Adventures of a Home Cook
I have a well loved, and gradually becoming an extensive collection of cookbooks. There have been a few that I have recommended over the years and a number of beloved recipes that I have highlighted. Lately, I have gotten in the habit of taking cookbooks …
Since having children I have really embraced the public library. My favourite use is taking out cookbooks as a test run, before deciding if I love them enough to purchase. There are so many books that appear great from the cover and write ups, but …
Come June, when my garden is well established and productive all I want to eat are vegetables, minimally prepared. A great spring and summer recipe avoids the oven and keeps vegetables snappy and fresh. Conveniently, spring produce coincides with great weather. Which is perfect because …
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 …
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 …
Ontario has entered lockdown version 2.0. This one involves a reported curfew, vague explanations on what essential work is and essential outings and once again children learning from home while parents attempt to both teach and work at the same time. Oh joy! And so …
This week marked my son (my baby!)’s 4th birthday! As the youngest, Cameron is never the center of attention. While he loved his presents, and he loved playing outside with his friends in a relatively social-distanced way, what was most special was that for one …
I am obsessed with tomatillos, in part because they are very hard to find this far north of Mexico. For those of you unfamiliar, a tomatillo looks like a small green tomato, wrapped in a paper-like husk. While they can be eaten raw, usually chopped …
You know that feeling in those first days of Spring, when the temperature barely cracks 60F but the sun is shining and the future of warm, sunny, summer days are before you? When after months of snow and ice and cold you feel so hot …
I often find myself going down kitchen “rabbit holes” where I become obsessive about certain culinary idiosyncrasy to the point where it borders on compulsion. Sometimes this results in delicious outcomes and other times my family is left eating what was intended to be homemade …