Adventures of a Home Cook
This is my last of three posts highlighting recipes from Sami Tamimi and Tara Wigley’s book Falastin. This week I am talking about their delicious spin on the classic Fattoush Salad. This recipe has all of the elements of the great Middle Eastern restaurant classic- …
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 …
I have returned from a brief hiatus. With the US border remaining closed to Canadians we have sadly (cue violins and weeping) not been able to travel to our family cottage for another summer. And so many Canadians have done during COVID, we travelled within …
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 …
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 …
Berry season is sadly at its end. Strawberry picking is over. I canned my customary batch of raspberry jam. Soon berries will make way to stone fruit in the delicious seasonal food cycle. I blinked and Spring turned to Summer. I am relieved that Ontario …
Necessity is so often the mother of invention. For obvious reasons I have been ordering my groceries online this year and using curbside pick-up. For the most part this has worked out well. But there are always hiccups, like the time I received 5 individual …
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 …
