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A food friend once told me that in his opinion the only vegetarian food in the world worth eating is Indian. I don't fully agree. I do hate tofu and soy of all kinds, but there are a whole lot of other good vegetarian food options out there, even if North American vegetarian … [Read more...] about Affordable Taste: An Indian Dinner of “Dry” Moong Dal

There's something miraculous about a dish made with ridiculously fresh ingredients, stir-fried for mere minutes and coated in a salty, sweet, sour and hot sauce before making the inevitable journey to your mouth. Come on, LOOK at those colours! I also love that this is a very … [Read more...] about “Get Off Your High (Sea)Horse” Calamari Challenge: Thai Chili Squid Stir-Fry with Carrots and Arugula

So I got in another fight with a fishmonger... Rarely do I take a slow cooker recipe and turn it into a stove-top recipe. Usually I go the other way, preferring stewed foods to simmer for longer at a lower temperature, not to mention the no-stirring, fuss-less, … [Read more...] about Halibut in Indian-Spiced Tomato Sauce: Judith Finlayson’s “Delicious and Dependable Slow Cooker Recipes”

A lot of people get turned off by all this green, but there's no food colouring involved, no grass, no bitter, gross vegetables or a bad texture. It's one nutrient-rich, SWEET soup thanks to miraculous kale. Even the red variety ends up green (it's only called red kale because of … [Read more...] about Looks Gross, Tastes Amazing: Red Kale Soup

The Atwater Market and Jean Talon have exploded. That means it's Spring. When the flower vendors come in and the fresh fruit and vegetable sections expand to four times their normal size I get really excited. The downside of the new consumer obsession with eating locally and … [Read more...] about Seasonal Cooking: Spring Spot Prawns with Fiddleheads and Peas

Feeding my addiction has never been so good for me. Some people say chocolate is better than sex. I say chiles are better than chocolate, and I've had good chocolate.I ran out of Guizhou Chile Paste. You have to understand, that stuff is meant to last a long time. It's not like … [Read more...] about Pickled Red Chiles: “Beyond the Great Wall”

This wasn't a traditional recipe from a book. Like my buttered rum-raisin cream pie with partridgeberry glaze, it was kind of a mash-up of a few different recipes. I used a basic pie crust, a vanilla custard with a mix of milk, almond breeze and yogurt, and a maringue topping. … [Read more...] about 3 Banana Cream Pies

Every year the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre has a bazaar. They sell all sorts of Japanese foods...and then they sell pies. People who volunteer at the centre were asked to bake for the event, so I baked. I even asked what they would like me to bake. The answer was a little … [Read more...] about Banana Cream Pie for the Japanese Cultural Centre?

This is how it started... ...and this is how it ended... I was going to make the bisque again. It's an amazing recipe, but it just seemed so unfair that you cook a bunch of lobsters, which takes a grand total of 10 minutes, but you don't get to eat for another 2 hours. Yes, it's … [Read more...] about Lobsters, Take 2

This is the best side dish in the world, possibly besides roasted sweet potato fries. All you need is: As many sweet potatoes as you want Aluminum foil to wrap the sweet potatoes A fork Salt Pepper (optional) Other spices (optional) a teaspoon of oil (optional) An oven … [Read more...] about Roasted Sweet Potatoes