With hints of lime and shredded coconut in the bread and a topping of coconut glaze this recipe will surely be a favorite for either breakfast or dessert.

As the name implies, Nashville hot chicken hails from Nashville, Tennessee and is in fact, very spicy. When I was in Nashville I fell in love with Hattie B’s and their style of serving fried chicken coated with a spicy mixture.

Pieces of slowly roasted pork belly are tossed in a sauce made from gochujang, a Korean fermented red pepper paste, cashew butter and melted butter.

Charred peppers are cut open and stuffed with a filling of shrimp, white fish, onions, corn and rice then topped with a gratuitous amount of cheese.

This is a “sweet meets savory” breakfast with corn griddle cakes (also known as johnnycakes or hoe cakes depending on what area of the country you are in) topped with thinly shaved black forest ham and scallion-maple butter.

This citrusy broth is a twist on the Thai favorite, tom yum soup. It has a coconut base rather than chicken broth and is flavored by garlic, ginger and lemongrass and finished with lime juice and fish sauce. This recipe calls for small clams, however, mussels could also be substituted. 

These flakey South American hand pies are a twist on the classic Argentinean recipe. The golden brown empanadas are filled with ground beef, onion and potato and served with a tangy herb-based dipping sauce.

Pimento cheese isn’t actually a type of cheese, it’s a cheese spread made of a combination of pimento peppers, Cheddar cheese, mayonnaise and cream cheese.

This beef and chorizo patty is served on toasted hamburger buns with mayonnaise, spinach, goat cheese, pickled, sliced pepperoncini peppers and tomato chow chow. Chow Chow is a chunky relish made from green tomato, cabbage, onion and pepper.

I love the pairing of tender lobster meat with succulent and sweet New Jersey corn and tomatoes; it reminds me of our annual lobster boil we do on the 4thof July each year.

This easy recipe is a great way to serve a frozen summer dessert to beat the heat.

The last time I was in Boston was in the summer of 2010 right after my husband Aaron and I had started dating. In just about 24 hours I made my way around some of the city’s best spots.

My brother is currently working as a fly fishing guide in the small town of Fort Smith, Montana about an hour and a half from Billings, the largest city in Montana. I took a trip to visit him with my parents and continued our trip through Yellowstone and Bozeman.