I've got a couple of different recipes for this year's St. Patrick's Day. Yes I know, everyone is posting a variation or two. This is my favorite go-to comfort-food, Shepherd's Pie. It uses Guinness in the body of the recipe - although there's nothing stopping you from having a cold one once it's all done [...]
What a refreshing thing a salad is! It becomes even tastier when you can add a few simple ingredients that taste good (are good for you) and easy to do. This is called a Bloody good Caesar because of the addition of blood orange segments (I know, they look orange - sadly I cannot make segments [...]
This is a twist on the classic Aloo Gobi dish. I was going to call it Cauliflower and Edamame - Gobi Style, but that would mean "Cauliflower" style, and really, what does that mean?! So, Curried Cauliflower and Edamame it is. I love this dish even though it has no meat in it. I love published [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Last night we had one of my favorite comfort foods – farfalle with parsley pesto, steamed broccoli and thinly sliced prime rib. Now I know what you’re thinking – thinly sliced prime rib. The reality is we are trying to cut down on our meat intake so the pile of thinly sliced prime rib, psychologically [...]
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 [...]
