Adventures of a Home Cook
This Saturday marks Lunar New Year, and whether you come from Asian decent or not, this is a wonderful opportunity to eat delicious food and try something you wouldn’t ordinarily undertake in the kitchen. Almost every culture has some version of a dumpling: perogies, gnocchi, …
Another year, another failed attempt at a zucchini crop. Why oh why does this otherwise simple squash plant continue to foil me! My mother-in-law lovingly brings me her wonderful zucchini produce every year and I look at my pitiful, withered plant and wonder, what have …
As a child, my parents used to torture me by bringing me to a Dim Sum restaurant for lunch. I remember attending at what by all appearances was a Chinese Restaurant, but instead of being able to order the usual Sweet and Sour Chicken Balls …
Typically North Americans eat seafood at restaurants. I think there is a presumed notion that seafood is harder to prepare. Unlike meat, seafood is a little less familiar (unless we’re talking shrimp), and sourcing it at a grocery store seems daunting. We are far more …
I first saw reference to a roasted red pepper dip in my now battered copy of Better Homes and Garden’s Cookbook. This was the first cookbook I received as a wedding present, as I charted out into my new life in my own kitchen. Like …
There is a long list of things that I am missing as we approach almost one year of this COVID nonsense. There is of course hugging my extended family and actually being in the same room together. I miss skiing and travelling, and travel to …
One of my favourite lunch spots in Windsor during University was Chanosos, an Asian-fusion joint that specialized in make-your-own stir fries. This is back in the early 2000s, when fusion was the height of innovative cuisine. The stir fries were only ok. The real draw …
Marcus Samuelsson is probably most well-known for having been the guest chef at President Obama’s first state dinner. However, the more I learn about Samuelsson, the more interested I am. Samuelsson was born in Ethiopia but was adopted at a young age by a Swedish …
It is hard to write a post about something as relatively meaningless as food during this time. It is difficult to find the right words to express how saddened I am about the state of equality, not only the United States, but in the world. …
It appears that most of the world (or at least the social media/instagram world) has completely entered Fall. The only recipes to be found right now include apples or pumpkin-spice. And while I am never one to turn down a piece of apple pie, this …