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Steak with Chimichurri Sauce
Okay, so this is the time of year I start to get panicky about my herbs. I have these great whiskey barrels right outside my kitchen door, and every Mother's Day weekend I plant them full of basil and rosemary and parsley and thyme and sage and tarr (read full article)
Grandma’s Chocolate Glaze for Yellow Cake
Last week we lost a very dear member of our family, Ryan’s Grandma Dolores passed away. While she had been sick for a while, it doesn’t make it any easier dealing with the loss. We will all miss her smile. We will all miss her hugs. We w (read full article)
Green Beans Bolognese
Swimming in fresh green beans? Already out of new ideas on how to prepare them? Hopefully this will be a new-ish take on a green bean side dish for your repertoire. Remember my recent post about that fabulous specialty store in my neighborhood, T (read full article)
Flour-less Peanut Butter Cookies
I first came across the notion of flour-less peanut butter cookies at book club. The year was somewhere around 2003 or 2004, and we were gathered at the home of a member, debating our next six months of selections. A few of us had brought along a d (read full article)
Roasted Red Potatoes, Kohlrabi, and Spring Onions
Here’s a continuation of my CSA dinner recipes from last weekend. Roasting is one of my favorite ways to cook veggies when I don’t want them to go bad and have no specific recipe for them. You can roast pretty much any vegetable, although (read full article)
Magical Lemon Balm
Whenever I am working in the yard, the lemon balm draws me near. Its soothing scent is irresistible. Lemon balm is a member of the mint family and is easy to grow. It has been used for centuries to lift spirits, reduce anxiety, promote sleep, all (read full article)
Pasta: Good, Better, Best Revisited
Back in April I had a post titled Traditional, Better, Best, in which I described that sometimes we can’t always achieve the ideal, but that doesn’t mean we can’t make baby steps towards it. Tonight’s pasta dish was a great e (read full article)
Pasta: Good, Better, Best Revisited
Back in April I had a post titled Traditional, Better, Best, in which I described that sometimes we can’t always achieve the ideal, but that doesn’t mean we can’t make baby steps towards it. Tonight’s pasta dish was a great e (read full article)
Beef Steak Sandwich
You can't go wrong with sandwiches. Since it's Father's Day and dads generally love to eat meat and sandwiches, I'll pass along how to make a Philly Beef Sandwich. Being a member of Food Buzz has it's privileges. I signed up to receive free bread fr (read full article)
DH Cooks: Cheeseburger Fatty, Personal Size
In case you’re wondering what a Fatty is, “Essentially a fatty is a sausage meat loaf, stuffed with something and wrapped in bacon,” according to Sizzle on the Grill. DH is a member of their forums, and apparently on Fridays they h (read full article)
Eye On The Ball
Sometimes I am doing lots of things at once. I call it spherical living and I wouldn’t have it any other way. This decision to live in this manner keeps me on my toes and eventually reaches the deepest recesses of my dreams to make me create ev (read full article)
Coriander Substitute- Herbs to use for milder flavor
Some flavors simply are not for everyone, therefore often cooks find themselves looking for a suitable coriander substitute when preparing dishes that call for that rather distinctive herb. Fortunately there are alternatives available. Coriander is n (read full article)
Chocolate Explosion – Chocolate Hazelnut Tart
Last fall, Liana and I attended Jamie Oliver’s talk in Toronto, on the Food Revolution. Jamie also engaged in a question and answer period after his talk. He had us laughing one minute and then in the next minute he had the audience analy (read full article)
BBQ Season - Woo Hoo!!!!!
One of the drawbacks of living a condo lifestyle is that you're not allowed to barbecue on your patio. One of the pluses of condo living is that when people want to get together for a BBQ, it's never at your house. Now that the gorgeous weather has (read full article)
Rouxbe's Chicken Parmigiana
When I became a member of Rouxbe Cooking School, Chicken Parmigiana was on my list of recipes to try from their site. I have my own version of this recipe in my cookbook and I love to make it whenever I have a pot of spaghetti sauce. A few weeks (read full article)
For a Tasty Vegetarian Dish Try this Recipe for Chinese Vegetarian Noodles
If you are a vegetarian or are searching for something to make for your vegetarian family member or friends, give this recipe for Chinese Vegetarian Noodles a try. This is a quick and easy dish to make and is sure to impress the vegetarians in your (read full article)
Sicilian Orange, Black, Green and Yellow Risotto
Risottu quattru culura Agrigento 1964 I remember having a family gathering at my uncle’s house with several families celebrating together. Please don’t ask what we were celebrating, because there were so many reasons to celebra (read full article)
Breaded Veggie “Casserole” and Chorizo con Papas
Sauteing things on the stove top is definitely the quickest way to cook, and lately I’ve been doing a lot of that, but the other night I was in the mood to oven bake SOMETHING, and came up with this recipe on the fly. I was actually thinking (read full article)
Busy Weeknight Supper Solution
Howdy! How’d your Monday go? Me? I can’t really complain! The day went by quickly, and my only regret is that I didn’t make it outside for a nice walk during lunch time. But if that’s my only regret, I’d say I’m do (read full article)
A less famous polenta – Sweet polenta cake with strawberry-rhubarb compote
Una polenta sconosciuta – Polenta dolce con salsa alle fragole e rabarbaro Sometimes I like to feature recipes that did not travel too far, like this one. I went for dinner at a Basque restaurant in San Francisco a few nights ago and one of the (read full article)
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