The Foodie-file: The Brussels Sprout Revival
What is with the aversion to Brussels sprouts? It seems everywhere I go there is someone in the mix who has a hate on for this beautiful wee veg. I am using the Foodie-file to start a Brussels sprout revival. Brussels sprouts (or brussel sprouts, it seems to go both ways depending on who you [...]
The Foodie-file: Aebleskiver (Danish Pancake Balls)
The test kitchen was clearing out their cupboards right before the holidays and I picked up this Aebleskiver pan, also known as a munks pan. Aebleskiver’s are Danish pancakes cooked in this pan to make round balls of dough. They are traditionally flavoured with cardamom, dusted with icing sugar and served with fruit preserves or [...]
The Foodie-file: Radio Advice for Winter Weather Cooking
Listen for me on Niagara’s area CKTB’s Taste of Niagara on 610 am where I will be talking with Stephanie Sabourin about winter weather fare. She’s cooking up Brown Butter Linguine and Scallops from the February issue of Canadian Living magazine. I can’t wait to compare notes!
The Foodie-file: Ontario Sausage Regulations
The hot charcuterie trend in menus and restaurants is a part of a bigger trend throughout the culinary world and trickling down to your kitchens. This movement has been sparked by a renewed interest in quality food, locally sourced and produced with quality ingredients by master craftspeople that know their product and speak to a [...]
The Foodie-file: Big Turk
I was just reading the February issue of Saveur magazine and Canada has received kudos in their top 100 foodie things not once but twice! The first mention goes to the chefs of Montreal who are admired for their emphasis on great food over hype. I think this also speaks to a population who demand [...]
The Foodie-file: Afternoon Tea
Saturday afternoon, my mom is in town and I am looking for some thing to do with her. My nephew is also at loose ends so we decide to take him to the ROM to check out Gordo the newest addition to the dinosaur collection. An afternoon of kids and dinosaurs…hmm? I think I need [...]
The Foodie-file: Stilton, the King of Cheese
I find I am drawn to different cheese depending on the time of year. To me cold weather screams for blue cheese and having just gone through the coldest day of the winter so far, I am thinking of the bluest of all blues: Stilton. It is a totally decadent cheese with a very complex [...]
The Foodie-file: The Irish Car Bomb
Sitting at the Interlaken Hotel bar in the Berkshire’s foothills, the couple next to me buys a drink. A middle-aged couple (their words not mine) having a weekend away from kids – the first in a long time. He announces his age is forty-two and he thinks he is too old to be out. He [...]
The Foodie-file: Ceviche Appetizer
I talked my sister and her family into meeting me in The Berkshire’s for a post Christmas rendezvous, afterwards we headed back to Connecticut where she lives and spent a lively New Years Eve with our friends Kristin and Stew. Dinner was a group effort: K&S made the short ribs and roasted brussels sprouts, (which [...]
