It’s Canada’s national day and most businesses and government offices are closed, so Canadians can be with family, celebrate the uniqueness of their culture and fire up the old backyard grill! far be it from me to make specific suggestions as to your personal Holiday Grill Feast Menu…Read More →
With the BBQing season in full swing as of this weekend, doctors are reminding us all to take care when cleaning the grill – especially when we use wire brushes to banish the gunk. Seems that, every year, broken-off bristles from grill-cleaning brushes send a fair number of people to hospital…Read More →
A couple of posts back, we shared some insider secrets about Chef’s knives and other handy kitchen gear every serious cook should have. This time, we’ll look at more tools you’ll find useful if you really get into cooking, especially cooking dishes from other cultures with other traditions…Read More →
Pepsi Co. has had a tough year, trying a number of bold moves to win back customers lost to Coca Cola and Dr. Pepper. Now they’re doing a 180 on a decision almost a year ago to replace the artificial sweetener in its Diet Coke with something else. And that left a bad taste in some mouths…Read More →
I’m sure you’ve seen those ads for kitchen ware that strongly suggest that you need a whole block full of knives to ‘cook like a pro’. Nonsense! They just want to sell knives. And a lot of those they sell at most such stores are really not that great. Today, I’m going to share some insider tips…Read More →
We’ve all had breaded dishes at restaurants and bars. Veal Cutlets, Chicken Cacciatore, Torpedo Shrimp, Fried Oysters… But if you’re like I was the first time I tried to ‘Bread’ at home, you bombed. The Bread Crumbs didn’t stick. The meat dried out. Well, don’t let Breading scare you!Read More →
When you look at lists of trademark dishes from different countries around the world, you’ll find many entries for the ancient cultures and respectable lists for the European cultures, the New World indigenous cuisines and even the U.S. But when you look up Canada…Read More →
Are you one of those folks who drinks Cranberry Juice regularly to ward off Urinary Tract Infections? You read about it in the lifestyle magazines and online. Saw the TV commercials. Maybe your doctor even suggested it once, back when. But, now, it seems the connection may be an illusion…Read More →