We’ve only just scratched the surface of the Real Asian Ingredient realm… The more you look, the more you discover there is to see! And I’m happy to report that my e-mail box has been bursting with suggestions for further ingredient exposés. Today, we’ll tackle just one ingredient, but it’s a big one…Read More →
It’s Thanksgiving weekend in Canada and most of us are gearing up for the traditional holiday feast, either today or tomorrow. And, for most of us, that feast will be built around a big, plump Turkey! Stand by for a compendium of helpful Holiday Feast menu tips from past FFB posts!Read More →
We recently ran down some familiar ‘Chinese Food’ ingredients that actually entered the cuisine when it came to North America, as early as the mid-late 19th century. Now, we’ll flip the coin and look at some classic Real Chinese ingredients western cooks often overlook…Read More →
If you thought the florid, wordy descriptions on the menu at the last fine dining restaurant you patronized were over-the-top, wait ’til you read the latest request for standing offer proposals from Canada’s Department of National Defense for food services at it’s Trenton, ON, air base…Read More →
While McDonald’s ponders offering All-Day Breakfast, competitors are already pushing the breakfast envelope. And the Breakfast Sandwich niche, in particular, is showing amazing growth in Canada as all the players try to figure out perfect combination of Bun, Egg, Meat and Cheese…Read More →
We’ve already given you a heads-up that McDonald’s was planning major menu and service style changes in its quest to remain in the forefront of the world’s Fast Food scene. We also told you it could take years for those changes to propagate throughout the McD’s empire. Well…Read More →
By now, if you follow this journal regularly, you’ll have read about a number of exotic cuisines from around the world which each has its own signature Spice Blend. In North Africa, they’re Ras al Hanouts. In India, they’re Masalas. But they all have two Spices in common…Read More →
When you think ‘Canadian’ food, there are only a few menu items that come to mind as genuine Canadian inventions. One of the first, of course, is Poutine. But I recently read somewhere that Poutine is ‘evolving’ and some are asking, how far can you ‘evolve’ the dish before it becomes something else?Read More →