Recipe Fridays: Fish Tacos

Terrible photos, but fish tacos!  E-dee-licious, my yoga buddy, mentioned one night that she was going to make fish tacos.  Sounded so yummy and when she told me the method, they were SO easy, I had to make them right away!  I used flour tortillas because I don’t like corn tortillas, but you can use whichever you prefer.  E-dee-licious said she uses tilapia, but I used dover sole cuz it’s cheap and easy to find everywhere.  (I guess tilapia fits those qualifications as well, but when I went to the store, I found dover sole for like $3.99/lb.)  It’s [...]

The Arizona Biltmore

The Arizona Biltmore boasts a few restaurants to its name.  Unfortunately, we were unable to sample the high end restaurant they boast: Wright’s at the Biltmore (named thusly after Frank Lloyd Wright, who had a hand in designing the resort).  We did, however, get to eat at the Cabana Club and the Biltmore Grill (pictured above: the Cabana Club, located on Paradise Pool).

the waterfall/water slide that faces the Cabana Club
(I was sitting in those chaises in the right of the picture when I took the picture of the Cabana Club)

I ordered what basically boils down to a soft fish taco.  [...]

Richardson’s, Cuisine of New Mexico – Phoenix, AZ

As it was both my companion and my first time in Phoenix, we wanted to try something local.  Something really specific to this part of the country.  Of course, I had no idea what kind of cuisine it was- Southwestern, yes, but I’d always heard that description used interchangeably with Tex-Mex.  I hesitated to do that in front of anyone lest they be offended (as I’d be a bit annoyed if someone said Chinese/Korean interchangeably, or Chinese/Thai, what have you), but our concierge suggested this place after I told him price was no object and we didn’t care if it [...]