So it might look a bit like dog food, but these Braised Beef Short Ribs are one of the most delicious dishes I’ve ever made! Not that braising is very hard, but oh—how impressive were the results! Plus, it’s been freezing and what warms the bones better than slow-cooked meat and potatoes?
I didn’t work from [...]
Two of my favourite Chinese foods are Mapo Tofu, a popular Szechuan dish, and dou miao, (”dough meow”) which is the leafy part of a snow pea plant. I have attempted to cook both of these dishes on multiple occasions but never got them right…until tonight!
For the Mapo Tofu, I required a few special ingredients. [...]
This is a little stash of sweets I brought home from Chinatown East (Broadview and Gerrard).
On the left, we have something that was billed as “banana cakes”, but they’re pastry filled with goo that doesn’t really taste like bananas. I was feeling adventurous; not sure if I’ll finish them.
On the right, huge almond cookies! [...]
I love butchering chickens and turkeys, and I’m really good at it! Sorry, vegetarians!
I used Julia Child’s roast chicken recipe via Foodwishes.com.
What if you needed buttermilk for a recipe, but it was snowing heavily and you have an ear infection and consider that an acceptable reason not to go outside in the bitter winter cold? This may have happened to me today.
Fret not! You can fake buttermilk by adding 1tbs of lemon juice to 1 cup [...]
There’s a good how-to article here. Grind in a mortar or a coffee mill and store for up to 4 months. But watch out! Fresh spices are more potent than their pre-ground counterparts.
“I’m the king of the world, on a boat like Leo. If you’re on the shore, then you’re sure not me-o.”
This is us riding down the big blue watery road, the Intracoastal Waterway, which goes all the way from New Jersey to Texas. On our trip, we went from West Palm Beach to Ft. Lauderdale [...]
White Christmas? Pshhhht! Boat Christmas is where it’s at, as the kids say.
Yes, me and Pete spent Christmas on my parents boat in Florida. Instead of placing presents under the Christmas tree, we placed them under a television tuned to the burning log channel. It was very festive!