Maggie J’s Update: What’s new at Our Place?
Our recent post on why so many restaurants close so often, so soon after they open triggered a flood of inquiries about what we’re up to these days at Maggie J’s Contemporary Catering. Well, we’ve made some changes and now seems as good a time to trumpet them as any!Read More →
Restaurant Realities: You Won’t Get Rich…
This kind of thing happens to me and my business partner several times a year: A restaurant in our part of town that we thought was a sure winner for concept, quality and service goes out of business – usually without warning. And Erin and I wonder if we could have done it better…Read More →
Hot Dog! A Cheap, Traditional Summer Treat
We’ve spent quite a bit of time in this space on the hamburger, in its many forms – a hallmark summer grilling treat. We’ve also gone into great depths exploring the myriad aspects of grilling and smoking in general. But, in our rush to the fire, we’ve given another traditional summer favourite short shrift…Read More →
Iran’s Renegade Restauranteurs Run Wild!
Not only is Iran isolated from most of the rest of th4e world by its religio-political stance and its support of Islamic revolutionary causes. Now its foodservice sector entrepreneurs appear to be operating outside the bounds of international commercial law, common sense and tasteful mimicry…Read More →
Flash! Earn Your Chopsticks Chops!
I struggled with chopsticks for decades before I met an Asian friend who took pity on me and revealed the secrets of the ‘cutlery’ used by the majority of the diners in the world. Now you, too, can choose any Asian eatery you like without worrying whether they’ll let a Western heathen use a knife and fork!Read More →
Fast Food Showdown:Tim’s vs. Dunkin’s
It was bound to happen, especially after Tim’s was bought by an international conglomerate that also owns Burger King, Heinz and a number of other famous ‘household name’ brands. it’s a showdown (albeit in miniature) pitting Tim Horton’s Coffee and Donuts against Dunkin’ Donuts Joe and Doh…Read More →
Fear Not Those Leftover French Fries!
One of the questions people ask me regularly is, “How can I revive those leftover fries the day after?” No matter where they come from or how they were made, almost every Fry you’ll come across in a lifetime of Fast-Fooding will go limp and soggy within hours of purchase. But you can fix that!Read More →
Canadiana: Cooking with the Wolfman!
Here’s something you don’t see every day: An aboriginal-themed food truck, cruising the streets of Toronto during the Pan Am Games, with the goal of introducing visitors from across the hemisphere to some real, honest-to-goodness Canadian First Nations foods.But what kind of food is that, exactly?Read More →