Sometimes you’re busy, sometimes you don’t feel like cooking or sometimes you want something quick and easy. A comfort dish from your childhood also helps! Once again this past weekend I was called upon to cook-up a comfort dish at Toronto’s Harbourfront, near the skating rink. It’s cold outside and warming dishes is what’s cold [...]
Today, I’m introducing you to a new ingredient called Pastourma. Pastourma, it is said, is where the origins of pastrami came from. Pastourma is stronger than pastrami and upon tasting this thin sliced cured beef, one immediately tastes garlic, paprika and notes of cumin and fenugreek. The origins of pastourma come from the Ottoman/Armenian cuisine [...]
In my previous post, you all saw my Texas chili and one must have corn bread to along with the zesty chili. The mildly sweet bread contrasts with the heat of the Tex-Mex classic. In this post, us here in the Americas can gloat for just this moment. Corn is native to the Americas and [...]
