Whatever you thought of barley – boring, dull etc., put it out of your head and make this dish. It’s simple really, barley, mushrooms, caramelized onions finished off with balsamic vinegar, salt and pepper. Could it be a simpler dish?! I’ve been making this as a compliment to some other dishes in my “What’s for [...]
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 [...]
Once again, my wonderful wife surprised me with a lesson with an Italian Chef. Senora Adler Bonavera is the Chef, Patronne and Sommelier of Il Duca di Orvieto. She provides cooking lessons to professional Chef's and also to serious foodie tourists. The techniques she teaches (and stories she tells), you can’t learn in school. Only [...]
As if the noble cauliflower weren't already engrained into our diet. In addition to boiling, broiling and roasting, here's another great way to enjoy this cruciferous vegetable. I've adapted this recipe from the Loblaw site. It tastes great as presented in the recipe but of course I made two batches and adapted one to my [...]
Baby it's cold outside! No really cold outside! No I don't want to break out into a duet, it's just cold outside. And if one more person tells me "it's Canada", I really will explode. I know it's Canada, I've spent nearly all my life here. It doesn't help. Now hot soup, that will help! [...]
Happy New Year everyone! Well it's January 5th already! I don't know about you but we ate, drank, ate some more, and then ate some more only after drinking (but never driving - a big thank you to all the designated drivers out there!) some more. Time to get back on the sensible eating/drinking program [...]
This is a fast and easy Saturday night meal or weeknight meal. It's delicious, healthy, and doesn't take long to prepare, best part, you wont leave the table feeling stuffed. The chickpeas are canned but they are treated so simply with just a few ingredients. The flavor has been enhanced by the addition of olive [...]
I always have mushrooms in my grocery cart, my family loves mushrooms sautéed until all the water is dried out, then seared a bit. Of course I flavor the sauté with good olive oil, butter, lots of garlic, chili flakes, salt and pepper. If I have some red or white wine left over (not usually) [...]
I got a new cookbook, two actually (from friends of ours from Delhi). This recipe comes from one of the books called "Anjum's Indian Vegetarian Feast" and featured a recipe called Best ever Bombay Potatoes and it came with a variation (and you know how much I love to vary recipes) which included cauliflower. Truth [...]
