Food, Travel, and Cooking!
I confess, pasta is the only food, upon seeing a photo that actually makes me salivate! A world without pasta is a world without love in my opinion. I have to admit that I have a cupboard full of different shapes, short, long, tubular, whole grain, made with or without eggs and that’s not to […]
Does cooking make you happy too? An “epicurean” is defined as someone devoted to the pursuit of sensual pleasure, especially the enjoyment of good food and comfort. I’m all for that! Talking about food, creating menus, sharing recipes…it just goes on and on. It’s exciting to try experimenting with something new. We have access to so […]
Almost every day I go out with anticipation, to check the garden and see what plants have reappeared or have new buds on them! The rhubarb has sent up its shoots and what’s not to like about rhubarb pie or a crisp? There are always chores to be done; plants that need to be moved to […]
An fabulous salad! This is a recipe I like play around with and all are wonderful, especially a version with duck cracklings, croutons, Gorgonzola and changing out the dried sour cherries for the cranberries in the dressing! The key is the dressing! Don’t fret if you don’t have hazelnut oil, use 3 tablespoons EVOO and […]
Not that long ago, kale was not part of my repertoir. But since travelling to Italy, I realized what we were missing! This my all-time favourite way to prepare it. It’s great served it with roast chicken, roast turkey and roast pork. If you like, you can prep. the kale the day before, by removing […]
These pancakes are totally delicious with roast chicken, pork or if you like, as a vegetarian meal along with a salad. Makes 4 Servings 1 squash, either butternut or delicata ¼ cup chopped green onion 1 egg 1 Tbsp. unbleached flour ¼ tsp. salt ¼ tsp. dried thyme Pinch of freshly ground black pepper Vegetable […]
An excellent and delicious way to eat your veggies! Shop your local farmer’s market if you can, support local farmers and get fabulous produce! 1 lb. 10 oz. new potatoes (any waxy small potato will work) 1 lb. + carrots 1 large butternut squash, peeled, seeds & stringy bits removed 4 Tbsp. EVOO 2 Tbsp. […]
I wish I could count how many hundreds of these I baked when I was a corporate chef! One of the executives would always ask that some be set aside for her to have later! I think making a double batch of muffins is a great idea to store in the freezer, ready for breakfast […]
An excellent, light dessert of pears poached in wine and spices. I love the juices! We get our pears from our farmer’s market in the fall when they are in season here. Cookies might be something nice to enjoy with the pears. Makes 4 Servings 4 Bosc pears, peeled & cored, seeds removed (a melon […]
Herbs you dry yourself are greener and a lot fresher tasting than anything you can buy. Thyme is something I use a lot and even though I have three plants in the garden, I find I need more. I buy a couple of bags of fresh thyme and dry them. and have been doing so […]