Eastern Secrets: Real Asian Ingredients III
We’ve touched on the Asian tradition of pickling in our discussion about Kimchi in a previous post and it’s time to continue that talk with a look at two ubiquitous Asian ingredients that are also commonly pickled. One is the Asian Cucumber. The other is the famous, gargantuan Daikon Radish…Read More →
Eastern Secrets: Real Asian Ingredients II
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 →
Thanksgiving Tips: Leave It to Maggie!
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 →
Eastern Secrets: Real Asian Ingredients!
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 →
DND Menu Madness: 37 Pages?!
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 →
Breakfast Sandwiches Break Records!
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 →
New McDonald’s Menu, Service Scheme…
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 →
Eastern Secrets: A Go-To Spice Blend…
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 →