Adventures of a Home Cook
My sweet and playful son turned 3 years old this week. His birthday dinner request? Shepherd’s Pie. Not pizza or chicken nuggets like most kids. This little munchkin is oddly obsessed with Shepherd’s pie. Ask him what he wants for dinner on any given day …
Thanksgiving is here (Canadian Thanksgiving that is). That wonderful time of year when we eat a giant bird and a plate filled with carbs and gravy and declare ourselves thankful- for family, friends and of course giant plates of turkey, carbs, and gravy. Like all …
I have written at some length before about my obsession with making my favourite take-out dishes at home. At first this was prompted by a lack of decent Chinese food that delivers to my house. It has become something of an obsession. General Tso’s Chicken, …
There is nothing better than a summer party in July, a cold beer and the smell of burgers on a charcoal barbeque. And then there are those cold winter months in barbeque Siberia when you yearn for the sun on your skin and a burger …
This dish is quintessential French cooking. As in grab a wooden spoon, put on your apron, and do your best Julia Child impersonation…”If you’re afraid of butter…use cream”. As in grab a bottle of wine, a block of cheese and enjoy the experience. It may …
Superbowl weekend is upon us. The day where Americans consume mass quantities of chicken wings and drink too much beer in the name of football. It is a glorious day. However this almost national holiday has a bittersweet quality to it. While I already know …
Before the critics rolls in I am going to state up front: I am from Canada, I do not have a background in Tex-Mex cooking, I have never set foot in the great state of Texas. [Side note- my lovely cousin from Austin, we should …
