos on Daytime Show (NBC) In case you missed Chef Cristian’s cooking segment on the Daytime Show (NBC). Here it is!  Yields: 4 servings Ingredients: – 5 egg whites – 1/2 cup of sugar (or more to taste) – Vanilla ice cream – 1 tsp of...

Beef Tripe Mondongo Mondongo. Not mofongo, not the Congo, not mandingo – mondongo! And if your first reaction is to say, “Eww..” Then two things: 1. You’re a culinary pussy (short for pusillanimous), and 2. You were probably raised eating chicken nuggets and macaroni...

Halibut in a Chili Tomato Cream Sauce I delivered a private cooking class to a couple of customers that had recently returned from a trip to Alaska, where they had collectively caught about four hundred pounds of fresh, Alaskan fish. I was thrilled when my tip at the end of the night involved...

Jerk Chicken with Brown Sugar and Lime Whether you’re grilling out, or using the oven, this recipe makes a flavorful, juicy and tender chicken you will not soon forget! I find traditional Jamaican Jerk chicken, delicious, but a little too hot (from the Scotch bonnet peppers). So I skipped the...