When you're gifted a sugar pumpkin from an organic farm as thanks for using their leeks in a cooking demo at a farmers market, the world becomes your culinary oyster. Okay, maybe my world. Maybe most people's worlds turn into a black hole of worrisome thoughts along the lines of, … [Read more...] about Pumpkin Pie Smoothie
Remaking a Champion: Seared Mackerel and Mango with Ratatouille
This is a far cry from Becky Selengut's original recipe, but when I saw her make this at the Queen Anne Farmers Market in Seattle with peaches instead of figs, I knew I could get away with a few changes. Now, she used peaches because they were in season, but as peach season had … [Read more...] about Remaking a Champion: Seared Mackerel and Mango with Ratatouille
Bourbon and Maple Syrup-Soaked Japanese Pears (and Peaches)
At the Columbia City Farmers Market in Seattle I met a man selling Japanese cucumbers. Now, I have a friend in Montreal who asked me to grow him Japanese cucumbers once because they're impossible to find there. So when I saw them at the market, I was intrigued. They're less … [Read more...] about Bourbon and Maple Syrup-Soaked Japanese Pears (and Peaches)
Vacuum-Sealed Pickles, Quick Fermentation, and Ultrasonic Baths: Cucumbers, Chanterelles, Maple Syrup Pears, Fennel and Chili Peppers
I went on a bit of a pickle roll when I was at the Modernist Cuisine Cooking Lab... "Can you quick-ferment cucumbers?" I asked. I'd heard they made their own sauerkraut and I wanted to know if there was a way to do it in one day instead of two weeks. Turns out you can't actually … [Read more...] about Vacuum-Sealed Pickles, Quick Fermentation, and Ultrasonic Baths: Cucumbers, Chanterelles, Maple Syrup Pears, Fennel and Chili Peppers
Farmers Market Recipes: Curried Cauliflower with Dried Figs and Toasted Pine Nuts; Raw Beet, Carrot and Black Radish Salad with Apple Cider Vinaigrette
Thanks to everyone who came to the Nun's Island market today. Despite the rain, it was a nice atmosphere and I'm glad to have met some wonderful people. Here are the recipes I made today, slightly adapted from my portable grill to your home kitchens. (This is how I make these … [Read more...] about Farmers Market Recipes: Curried Cauliflower with Dried Figs and Toasted Pine Nuts; Raw Beet, Carrot and Black Radish Salad with Apple Cider Vinaigrette
Back at the Market
Come visit me at the Ile-des-Soeurs farmers market tomorrow (Sunday, September 30th) from noon to 1pm. I'm doing a demo of grilled curried cauliflower with maple syrup, pine nuts, and arugula, and a raw beet and a carrot salad with apple cider vinaigrette. It's going to pour. … [Read more...] about Back at the Market
Slow Cooker Apple Butter
What the heck is apple butter? Is it apple-flavoured butter? What do you do with it? These are all valid questions. Here are the answers: Apple butter is just apple butter cooked down to a spreadable, sort of butter-like consistency. It is not butter at all, thus is not … [Read more...] about Slow Cooker Apple Butter
No Room at the Inn: Chang, Boulud, Restaurant Reservations and Respectful Dining
How many restaurants do you know that don't take reservations? I'm pretty confident that in the coming years you'll know of more and more. And you'll probably also be frustrated on occasion having to wait for a table. But at least you'll most likely get a table. That was not the … [Read more...] about No Room at the Inn: Chang, Boulud, Restaurant Reservations and Respectful Dining
Win 2 Tickets to “May I Be Frank”
Head on over to my article on Midnight Poutine to in two tickets to a doc about a guy who turns his life around with raw food. This isn't some health-seeking hippie. This is an urban Brookynite, overweight, middle aged man. If he can do it... ...well, theoretically anyone could. … [Read more...] about Win 2 Tickets to “May I Be Frank”
Sleeping Problems, My Roommate, and Apple Pie in a Jar
One of the problems with making a lot of jam is you end up with a lot of half bottles of jam in your fridge, and if you're any good at making jam, you'll want to eat them. Now, I'm not a toast-in-the-morning kind of person because of the whole gluten thing, so I've discovered … [Read more...] about Sleeping Problems, My Roommate, and Apple Pie in a Jar