You might not believe me, but there's nothing fancy about this meal. Mussels are about the easiest thing in the world to cook. They don't require anything fancy like filleting fish, and even making a sauce is completely optional. Served with some crusty bread, or something to … [Read more...] about Sunday Night Dinner: Moules Marinière
How to Fail at New Years Resolutions: Food Vice and “Healthy” Eating
This week on CKUT radio I spoke with Lauren-Jane Heller on healthy eating for the family and for the soul. We weren't talking soul food or salad, though. Instead we're talking about devil kids on sugar highs and mediocre vegetarian restaurants that survive on healthy food … [Read more...] about How to Fail at New Years Resolutions: Food Vice and “Healthy” Eating
Wild Turbot Escabèche with Anchovy and Almond Salsa Verde
Much like the other turbot dish that was supposed to be for black cod that I made for the Great Volk/Watson christmas Extravaganza, this dish was supposed to be for halibut, but it isn't halibut season and the Fish Depot in downtown St. John's was bought out of frozen halibut for … [Read more...] about Wild Turbot Escabèche with Anchovy and Almond Salsa Verde
Roasted Wild Turbot with Bok Choy and Soy Caramel Sauce
This dish was supposed to be for black cod, but that costs a fortune and comes from the other side of the country. Normally I'm in Montreal where it's only halfway across the country to the Alaskan waters where this buttery fish is caught wild, but I was making the dish while in … [Read more...] about Roasted Wild Turbot with Bok Choy and Soy Caramel Sauce
I’m in the Montreal Gazette: “Montreal caterer has food ‘seekrit’ that keeps spreading”
My article on local heart-healthy caterer Joann Willes and her weekly newsletter/menu (the "seekrit list") is in the Montreal Gazette today. It's also up on their website, so check it out here, then please leave a comment and feel free to share it on facebook or twitter or … [Read more...] about I’m in the Montreal Gazette: “Montreal caterer has food ‘seekrit’ that keeps spreading”
Wild Arctic Char with Roasted Cauliflower and Apple-Vanilla Vinaigrette
This is an amazing dish. It's worth buying the book just for this recipe. It's the kind of dish that makes me hate eating at a restaurant because it lets you know that you can do just as good or better at home. If I owned a restaurant, in fact, I'd put this dish on the menu. I'm … [Read more...] about Wild Arctic Char with Roasted Cauliflower and Apple-Vanilla Vinaigrette
“Plenty” of “Good Fish” Christmas Party and Cookbook Review: The Pictures
From Good Fish: Sustainable Seafood Recipes from the Pacific Coast by Becky Selengut: Wild Arctic Char on Cauliflower Puree with Roasted Vegetables and Vanilla-Apple Vinaigrette Roasted Wild Turbot on Bok Choy and Cabbage with Soy Caramel Sauce Wild Turbot Escabache … [Read more...] about “Plenty” of “Good Fish” Christmas Party and Cookbook Review: The Pictures
Great Success!
Whew! I made it! 4 fish dishes, 5 vegetarian dishes, one cheese tray, 5 kinds of cookies, and 10 wines, and one successful Christmas party later and I can officially say Becky Selengut's sustainable fish cookbook, "Good Fish" and Yotam Ottolenghi's vegetarian gourmet cookbook, … [Read more...] about Great Success!
Menu and Food Prep for the 4th Annual Volk/Watson Christmas Extravaganza: “Plenty” of “Good Fish”
I would write more but I'm too busy chopping onions and buying fish for the 4th annual Volk/Watson Christmas Extravaganza. My family's at-home Christmas party will see about 200 friends and friends of friends pass through our doors over the course of 4 hours tomorrow afternoon. I … [Read more...] about Menu and Food Prep for the 4th Annual Volk/Watson Christmas Extravaganza: “Plenty” of “Good Fish”
A Delicious Mess: Roasted Salmon in Red Wine Sauce with Sweet Potatoes and Leeks
I massacred this fish. It was shameful. As a person who hates over-cooked seafood, snuffs her nose when bones are left in a fillet at a restaurant, and figures that if she's going to eat a generally unsustainable thing it had better be the best thing she ever ate, I currently … [Read more...] about A Delicious Mess: Roasted Salmon in Red Wine Sauce with Sweet Potatoes and Leeks