Adventures of a Home Cook
Butter Chicken is quite possibly one of the most delicious foods. The chicken is marinated in yogurt which renders it tender and flavourful. It is then cooked in a tomato gravy mixed with butter and cream. If topped on plain rice, the tomato sauce drips …
We should all try and be tourists in our own city. For years I travelled to Ottawa and took in the museums and Parliament, I walked the streets during the Tulip Festival and skated on the canal. And then I moved to Ottawa and the …
I get absurdly excited about the first spring produce. Asparagus, fiddle heads, rhubarb, and garlic shoots hold a special allure that comes from emerging first after a long, cold, and grey winter. What results is a two week span where I put asparagus in everything …
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 …
While I am not Jewish, I deeply identify with Jewish food. Slow roasted brisket is a beautiful thing. Latkes are high on my potato love list. I do not need to convince you of the greatness of a bagel. So this year, instead of cooking …
My family has this adorable (or if you ask my husband annoying) habit of singing all the time. On my birthday I receive no less than five phone calls where I am serenaded to the tune of not just Happy Birthday, but our own additional …
Most people’s bucket lists include travel plans; places they want to see, the odd and slightly dangerous adventure they want to brag about. I have those too. Except that my bucket list includes a number of cooking challenges and large baking projects that I want …
With shut downs, a fear of gathering in public, a population that is staying home; it is questionable how many restaurants will survive the pandemic. In September, a National Restaurant Association survey in America revealed that at least 100,000 restaurants have closed permanently or for …
Peanut butter and chocolate belong together. They are soul mates. Their love infects those around them, infusing happiness wherever they go. And let me say that we need a little happiness. Winters in Canada are always long. Add a pandemic and a lock down and …
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 …