Each year Chinatown located in the Downtown Los Angeles, CA area hosts the Summer Nights Festival.

Chef Paulo Soares of Queee Sushi Station & Portuguese Cuisine will have lunch and dinners on the four Saturday’s of August.

If you happen to be in the greater Los Angeles area, this is an event you will not want to miss, and also it will give you the opportunity

to sample Chef Paulo’s creations. He’ll have special hours for this event. Please check with his website for more info at http://queeesushi.com

I like to remind you, that our great nation was founded with the ideal of freedom of many different avenues, speech, thought, and of will. People came from all points around the globe to share and treasure this experience that has shaped our great nation. The traditional “Americana” term is really a fusion of food, cooked outdoors on a BBQ Grill (or a Kitchen Grill for that matter), and something that was more of a family & friend event. What transpired that evening was nothing short of this great concept that we all treasure. The part that was stunning was the cost, $35.00 per person.

The following is an impromptu stew that I had thought up. I recently purchased three critical stew magazines, The Best of Fine Cooking – Soups & Stews, Cooking Light Soups & Stews and La Cucina Italiana – February 2010 issue. After looking at hundreds of different stew recipes, I formed one in my mind, that [...]

So last night I wanted to be a little creative, and modify a meal my friend Micol made for me on Sunday night. The following is a descriptive process to repeat this on your own.

So I was in the fridge last night, looking for Chanukah leftovers, and saw I had a generous portion of brisket that my Mom had made for the family on the 3rd night of Chanukah.  Not wanting the meat to go to waste, as what was leftover, was still quite a bit (and one can [...]

Sunday: Since my Sunday meal was devoured the night before, we had to figure out what to make for lunch.   The previous day, while shopping at Trader Joe’s, we picked up two packages of ready-made pizza dough in a bag and pizza sauce in a jar. Well it was a no brainer, we’d make pizza.  [...]

A good friend of mine, L. Taiwan Green came over a few weeks ago to check out the amazing kitchen that is in the home I’m renting.  The home was my grandfather’s & grandmother’s home, where my mother was raised.  The home was build in 1949 my by great-grandfather and at the time, was an [...]

More from that famous cookbook that was created by the students, teachers and friends of Thomas Star King Junior High back in the early 80′s where my mom was a history teacher (retired now).   I hope you enjoy this recipe as much as I enjoy eating it. 2 lbs large mushrooms (about 24) 4 bacon [...]

© Geoffrey Schumann Back in the early 2000′s I lived on Blackburn Avenue and like others whom live on that street – it was Apartment & duplex living.  I had a small kitchen, and a large window that opened, which allowed me to vent my areas when I cooked.  I sat down, and wanted to [...]

© Geoffrey Schumann Ingredients: Beef bouillon to make 6 cups of Strong liquid stock Bottle of Newcastle Brown Ale Celery – Medium size cut short (think new moons) 12 small white boiling onions (quarter them) 12 cherry tomatoes – halved 3 green onions 5 golden potatoes (4th or 8th cuts) 9 cloves of garlic (razor [...]