Dutch Babies are a crepe-like dish that can be filled with a variety of goodies
Cookbook Author Rob Firing is Leading a Steak Revolution
Rob Firing’s barbecued ribeye steak with service berries and garlic scapes
Rob Firing has changed my life.
I’ll be more specific. There are two pieces of steak info he has shared with me that have made me a happy woman. This occurred before his 2018 book “Steak Revolution” came out in which he shares his enthusiastic, informative, entertaining take on steak. It includes recipes, a detailed, helpful beef chart and amazingly good photos.
The Miami Herald’s Food Editor Led me to the Amazing El Palacio de los Jugos
Carlos Frias at El Palacio de los Jugos with an array of Cuban dishes
I think it was in the early 2000s that I started making an annual pilgrimage to Miami.
Chef Lynn Returns to Scottish Roots with Mince ‘n’ Tatties
This recipe is from the excellent cookbook ‘AT HOME with LYNN CRAWFORD’.
When I was interviewing well-known Canadian chef Lynn Crawford for a podcast, we chatted about our long friendship, her TV career, our joint project that raised $40,000 for a new kitchen at Toronto homeless shelter for women – and what we like to cook at home.
I Discovered Brilliant Anthony Bourdain Many Years Ago
In Memoriam: Anthony Bourdain – an inspiration to me and the huge number of devotees who followed his ground-breaking, intrepid and wondrous work – committed suicide while filming an episode of Parts Unknown in France on June 8, 2018. He was one of a kind. RIP dear friend.
NYC Chef Michael Lomonaco Survived 9/11 and is Still Cooking
“I dedicate my work every day to the colleagues I lost on 9/11” – chef Michael Lomonaco.
Michael Lomonaco loves food and people. But it was an act of hate that pushed him into the spotlight: the tragic events of September 11th, 2001.
Revisiting a Mother’s Day Tribute to my Mum as She Approaches her 91st Birthday
This appeared as my column “Dish” in the Toronto Star in 2002. My mum Ruth Schachter (nee Nisse) died peacefully in her sleep at home in NW London UK on April 21, 2018.
Today is Mother’s Day and this is a tribute to the person who first inspired my love of food and cooking – my mum.
My Recipes for Luscious Couscous, Perfect Pot Roast and Amazing Applesauce
Some years ago, I spent a few hours in a restaurant kitchen with a young chef called Omar Houmani who was a recent immigrant to Canada from Algeria. The purpose of that evening’s venture: To learn from him how to make couscous.
Cooking up a Storm with the Help of my Kitchen Sisters
For some reason – probably as an antidote to stress, this being the onset of that silly season – I’ve been cooking a lot of late, in particular trying new recipes from books by my Toronto foodie friends.
If you’ve read the previous blog – my tragic tale of the missing cookbooks – you’ll understand why the tomes in question are dear to my heart.
Secret to Ultimate Meatballs Revealed
Dear readers, more proof that when I say something, I keep my word.
