I have a personal Chef assignment this weekend. I really enjoy these assignments/gigs. It gives me a chance to once again go gourmet and do some really neat things with some really neat ingredients. The entrée of choice for the dinner is Lamb Shanks. So I bought some to experiment and try different flavors profiles. [...]
Okay here we are. The ladies bought home the gold - thank you very much! Now it's the guys turn. To get ready for the big game tomorrow, I made some carrot cake mini cupcakes. So easy, so tasty! I liked both the recipe and the cream cheese frosting recipe. I have a go to [...]
This is the second half of Part 1 - The Baking Pantry. This article will speak specifically to tools and equipment I have in my Baking Pantry. Again, working in someone else's kitchen you see the tools they use and can make notes to add items to your collection or - if they aren't foodies, add [...]
I often get asked what I keep in my pantry. My answer is usually explained in 3 parts just as my pantry items are - Freezer, Cooking and Baking pantries. When I visit family and friends, I'll often take over - I mean, ask if they need help in the kitchen, and if I'm lucky enough that [...]
We had these on the weekend! We weren't going away and it is so cold, we just needed to feel like we were in the tropics. Inspired by my son (who was home for the Family Day weekend) and daughter who wanted only veggies for diner. My son paid some of his way through University [...]
Nope, she’s definitely not going to like this one. My wife is a very private person. So, open displays of affection – such as my dedicating this simple chocolate cake to her, are not her style (see picture below). Now having come from a family of huggers that openly display affection through hugs – it’s [...]
We had this for dinner on Saturday night. Comforting food for a cold winter's day! It's a twist on an old classic. This makes for a nice presentation and a delicious main. You will soon read my Sopressata blog where I spent a day making Sopressata and Italian sausage from scratch with a wonderful fellow [...]
For years, I’ve been roasting peppers on my bbq or gas stove top. Great method to do this but time consuming and messy. This method (from my PC Cooking School classes) of putting peppers into a very hot oven is easy to do and achieves similar results. You can’t duplicate a flame roast flavor without [...]
I love pot roasts. They take a generally less flavorful and relatively inexpensive cut of meat and through the magic of braising, turn it into a superb tasting meal. I used a bottom round cut, for this pot roast. Not a lot of fat, just a beautiful piece of meat. The trick with pot roasts [...]
This is a recipe from Lorraine Pascale. Another you must try this dish. I’ve adapted the recipe a bit – my notes, as always are in italics. I served it with some roasted vegetables - delicious! We like it hot so I used a combination of Thai and Habanero Chilies along with some “Tabasco sauce with [...]
