Hibiscus Agua Fresca Recipe

This hibiscus agua fresca isn’t too sweet, so you can drink it all day long and even into the night (perhaps with vodka or tequila!)

Pomegranate and Earl Grey Whisky Smash Cocktail

A Sonoran-style craft cocktail made with Earl Grey iced tea and whisky muddled with pomegranate seeds, finished with bitters and fresh ground pepper.

How to Grill The Perfect Cowboy Steak

Making authentic cowboy steaks is really easy. When I asked Bryan Keith, the Grill Master from Pinnacle Peak Steak House if he had any additional tips he said, “Put some love in it!”

Skillet Stuffing Shakshuka Recipe

Recipe for Shakshuka made with leftover stuffing. Be sure to make extra-extra holiday stuffing so that you can make my Skillet Stuffing Shakshuka the next morning with the “leftovers”

Classic Tuna Noodle Casserole Recipe

A modern, flavor-packed, one-pot tuna noodle casserole recipe made with healthy ingredients.

Buffalo Chicken Rumaki Bites

This modern Buffalo chicken rumaki recipe updates the Polynesian appetizer served at tiki parties in the 70s.

Sonoran Marinated Flank Steak

I marinated myself a flank steak using my mom’s recipe from the 80s, adding in some Mexican oregano and extra citrus to #sonoranize it a bit so now it’s an Ohio meets Tucson recipe.

Parmesan Crusted Lasagna Grilled Cheese Sandwich Recipe

Get the secret to how to make a perfectly melty grilled cheese sandwich with my recipe for a n oven-baked Parmesan crusted grilled cheese sandwich that tastes like lasagna.

I’m pretty sure I invented the Elote Dog when I first developed this recipe for The Food Network in 2018. Since then Elote Hot Dogs, inspired by Sonoran-Mexican Street Corn have become a sensation with hot dog enthusiasts all over the word coming up with their own version. Here’s my recipe for hot dogs topped with elote, mayo, lime and spices and served in a bolillo roll.

Spicy French Onion Ranch Dip

Spicy Ranch French Onion Dip. Two Dips That Live As One, Together At Last!

The Cheesiest Arizona Cheese Crisp

Keto recipe for Arizona cheese crisp that’s the perfect comfort food. A cross between a Mexican pizza an an open-faced quesadilla, Southern Arizona restaurants started selling the dish more than 50 years ago and it’s become a staple of our local Sonoran style cuisine.

Quinoa Burrito Bowl with Chipotle Lime Vinaigrette

Healthy burrito bowl recipe with quinoa, black beans and avocado tossed in a chipotle lime vinaigrette dressing.

Sonoran Sweet Corn Paletas Recipe

Why isn’t corn used in more desserts? It’s naturally sweet, and the kernels add a nice pop. These paletas are made with sweet corn, cinnamon and Tajin.

Three Sisters Pizza with Masa Crust

Corn, beans and squash are three of the earliest domesticated crops grown by Native Americans in the Sonoran region. For this recipe, prepared corn masa, which is usually used to make tortillas or gorditas, is pressed into a cast iron skillet for the crust. If you’ve never tried tepary beans, this recipe is an excellent way to experiment with them, but you can substitute black beans instead if you want.

Sriracha-Lime Vinaigrette Salad Dressing Recipe

This super easy salad dressing recipe is especially good on a Greek salad, cucumber salad or Asian Chicken salad and you can make it right in the bottle if you only have a little bit of Sriracha left.

Sonoran Breakfast Bowl Recipe with Wheat Berries, Butternut Squash and Egg

Sweet and creamy butternut squash hash, hearty wheat berries and protein rich eggs merge into the perfect Sonoran-style breakfast bowl.

Sweet Pepper Poppers

MIni Sweet Mini Pepper Poppers stuffed with jalapeno cream cheese and topped with panko bread crumbs. Recipe development and food photography for the Food Network.

Dark Chocolate Chia Pudding With Frozen Berries

This healthy, dark chocolate chia pudding has Omega-3 packed chia seeds, antioxidant rich frozen berries, dark chocolate, and a 5-minute prep time. Fun fact: Chia seeds are native to the Sonoran Desert region of the Arizona-Mexico borderlands.

Grilled Chicken with Sun-Dried Tomatoes and Parmesan

This is a healthy and extremely flavorful way to dress up boneless skinless chicken breasts. Adding just a small amount of butter on top, and using grated parmesan for a garnish, keeps the fat and calories down.

Cincinnati Chili-Cheese Nachos: Cincinnachos!

Ohio meets Arizona! Cincinnati chili cheese nachos. “Cincinnachos” are the best of everything for snacking season. Cincinnati Style Chili, tortilla chips, kidney beans, cheddar cheese, raw onions and jalapenos.

Savarin Chantilly: French Bundt Cake with Apricot Glaze

Savarin, a rich airy cake soaked in a simple syrup and topped with apricot glaze and whipped cream. It’s traditionally served as a feast-day dessert in France. This is her recipe. It’s a little more complicated than the recipes I usually post, but I think it’s worth the effort.

Chocolate and Coffee Pudding Pops Recipe

Looking to kick start a hot summer day? These chocolate and coffee frozen pudding pops are just the ticket.

Spicy-Sweet Sonoran Grilled Chicken Wings

Recipe for spicy-sweet Sonoran grilled chicken wings made with a chile and brown sugar spice rub and finished with barbecue sauce.

Postmodern Art Popsicles

What is the nature of art? Can it exist in popsicle form? Is it still art after the popsicle has been eaten? How does the process of melting affect the piece? These are some of the questions that I pondered while creating, and then ingesting this popsicle. made it from diamond shaped sprinkles in primary colors and Sno-Caps candies.

Haunted Dia de los Muertos Gingerbread Houses

Haunted Halloween gingerbread houses including a Dia de los Muertos house inspired by the sugar skulls that typically signify the holiday.

Crustless Southwestern Quiche With Five Kinds of Peppers

A simple and satisfying crustless quiche that has all 5 things to love; peppers (both hot & sweet), onions, Swiss, Gruyere, eggs, and cream.

Italian Style Marinated Baby Artichokes Recipe

Recipe for boiled baby artichokes in an easy citrus marinade.

Three Johnny Marzetti Recipes

Three Johnny Marzetti recipes, including the original recipe for the pasta dish, low carb, and Paleo versions.

Iceberg Wedge Salad with Blue Cheese Vinaigrette

Iceberg wedge salad with bacon bits topped with a smashed bleu cheese vinaigrette. Recipe and food photography by cookbook author Jackie Alpers. The Wedge salad is one of these very classic, simple recipes that’s accessible to everyone. One that’s been loved for generations and modified along the way to accommodate changing tastes. This version is topped with a lighter vinaigrette.

Mini Pizzas Recipe with Fennel, Blue Cheese & Spanish Cured Meats

Mini pizzas made with a herb and cheese crust and a combination of both hot and cold classic Italian toppings.

Northern Style Southern Biscuits

Until recently, the only biscuits I ever made at home came from a Pop n’ Fresh can, so when friends from overseas asked me for a real American biscuit recipe, I scoured every book I could find, starting with the biscuit tome Southern Biscuits by Nathalie Dupree and Cynthia Graubart, and ending with Alton Brown’s always insightful analysis in I’m Just Here for More Food: Food x Mixing + Heat = Baking.

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