Heat up the grill and barbecue fresh red snapper or rockfish. Make an easy to serve meal of steamed spinach, sliced sauteed garden tomatoes and corn muffins that you bake or buy.

Baja pork stew has the taste of Mexico. Delicious served over hot rice or yellow corn bread.

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Asparagus Salsa is easy to make. It has a delicious fresh taste. Be careful though it is habit-forming.

Kim Chi is delightly firey hot and delicious. This Chinese cabbage dish is often served with rice.

This Asian type salad dressing is very good on iceberg lettuce. The lettuce stands up to the bold flavor.

Instead of turkey make a pork roast for Thanksgiving. This Asian style pork roast only takes a few ingredients. Browning the pork before placing in the oven keeps it moist and succulent. Add cooked greens, braised celery and boiled white potatoes. Complete your dinner with a dessert of sweet

If you are grilling outside for a crowd, make this Asian style marinade for grilled chicken wings, pork chops, fish or shrimp. This marinade is cooked to get full flavor then brushed on item just 15 minutes before grilling.

Although this delicious artichoke and roasted red pepper dip tastes like it took hours to prepare it's quite easy to put together. It makes a great appetizer or meal starter.

Artichoke and Jalapeno Pepper Dip Makes a nice holiday or anytime dip. I started making artichoke dip when I began reading Philip R. Craig's Martha's Vineyard Mystery novels.