The Apartment Bistro – Foodvaganza

P.F. Chang’s China Bistro delicious menu items include: Beef with broccoli, orange chicken, General Chang’s chicken, sweet and sour chicken, Shanghai style beef, ginger chicken and broccoli, shrimp lo mein and shrimp in a garlic sauce. Chef Philip Chiang was born in Shanghai and grew up in Tokyo, before relocating to San Francisco. In the [...]

Believe it or not there are a ton of ways to cook chicken in a Crockpot. Crockpot chicken recipes are easy, once you get the hang of using a Crockpot, and delicious. The Crockpot method produces chicken dishes, bursting with flavor, making them as satisfying as they are healthy. Furthermore, once you master Crockpot cooking, [...]

There are several methods to cooking steak but there is usually an optimal method for each steak cut, which include pan-fried, braised, broiled, baked, grilled etc.  The tenderness of the steak influences the proper cooking method; cooking methods are generally classified as dry heat or moist; dry heat methods are usually applied for more tender [...]

Want to know how to make a really easy paleo dinner? Tell you what…I’m going to share with you a very easy to prepare and cook paleo dinner dish. Oh and please understand this…This recipe is easy yes, but most importantly….it also tastes absolutely delightful! So avoid the typical misconception that if a particular dish [...]

We call it fast food but we all eat it. And Wendy’s is one of our favorites. Wendy’s is known for its square ground beef hamburgers and the Frosty, a form of soft serve ice cream. The idea for Wendy’s Old Fashioned hamburgers was actually inspired by Dave Thomas’s trips to Kewpee Hamburgers in his [...]

I have always had a hard time cooking for my family of four. Each person has a very unique taste in food, and with my limited chef skills, I was just not able to meet the demands of my families mealtime preferences. In a last ditch effort to make up for my shortcomings, I decided [...]

Living a greener life is not only good for the planet’s health, it’s good for your health and the health of your family. Maintaining a bright green kitchen – in terms of energy efficiency and energy use, not color – can reduce your carbon footprint, but it can also help you feed your family a [...]