Seared Salmon on Baby Spinach
This next dish is a popular one from Epicurious and it’s one I first tried with my ex. If you take a look at the recipe, there are 12 pages of comments (mostly positive) made and 93% would make this dish again. Another interesting tidbit about this dish is that I’ve had about 3 friends […]
Pumpkin Creme Brulee
It’s wonderful to see so many people embracing seasonal foods and experimenting, trying new dishes. Pumpkin, squash, gourds and all those funny looking autumn veggies that are currently out there have turned out to be quite versatile. I’ve seen soups, pastas, stews, fritters, dips, sauces and in my case today, a dessert. I remember as […]
Hilopites With Feta Pesto
About a month ago whilst surfing the round-up of Weekend Herb Blogging, I paid particular attention to a Feta Pesto, made by Genie of the Inadertant Gardener. I bookmarked the recipe for future reference. Fast forward to last week and I bought a weekend edition of a Greek newspaper which included a food/cooking magazine in […]
Harvest Linguine With Clams
What’s another linguine and clam dish gonna hurt? I’ve seen many pasta dishes with seafood, some look delicious, some are so-so and others well….I’ll be nice! I usually do enjoy a lighter clam & pasta dish in the summer months but it’s the warmest October thus far in Toronto’s history of recording the weather. The […]
Potatoes "au Gratin" With Onions
When I first got back from my vacation I was jet-lagged, very relaxed, my mind was still on a beach in Greece and mentally I was nowhere near thinking of how to satisfy my hunger and ultimately, share my food with you. Fast forward to a month from returning from Europe and I now have […]
Al Fresco Thanksgiving?
It seems that global warming is in full throttle. Toronto only saw 28 cm. of rain for all of Septemeber, I’m currently wearing shorts, I might have to flick on the air conditioner this weekend and…it might well be warm enough to eat Thanksgiving Dinner outside! For those not Canadian, we celebrate (as do the […]
Seafood Pizza
I’m almost on vacation. Tying up loose ends with clients, tidying up the house, putting things in order….making sure all my ducks are in a row. One of my tasks was to cull the remaining basil in my garden. By the time I’m back from holidays the basil will have bloomed, gone yellow and frankly […]
Courgette Carbonarra
I recently caught an episode of Jamie Oliver’s Jamie At Home and he featured recipes using courgettes or zucchini. What struck me about this dish is that the taste matched it’s marvelous presentation. Local zucchini are in season and using green and yellow zucchini will brighten the look of this dish. I also found that […]
Poppy Seed Pappardelle
Here in Ontario, we have to buy our booze from a provincial monopoly of beer & liquor stores and that sucks! The freedom and the option to buy beer, wine and spirits should be allowed so that I may run to the corner store and pick up that bottle of wine or that case of […]
Spaghetti With Roasted Cherry Tomatoes & Basil
One of the things I like doing is having a look at what’s in the “reduced” produce section. One can sometimes find some good deals for a perfectly fine product…as long as you use it in a day or two. Yesterday I found some pints of cherry tomatoes and they were on sale for a […]