The Foodie File: Smoked meat
I had a group of six over for dinner on Thursday. Since it was a weeknight, I wanted to impress them but I didn’t want go through too much trouble, so I pulled out an old standby that I love to make, a barbecued pork loin roast. What makes mine a standout is throwing a [...]
The Foodie File: Soeur de Cassis
One of our food editors recently returned from a trip to Quebec City. When he was there, he visited Cassis Mona & Filles (www.cassismonna.com) in Île d’Orléans. While Doug raved about the beautiful location and the quality of their product, it was the description of two sisters
The Foodie File: Hooray – I just made yogurt!
It’s Sunday morning, the To Do list is mounting since I haven’t been home for more than a few hours in weeks, I have piles of writing to catch up on, the laundry has to be done, the house needs cleaning and there is a broken light switch to be repaired. What to tackle first? [...]
The Foodie File: Philosophical Food
A couple of weeks ago, I went to a lecture at The Gardiner Museum. The topic was sustainable food and featured three speakers, Jamie Kennedy from the Gardiner Museum in Toronto, Michael Stadtlander from Eigensinn Farms, and Sinclair Philip from Sooke Harbour House in Vancouver. I heard many things that night that I found interesting, [...]
The Foodie Files: C5 at the ROM
Many institutions choose to enhance their visitors’ experience with a food court instead of going the extra mile to create a unique eating venue. Kudos to the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto for choosing Compass Canada and Restaurant Associates to bring a real food experience to the museum and continue the quality tradition established by [...]
The Foodie File: Halloumi
Have you tried halloumi? This unique, rubbery textured cheese has been showing up in the British invasion of cookbooks over the last couple of years, but hasn’t been widely available in North America – that is not yet! I’ve seen it on some menus and recently purchased it in a major grocery chain store, so [...]
Foie Gras or just Foie Gross?!
There are legions of young chefs out there who believe that high-end food must include lobster, foie gras, mounds of butter and caviar – sometimes all on the same plate! High- end Kobe beef burgers with a slab of seared foie gras and lobster towers with foie gras toppers have become signature dishes for chefs [...]
The Foodie File: Frosh Food Follies
Are you starting college or university this year, and living in residence without Mom or Dad looking over your shoulder? As I recall (although admittedly, university is digging a way back in the memory bank), living alone for the first time holds many pitfalls that one tends to recognize only after the damage is done. [...]
The Foodie File: Shot Glasses Revisited
Remember shot glasses? Not the utilitarian versions used in boat races at University or versions with tourist logos emblazed – “Greeting From Sunny Jamaica,†– but those delicate little glass vessels that, in our house, are pulled out Christmas morning after church. My dad pours three or four different liqueurs, amaretti in this one, drambuie [...]
The Foodie File: What’s in your fridge?
One time, I dated this guy who raided the fridge every time he came to my place. Then he regaled me with the same Persian proverb every time: The potter always drinks from the cracked cup. I know what you’re thinking – whaaaat? Translation: how can you be a chef and not have any food [...]
