Thanks to everyone who came out to the Ile-des-Soeurs market yesterday. It was a beautiful day for Indian-spiced cauliflower, leeks in apple cider and parsley vinaigrette, and Toulouse sausages with grilled eggplant, all straight from the market producers to my portable grill. … [Read more...] about A Successful Cooking Demo at the Nun’s Island Farmers Market: Indian cauliflower, leeks vinaigrette, and sausage with grilled eggplant
Archives for September 2012
Multiculturiosity Cooking and Canning Demo this Sunday at the Ile-des-Soeurs (Nun’s Island) Farmers Market
I'll be at the Nun's Island (Ile-des-Soeurs) farmers market this Sunday at noon doing a cooking demo, followed by a canning demo. Pop by the market to sample some Indian cauliflower with ginger, grilled zucchini or organic Toulouse sausage with Quebec canteloupe, and sweet leeks … [Read more...] about Multiculturiosity Cooking and Canning Demo this Sunday at the Ile-des-Soeurs (Nun’s Island) Farmers Market
Smoked Maple Syrup and the World’s Best Pastrami in the Modernist Cuisine Competition BBQ Smoker
This smoker has never seen a Carolina BBQ competition as far as I know. But that's what it was built for - the most tender brisket and ribs that side of Texas (I joke!).* It was built for the Modernist Cuisine lab to do exactly this - make the best pastrami I've ever eaten. It … [Read more...] about Smoked Maple Syrup and the World’s Best Pastrami in the Modernist Cuisine Competition BBQ Smoker
How-To Videos: How to core pineapples, mangoes and not give yourself stitches
Some of these videos are of me, some of them are of friends, and some are just informative (we're not all born with the innate skill of knowing how to whisk gluten-free flours into each other, unfortunately). These ones are for people who are scared of cutting fruit. I gave my a … [Read more...] about How-To Videos: How to core pineapples, mangoes and not give yourself stitches
Homogenizers, Pacojets, and Other Things You Only See Online
You can buy lots of amazing gourmet food online. You can also choose to buy the equipment online that makes it amazing, and make your own. Well, sometimes you can. Like a dehydrator. You can buy a dehydrator to make crackers or fruit jerky, for example, but a pacojet and a … [Read more...] about Homogenizers, Pacojets, and Other Things You Only See Online
How-to Videos: Gluten-free Flour Blends
These videos are not of me, but I find them either hilarious or informative, or both (we're not all born with the innate skill of knowing how to whisk gluten-free flours into each other, unfortunately). These are for the gluten-free and raw foodists out there. "Gluten is a … [Read more...] about How-to Videos: Gluten-free Flour Blends
Geoduck à la Modernist Cuisine: Spaghetti alle vongole with clam noodles
Do you know the expression, "There's more than one way to skin a cat"? Well there are a grand total of two ways (that I know of) to skin a geoduck. What's a geoduck? It's a kind of clam, pronounced "gooey duck," and is very much not a duck. Each geoduck costs about $45 and for … [Read more...] about Geoduck à la Modernist Cuisine: Spaghetti alle vongole with clam noodles
Like a Kid in a Candy Shop: Lychee-Black Sesame Marshmallows and Olive Oil Gummy Worms at the Modernist Cuising Cooking Lab
I grew up in a city that didn't have a candy shop. We had one-cent candies and nerds you could buy at the convenience store, but the closest I got to an actual candy shop was the store in the Halifax airport that sold 20 flavours of candy canes when I was 10 years old. Now, … [Read more...] about Like a Kid in a Candy Shop: Lychee-Black Sesame Marshmallows and Olive Oil Gummy Worms at the Modernist Cuising Cooking Lab