Food, Travel, and Cooking!
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 […]
This is a quick, no knead way to enjoy English muffins. They are baked in loaf pans, not in individual rings, making things much easier. Maybe not totally traditional but, I’m OK with that. When we were at Borough Market in London, we bought some freshly made English muffins; had them for breakfast the next […]
There are any number of versions for this “Irish” potato dish. Here’s my take, I hope you like it. My Mom was a great one for add-ins to mashed potatoes. She liked to use veggies like carrots and turnips but I don’t think she thought of using cabbage, even though she liked cabbage. She had […]