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 →
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 →
Now, I have previously mentioned that Dill Pickles were not necessarily a staple of the preserve cupboard when my Mom was a little Girl on a farm on the Prairies. But some folks grew Dill in the house garden especially for pickling, and every Mom at that time had her own recipe…Read More →
Remember, every summer, when your Mom (or Grandma) made Pickles? What do you remember best? Dills? Bread and Butter? Green Tomato Pickles? Sweet Chili Sauce? Chow-Chow? They’re all classics and I’ve got the original recipes from my Mom’s High School Cook Book!Read More →
It’s Burger Season and most of us look forward to a nice, juicy Beef Pattie piled high with the traditional garnishes. But some prefer to eat Vegetarian and still others are adamant Vegans. That calls for a really good, tender, flavourful Veggie Burger, which is a rare pleasure, indeed!Read More →
Here’s a quick and easy recipe (more of technique, really) for a super-elegant, creamy delicious dessert. I’ve used it many times when something more complicated that I’d planned didn’t turn out right or wasn’t ready soon enough. And everybody showered me with compliments…Read More →
Lettuce is one of the oldest domesticated plants – aside, perhaps, from grains – and it’s one that can be found in almost all major cultures an cuisines. We’ve all eaten at least one Green Salad in our time, and most of us enjoyed it. But there’s a lot more to know about lettuce…Read More →