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.

Lemon Tarts with Lemon Curd

I have a friend who loves lemon in all desserts.  Every time I do an engagement at his place, he has to have the taste of lemons in his dessert.  I have this dessert – I think the secret to the extra lemony taste is the lemon zest in the crust.  The crust itself is [...]

Lemon Tarts with Lemon Curd2020-10-12T19:37:47-04:00

Hello Fall Hors d ‘Oeuvres!

I've been really busy over the last few weeks with mid week and weekend Chef assignments.  Some of it birthday celebrations and others just a reason for good friends to get together.  The most popular items right now are hors d 'oeuvres.  Those fast disappearing items that get walked around on platters or at stand alone stations.  [...]

Hello Fall Hors d ‘Oeuvres!2020-10-12T19:37:47-04:00

BKM – Chocolate Chip Cookies

Yes… you can make these delicious cookies using the BKM – again, I cannot emphasize enough – 1 container to clean up convenience.  I made two sizes – only because I had a helper and one ice cream scoop, so I used the spoon method.  This was a Sunday night experiment and the more familiar [...]

BKM – Chocolate Chip Cookies2020-10-12T19:37:47-04:00

BKM – Meatballs and Penne

My favorite comfort food is pasta with meat balls.  It doesn’t have to be spaghetti, in fact my favorite pasta is penne.  Something about the shape of the noodles, the way sauce sticks inside the tunnels, whether it is a meat sauce, tomato sauce or just pesto, it’s undeniably comfortable.  Throw in meatballs, the kind [...]

BKM – Meatballs and Penne2020-10-12T19:37:47-04:00

BKM – Mashed Sweet Potatoes

Oh it's the first one relax, I'll get more adventurous as my familiarity with the machine builds.  I wanted to try making something that even if I didn't follow the instructions for the machine, I'd still be able to salvage for dinner.  So Mashed Sweet Potatoes it was.  I followed the cooking instructions in the book - [...]

BKM – Mashed Sweet Potatoes2020-10-12T19:37:48-04:00

Update October 8th – Loblaw PC Cooking School – October Schedule

Well, fall is here! Although looking at the weather you’d never know it. But no complaints from my end, I love this weather – warm days and cool nights. In September, the PC Cooking School program took me from Georgetown to Queen’s Quay to Ajax and Newmarket and lots of places in the middle. I [...]

Update October 8th – Loblaw PC Cooking School – October Schedule2013-10-08T14:03:08-04:00

BKM – The beginning!

The box arrived by courier.  I carefully sliced open the tape and took each piece out, laying it all in front of me.  For the first time, looking at an instruction manual, wished my kids were here to help me!  I can do this I thought, it's what Chefs do, - I'm trained, older, seasoned as they [...]

BKM – The beginning!2020-10-12T19:37:48-04:00

Bellini Kitchen Master

It's here!!! From my previous blog, I entered a contest to "test-cook" with the Bellini Kitchen Master. Well my entry was selected and it arrived - and what a package it is.  It contains a stainless steel bowl, cooking basket, steam accessories, a mixer, chipping blade, stirring blade, and other pieces to make cooking life easier.  It [...]

Bellini Kitchen Master2020-10-12T19:37:48-04:00

Phil and Tricia write… Personal Chef Services – Habitat “fore” Humanity, Silent Auction Fund Raiser

Everything was very delightful. You're truly a great chef & all the food was wonderful. Cheese cake & shrimp were amazing! Thanks for the great tips on the food left. We all really enjoyed it. In my past life with a consulting company, I met many executives we served and built a relationship with in [...]

Phil and Tricia write… Personal Chef Services – Habitat “fore” Humanity, Silent Auction Fund Raiser2020-10-12T19:37:48-04:00

Peach, Tomato and Caper Salsa

Yes that's right - Peach, Tomato and Caper salsa. This is a really great tasting salsa with a great combination of flavors. Peaches are every where and they are one of my favorite fruits so I'm always looking for new ways to serve them and to combine different flavors with it. I served this with salmon [...]

Peach, Tomato and Caper Salsa2020-10-12T19:37:48-04:00
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