Get your foodie on!
I must have walked past this thing a dozen times in the store and chuckled every single time. Really, how could you not giggle a little when you look at this thing? It really does look more like a pleasure toy than a kitchen tool. Mamma G took note, and got me one for Christmas. [...]
Growing up in an English family, brussel sprouts were always a part of any big meal. My mom would boil them perfectly every time and I really enjoyed them as a kid. When G and I got married and I mentioned making sprouts as a side dish for Christmas or Thanksgiving dinner, he was never [...]
As I prepped our bird for Christmas, I wrote about the pleasures of having fresh sage in the garden. Having just downloaded some images out of the camera, I discovered I had some shots of our bird after it came out of the oven and I thought I should share. Those dark, stripy bits on [...]
Since I’ve discovered baking lately, I’ve been revisiting some of the simpler pleasures here in the FAB Whitby kitchen to see if we can recreate them ourselves. So far, I’ve been reasonably pleased with the results, so I decided it was time to look for a soft taco/tortilla recipe. My recipe search brought me to [...]
If there is one holiday dish that seems to be a favorite of Canadian cooks, it must be none other than sage and onion stuffing. Fresh, soft bread stuffing that has been touched by a healthy dose of melted butter, onions, salt and pepper and sage and stuffed up the bird’s butt. There is one [...]
I hate to sound like a total knob, but the discovery of home made pizza dough at 43 years of age has been somewhat of an epiphany for me. Last week I found a simple variation for garlic bread pizza courtesy of Jamie’s Italy. So simple: Toss your dough to the size you want. Brush [...]
Who cares when they taste this good? The quest to learn how to make decent butter tarts continues! I made minis this time. The pastry was lovely and flaky, but I overfilled the little suckers which caused them to be somewhat stuck in the pan. In fact, a couple were fused solid in there! That’s [...]
We’ve been pretty wrapped up in food media over the past couple of weeks here in the FAB Whitby kitchen and haven’t been keeping up with what’s happening around town. We’re not the only ones with some media excitement lately. Our friends at Buster Rhino’s took on the Dragon’s Den team earlier this year. Not [...]
When our first two kids were little, Sandy made them some pretty cool cakes. There was a race car and a Tigger and I’m sure there were others that I’ve forgotten. When asked what kind of cake he would like for his birthday this year, he said he wanted a special cake like the ones [...]
Here’s a satisfying stew that’s easy to prepare and perfect for cold winter evenings. I know it’s not technically winter yet, but it was snowing where I live today…. Bonus: it’s an opportunity to use up those crazy little cranberries you froze after Thanksgiving! I’m approximating (and modifying) a recipe I found in Canadian House [...]
