Spicy Halibut and Potato Skillet Recipe Wins The Tickets!
Cathy submitted her tried and true recipe for this fish dish that has won her the Blue Water event tickets in Vancouver. I like that it was a recipe passed on to her and then she has made her own, let’s all try it and see what innovations we can add! Cathy, congratulations and have fun at [...]
Artichoke Pesto Linguine and Curtis Stone Cookbook Winner
I’m giving away the first Relaxed Cooking with Curtis Stone cookbook. My “relaxed” recipe recommendation for today is this easy to make spring entrée or starter for Artichoke Pesto Linguine:
Brewers Plate Recipes Wrap Up: Devil’s Ale Chocolate Pie and Coffee Porter Braised Shortribs
Friday night was the Brewers Plate event promoting local food and breweries. The beer was flowing in the halls of Hart House paired with creative dishes from renown restaurants and celebrity chefs. Although it was a bit of a challenge to get to the food sampling with long line ups in the crowded venue, non [...]
Ricotta Cookies with Cream Cheese Icing
This recipe was derived from my sister Nancy’s friend Cristen Sirignano-Irving from Connecticut. Nancy had taken on this recipe and made it a part of her Easter tradition and the recipe has since traveled to Canada and has become a part of the family brunch.
Fresh Ricotta Cheese, an Italian Easter Tradition
It’s the Thursday before Easter and I have promised to make the traditional cheese crostada my mother makes for Easter brunch. It occurs to me as I’m out running errands that I had better pick up the ricotta cheese because everything will be closed tomorrow. I stopped at International Cheese a few blocks from my house and see a line-up around the block, mostly Italian men sent to purchase the coveted fresh cheese required at any good Italian’s Easter table. The cheese will be made into sweet and savoury tarts, put in soups and eaten fresh and unadorned. I circled the block trying to decide if I want to take the time to wait in the line. I decide
Hot Cross Buns Recipe and Pictures
Here are some lovely hot cross buns I made to bring to “la famiglia” for Easter this year. I love making bread-y things, watching the magic of rising bread and that delicious earthy smell of yeast. I was a bit distracted while I was making these and added a tiny bit too much flour, serves [...]
4 Wines for Passover Cups and Recipes for Seder Dinner
Forget your Zaidy’s Manischewitz, modern wine producers are making Kosher wines that can hold their own at any dinnner table.
Irish Soda Bread
The first time I had Irish soda bread was at a tea room in St. George, Ontario. They serve a plain version with honey and butter and a “spotted dog” version, which is dotted with currants. I immediately loved it when I discovered how easy it is to make and since then it’s become a [...]
Mrs. Madeline Payne’s Potato Bread
Today I salute the Irish with a recipe for potato bread from an Irish grandmother. Daniela Payne, web editor and author of the Green Living Blog, asked her Irish grandmother to share with me one of Daniela’s favourite childhood foodie memories. This recipe is as simple and as yummy as can be. Daniela’s dad says [...]
Ricotta Cheesecake Step-by-Step
This is the traditional cheese tart my family makes for Easter. It’s served at brunch on Easter morning with lots of other eggy, bready, cheese-y dishes. Every year as it’s tasted, everyone comments on the flavour of the filling, the crust, the texture – Is it too dry? To wet? Too sweet? Not enough lemon? [...]
