Today begins a new feature on Guilty Kitchen, which Adrian and I have been working on for a few weeks. Well, let’s be honest, since we turned the legal drinking age and could muster a not yet inebriated effort to eat something with our beer. Now that we have kids though, and we only have […]
Tipple Tuesdays – Barley Wine and Charcuterie Read More »
Weekends at our house are filled with activities. We go to the Farmer’s Market, and the butcher shop, the grocery store and the liquor store (I know I’m not the only one!). We eat quick bites at random places, I nurse our littlest one, we play with our older son and we spend time as
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Today I’m on my way. Where? You ask… Today I am travelling via ferry to a land of wonder and adult frivolity. Today, bags packed, car filled to the tippy top, air conditioning cranked (sorry Mother Nature, but it’s freakin’ hot okay), kids strapped into car seats and snacks hidden in every nook and cranny,
Prosciutto Wrapped Figs and a Winner! Read More »
Heady summer days full of squealing children and oppressive heat calls for simplification. Simplifying dinners could mean a lightly thrown together salad, cold sandwiches, or maybe a fancier alternative, such as tapas style eating, a favourite of my family. When I think of tapas, I think of cheese and vegetables fresh from the markets, cured meats, olives,
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Life is full of smiles and tears. Mostly, for the moment, it’s full of poop, tears, crazy kids, food and somewhere…sleep. I can’t say I’m enjoying meal after meal of gourmet awesomeness, but I have a house full of people giving it a go….also I’m still in the process of getting used to feeding a
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Warm Spinach Artichoke Dip 1 8oz pkg cream cheese (1/2 fat) 1/3 cup sour cream (1/2 fat) 1/4 Parmesan, grated 1/4 cup Romano, grated 1/4 cup mozzarella, grated 2 cloves garlic, minced fine 1 Tbsp fresh basil, minced 1 tsp salt fresh ground pepper 1/4-1/2 tsp cayenne 1 14oz can artichoke hearts, roughly chopped 1
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While we’re on this soup/stew kick, I’d thought I’d give you a recipe for my take on a classic French dish. Now, though I took French Immersion from kindergarten to high school, my grasp of the French language is somewhat limited. I’m sure I understand more than the average Joe, but left to wander the
I love having company over. If there’s something I love more, it’s feeding them when they get here. As we have just moved in and unpacked everything in record time, we felt the need to have people over every night last weekend. It was great fun! On one of those nights, we decided to have
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So, some news! Currently we have been living in a smallish, strata governed, not well lit (BAD for photography), townhouse in the city. Well, after receiving a noise complaint about our poor little doggy, we have decided to move out to the sticks! How could anyone not like that face??? My current kitchen is small,
Wha wha? Tartare? Isn’t that raw?? Yes that’s right, raw fish. But that’s not too shocking now is it? I mean, who doesn’t like sushi in this day and age? And what about the sea asparagus? Well, I was going to give you that recipe too, but I think sea asparagus is not really commercially
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