Food, Travel, and Cooking!
A favourite preparation ours for roasted asparagus! Definitely worth the effort! You might want to give it a try with slender green beans too. If you can, pick up local asparagus when it appears at Farmer’s Markets! There is simply no comparison to imported asparagus; it’s almost a completely new veggie! Makes 6 Servings 1 […]
Stinging Nettles are available at Farmer’s Markets if you don’t have them growing wild where you live. Be careful, they really do sting if you don’t wear gloves when handling them in their raw state but once blanched the sting is gone. When I made these dumplings the first time I used butter and cheese […]
It’s Spot Prawn season once again! Woo hoo! If you live on the Westcoast of B.C. the arrival of the Spot Prawns is a big deal! I think the combination of prawns just off the grill dipped into this aioli really works! If you don’t want to bother shelling the prawns, toss with the EVO, […]
Roma/Rome, the Eternal City beckons. When planning our 3rd trip to Europe, I busily made loads of notes about sites to see, restaurants to try and so on. In most cases I omitted looking up the addresses for restaurants thinking they would be easy to find! One day we wanted to go to Trattoria da […]
My go to marinade for halibut, cod, or salmon. It makes enough for 8 – 10 pieces of fish so I reduce the recipe as needed. Whenever I served the fish at the corporate dining room I managed it was always a big favorite and I often had requests from some CEO or other for […]
Raise your hand if you don’t like a good pizza. There are pizza “wars” going on in Vancouver lately. Who has the best crust? Who has the best toppings? Ask anyone and they will tell you it is all about the crust. We agree! I think the best pizza I’ve ever had the good fortune […]
When close friends completed the project that they have been working so hard on, it’s such a pleasure to say “Well Done.” We can only give a big “thumbs up” to Burdock & Co. owners Andrea Carlson and her partner Kevin Bismanis. They have created a restaurant that they should be very proud of. […]
If you happen to be in East London or Canterbury check out the Crown and Deeson’s. We liked them both a lot. They both serve well cooked English food, using local ingredients. One sunny morning, we headed to Smithfield and Clerkenwell, to have a wander and find a pub to have a nice lunch. The […]
This dressing has been in my repertoire since early 1990! It is just plain yummy on fresh greens. I have made all sorts of adaptations to the original recipe and they are all, if I may say so, excellent! I am always fond of using fresh herbs, they add such a fresh taste! Makes Approximately 1 […]
We have never claimed to be restaurant critics! However, as the saying goes, we know what we like, so here are four restaurants/pubs that we would recommend if you are in London. We enjoyed two visits to the Harwood Arms. They‘re the only gastropub in London to have a Michelin star and are known for […]