Welcome to my Blog! Here you will find chronicles of my day to day life as a Chef. In it you will find pictures from my travels, read anecdotally about my dreams and aspirations, share my excitement on the discovery of a new (to me) recipe, tool or technique, as well as my trials and tribulations as a new entrepreneur, and anything else that strikes me as interesting, odd or just plain cool.

2013 Christmas Cookie #3 – Scotch Currant Cookies

One of my favourite dried fruits to use in baking or cooking is currants.  I use them in scones, in a chicken with cream sauce, in just about any recipe that calls for dried fruit, I typically substitute currants (sometimes even when they don't call for dried fruit).  So when I came across this recipe it was [...]

2013 Christmas Cookie #3 – Scotch Currant Cookies2020-10-12T19:37:45-04:00

2013 Christmas Cookie #2 – Ginger, Pecan Biscotti

I really enjoyed making this biscotti.  The combination of flavors, the spice mix, the aroma in the kitchen as the biscotti was being baked - both times - Christmas in the kitchen!  This is cookie number 2 in my series of "12 Cookies for Christmas".  I'll be a bit more frequent with my postings as I [...]

2013 Christmas Cookie #2 – Ginger, Pecan Biscotti2020-10-12T19:37:46-04:00

2013 Christmas Cookie #1 – Chocolate Crackle

I've been telling many of you in my cooking classes that I will be doing 12 cookie recipes to celebrate Christmas. Here is my first recipe to start you off. The effect of these cookies is truly magical and always reminds me of Christmas. My daughter started making these years ago with great results. I [...]

2013 Christmas Cookie #1 – Chocolate Crackle2020-10-12T19:37:46-04:00

Let them eat cake!

But delicious cake!  What a week it's been.  Between my "What's for Dinner" day and evening classes and my personal engagements, there was very little time to do a blog last week.  So, here's what I did work on in my spare time.  One of my loyal customers wanted 2 birthday cakes to celebrate a [...]

Let them eat cake!2020-10-12T19:37:46-04:00

BKM – Curry Pumpkin Scones with Glaze

When I was asked to come up with a recipe using pumpkin for one of my “What’s for Dinner” classes at Loblaw’s, I was so excited (I’m a Chef, this excites me!).   There are literally thousands - if not more, recipes out there using pumpkin so I knew the recipe would be out there, the [...]

BKM – Curry Pumpkin Scones with Glaze2020-10-12T19:37:46-04:00

Buttermilk, Bacon and Blue Cheese Biscuits

In one of my PC Black Label Holiday Hors d 'Oeuvres Hands-on Cooking Classes we made these biscuits. I had two teams make their own batch, they were both delicious, so I knew the recipe was going to be a keeper.  I did modify the recipe (oh come now, when was the last time you saw me use [...]

Buttermilk, Bacon and Blue Cheese Biscuits2020-10-12T19:37:46-04:00

Vegetarian Strudel

This is a great dish for a meal or can stand alone as an appetizer on a bed of Arugula or as a side with some fish or meat. I call it a Vegetarian Strudel as it uses pre seasoned/cooked in-season vegetables baked in a golden sheet of puff pastry. The best part of this [...]

Vegetarian Strudel2020-10-12T19:37:46-04:00

BKM – Carrot Muffins with Cream Cheese Icing

My apologies for not posting last week, a wonderful person succumbed to cancer and though he will be dearly missed by anyone who ever met him, his genuine warmth and sense of humor is indelibly etched in all our memories.  Taken much too young.  But that is life my friends and we must persevere and move forward.   So I'm [...]

BKM – Carrot Muffins with Cream Cheese Icing2020-10-12T19:37:46-04:00

Arctic Char with Miso Glaze and Fried Rice

I’m not really a fish person so when I find a tasty fish that consistently provides me with good flavour and texture, I stick with it.  Arctic Char is one of my favourite fishes and very tasty no matter the cooking method.  I think it is also a very well kept secret as most people have [...]

Arctic Char with Miso Glaze and Fried Rice2020-10-12T19:37:46-04:00

Wayne and Sharon wrote – Personal Chef Services – Farewell dinner for 12

Thank you so much for making a special evening spectacular. When we decided to have a going away dinner for our friends who were moving to Mexico we knew we wanted a sit down dinner with 12 close friends. The problem for us was that the guests were all accomplished cooks so the food had [...]

Wayne and Sharon wrote – Personal Chef Services – Farewell dinner for 122020-10-12T19:37:47-04:00
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