Sauces Part XI – Sour Cream & Yoghurt
While Sour Cream and Yoghurt based sauces are fairly common on desserts, and as the “dressing” for some Fruit Salads, they are perhaps most closely associated with Mediterranean and Tex-Mex main dishes and sides. But there’s so much more!Read More →
Clean your plate – or pay the price!
Remember Mom’s admonition to clean your plate? Eat up or no desert! What about the starving children in Africa? I once got grounded for a week when I suggested she stick something from my plate (I can’t even remember what, now) in a Tupperware tub and mail it to Nigeria.Read More →
No horsing around with Cdn beef
A Global News story today says that a recent survey of Canadian Burger outlets and retail grocers confirms that Canadian ground beef in the fast food arena and major supermarkets is entirely free of horse meat.Read More →
Toasted cheese bliss!
Grab the ketchup bottle! We’re taking a joy ride on the Toasted Cheese Express! We’re not only going to look at new things to put in them, but new ways to cook them. And I guarantee everything we make today will be great with our beloved Red stuff!Read More →
Smokehouse I – The art of low and slow…
Celebrate smoking! No, not the disgusting hand-to-mouth habit that involves tobacco or other questionable substances, but the unique ages-old process of cooking, flavouring and preserving food via exposure to low, slow, smoky fire!Read More →
Well Behaved Kids rate restaurant discount
I just have to pass this one on to you! An eatery in the Washing state town of Poulsbo is offering a “Well Behaved Kids” discount to family dining groups. Now, that’s just about the most creative restaurant marketing innovation I’ve heard of in years!Read More →
Kitchen Safety II – Food Borne Illness
The prime cause of Food Borne Illness (FBI), at home and in the foodservice industry, is the passing of bacteria or other pathogens to clean, safe foods from uncooked or improperly-prepared foods.Read More →
Worcestershire: An unlikely favourite
Alright, now, class. Repeat after me: “WUSS-tur-shur”. Very Good! That’s the way it’s supposed to be pronounced. There is no “Chester” (or “Cester”) in “Worcestershire”. The quirky condiment is actually named after the County in England in which it is said to have been invented.Read More →