Pizza toast is a throwback snack popularized in Japan's classic kissaten coffee shops. The first kissaten to serve pizza toast - milk bread topped with tomato sauce, mozzarella and pizza toppings, toasted until the cheese is melted and bubbling - is reportedly Cafe Benisica in Tokyo, in 1964, which is still operating. The key to this version is to first make toasty garlic bread, and I use marinara instead of the yoshoku ("Western-style food") tradition of making a ketchup-based tomato sauce.
Looking for an easy healthy dinner recipe? About once a week, Alex and I spring for some seafood: and this salmon with capers is where it's at. The baked salmon is infused with lemon and herbs and cooked until it's perfectly moist. Then drizzle over a silky lemon caper sauce. Just a small drizzle packs a huge punch, and the modest quantity keeps it healthy. Here's how to make my of my favorite tasty salmon recipes that comes together in 30 minutes!
They may look incredibly similar, but there is a difference between pepperoncini and banana peppers. Pepperoncini are a mild pepper native to Italy, which have been pickled in a tangy brine. The peppers are only mildly spicy, and are popular in both Italy and Greece as they're featured in many Mediterranean dishes. Of all of our creative ways to use leftover pepperoncini juice, however, making a tangy garlic butter might just be the best of them.
In our recipe, we start with the notion that a perfect picanha steak needs nothing more than a simple salt and pepper seasoning - but we take it to the next level by adding a dab of garlic butter towards the end of cooking. This gives the steak more flavor, locks in its moisture, and gives it a bit of a zesty kick.
