From the NY Times Cooking collection, I bring you Sam Sifton's All Purpose Biscuits. I had to try this recipe. I consider myself a pretty good biscuit maker but this recipe called for European style butter - I use this butter. Actually I use a lot of this butter - Churn 84, For baking of [...]
I like dishes like this. Not crazy about using the word “easy” every time - especially for someone who loves being in the kitchen, because I think cooking in general should be “easy”. So let's call this a fun dish to make. We had rice for dinner the previous night and I had about a [...]
"Hi, my name is Chris, and I've been avoiding making anything with phyllo dough as I really don't like working with it!" Hello Chris! No kidding, I really have been avoiding anything to do with this pastry/dough. I don't know, something about all that butter in between sheets of feather light dough that seems to [...]
I often get asked where I like to eat, so here's a neat experience I had. My wife treated me to dinner a couple of night ago at this a place called Globe Bistro on the Danforth! To say I was impressed would be in an understatement. I guess my first point to make is when [...]
Thanks Betty and Bill for the rhubarb! Yes, I once again became the proud owner of some home grown rhubarb. Last time I got some, I made rhubarb compote which was a big hit with the family. Yes I was a novice rhubarber then (I know, can you believe I survived all this time without [...]
This is a cakey cookie recipe. It is dense, chewy and delicious. Don't worry about leaving it in the oven for an extra minute or two beyond the baking time suggested. Something magical happens as the cookie will develop a crisp exterior that when you bite through it, reveals a chewy moist center. This recipe came about [...]
Yes it's that time of year again, so I'm presenting you with this colorful treat. A twist on the traditional rice krispy squares. The recipe comes from a site called "cravingsofalunatic.com". I'm doing a class at the PC Cooking School at Maple Leaf Gardens this coming week - that's in the heart of Pride festivities and wanted [...]
When I was a little boy, I could always hear my dad sing the chorus to one of his favorite songs. It was the Doris Day classic, Que Sera, Sera. It was only later in life that I realized, the meaning of the song was really his motto in life "What will be, will be". So this [...]
WE would like to thank YOU for such a lovely evening. You went above and beyond with the food preparation. The menu worked so well. Everyone was buzzing with enthusiasm (and each had their own favourite dish) after you left and it was a truly memorable evening for all of us. The food was so [...]
I Chef'd a private party recently for some folks who really know their mushrooms. So much so, that they even supplied me with some. A whole bunch of mushrooms - fresh cremini, shiitake and oyster mushrooms as well as dried morels and porcinis - very generous of them, to feature in the evenings menu. Now I [...]
