Category: Quick and Dirty
Cooking in Season
A Simple Summer Meal meets the Problem with my Blog
Many of my cooking class students are curious about my home cooking and my family’s eating habits. In almost …
Cooking in Season
Tayberry Lemonade!
Now this is the kind of post that needs to start with exclamation marks! Because it’s summer and the …
Cooking in Season
What to do with Garlic Scapes
These crazy vegetables – long coiled green things – show up in the farmers’ markets in June. “Garlic …
My Life in Food
A Reuben for my Ruben
My oldest son is named Ruben. We spell it the Spanish way to be all trendy and alternative, although …
Baking
Coronation Grape Clafouti
Clafouti is the kind of word, I swear, that chefs love to use to cast a veil of …
Cooking in Season
Camping Food, Post Two: Tandoori Chicken
I first mentioned this recipe here last summer, after a camping trip with my sister and all of …
Cooking in Season
Dinner with a Farmer
I have a backlog of recipe ideas and photos to share with you, but I have been guilty …
Cooking in Season
A Simple Lunch
In honour of how crazy-busy my life is right now, and how crazy it will continue to be …
Essential Thai
Spot Prawn Curry
I prefer a green curry with seafood, but this is what I had on hand the other night …
Cooking in Season
Mango Salsa
This mango salsa is spicy, flavourful, refreshing, and slightly sweet. It makes a delicious accompaniment to tacos, quesadillas, and grilled fish!
Cooking in Season
Cauliflower with Indian Spices
In this delicious winner of a recipe, tender pieces of cauliflower are infused with Indian spices, and makes for a wonderful side dish to any meal.
Cooking in Season
Pasta For a Winter’s Night
This is about the time in the winter holiday when even turkey soup has palled. We need something different, maybe spicy, …
Digital Kitchen/BBQ Thermometer with Magnet and Clock Timer
Asian Ingredients: A Guide
