I’m a purist. When I hear the words “Broccoli & Cheddar Soup”, I think of lovely little broccoli florets swimming in a sea of creamy cheese soup. I don’t need much else in there. Sure, I like a little seasoning, some roux to thicken and a dash of colour when served, but I don’t need […]
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This is a recipe that’s been locked up in the vault for a while. I’m not sure why it was never posted, something about not perfect pictures, probably, but I’m glad it’s here now. I am a huge fan of squash season, and making soups out of these luscious gourds is one of my favourite
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The perfect brownie can be many things to many people, but i have only one request, there must obscene amounts of chocolate. Yes, it should be chewy, and dense and have somewhat crispy edges, but the chocolate factor is non-negotiable. Seeking out and testing the perfect brownie is not for the faint of heart. It
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Breakfast for dinner. Whoever thought of such a wonderful concept has garnered my praise for years. Egss are extremely underrated in my opinion, if only for the fact that people have very limiting ideas of what to do with them. Toad in the Hole, scrambled, fried, sunny side up, boiled soft or hard, etc. There
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Sometimes, you just feel like having a burger. I love burgers, all of them, in any incarnation. Beef, pork, lamb, chicken, turkey, portobello, sometimes even veggie patties. I don’ t know what it is about burgers, they just seem to have universal appeal. Who doesn’t like sinking their teeth into a perfectly crusty bun, slathered in
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Sometimes I set out to make one thing, and I end up making a completely different beast. This is just one of those times. This weekend, I set out to make a delicious Manhattan clam chowder. As a child, when traveling on the widely despised BC Ferries in order to leave this rock, I would
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Happy Hallowe’en folks! I know, I know, no Hallowe’en post? No scary dirt and worms or cupcakes shaped like spiders? No mummy dogs or kitty litter cakes? Sorry, I’m just not that into Hallowe’en. I used to be, dressing up in sexy outfits, hitting up the bars and clubs with my girlfriends. Those were the
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Today is a bit different than most. Normally, I would wax poetic about a subject I’m feeling particularly passionate about, like the changing colours of the leaves outside, or the fact that I’ve had two awful colds blindside my household in one week, or that I have a month worth of magazine subscriptions piling up
The 2009 October Daring Bakers’ challenge was brought to us by Ami S. She chose macarons from Claudia Fleming’s The Last Course: The Desserts of Gramercy Tavern as the challenge recipe. Uh oh. Seriously? Ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh…………………….. Yup, that was my exact reaction when I saw this month’s challenge was going to be French Macarons. Now, I
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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