Cooking, food, menu planning is as much about your culinary upbringing as it is about your instincts.
Sometimes I’m wrong about a recipe or new riff on a classic. Thank goodness I’m right most of the time. Case in point was this Creme Brulee with Mastic.
Although there are some savory applications for mastic, it seems that [...]
Being someone who grew up Greek in Canada, I was taught to celebrate my Greekness without belittling or diminishing anyone else’s culture in the process. My parents came here (Canada) as immigrants and we as Greeks wave our flag but we also enjoy the culture, company and foods of other peoples.
Canada is an officially bilingual [...]
Tarte tatins are most commonly made with apples but other fruits get the spotlight every now & then. Up to bat are plums – another fruit that is at it’s peak in the late part of summer/early fall.
The tarte tatin is French in origin and legend has it was created by accident when one of [...]
Us Greeks commonly use lentils to make an oft’ enjoyed soup called Fakkes. Yes, it sounds like you’re swearing so, practice saying it…Fakk-es…Fakk-es…Fakk-es. Okay, lesson over.
When I recently met up with Judy of No fear Entertaining, I had a braised lamb shank that sat on a bed of braised lentils and I had a craving [...]
Today we’re going to travel to France’s northern coast, Brittany. I know this thread is going to attract some pimpled geek that’s looking for one of Brittney Spears’ home movies.
(Note to said pimpled-geek…move on, there’s only food porn here).
This rugged peninsula (Brittany) faces the English Channel to it’s North and the Atlantic to it’s South.
I’ve [...]
Today we’re going to travel to France’s northern coast, Brittany. I know this thread is going to attract some pimpled geek that’s looking for one of Brittney Spears’ home movies.
(Note to said pimpled-geek…move on, there’s only food porn here).
This rugged peninsula (Brittany) faces the English Channel to it’s North and the Atlantic to it’s South.
I’ve [...]
Today we’re going to travel to France’s northern coast, Brittany. I know this thread is going to attract some pimpled geek that’s looking for one of Brittney Spears’ home movies.
(Note to said pimpled-geek…move on, there’s only food porn here).
This rugged peninsula (Brittany) faces the English Channel to it’s North and the Atlantic to it’s South.
I’ve [...]
Today we’re going to travel to France’s northern coast, Brittany. I know this thread is going to attract some pimpled geek that’s looking for one of Brittney Spears’ home movies.
(Note to said pimpled-geek…move on, there’s only food porn here).
This rugged peninsula (Brittany) faces the English Channel to it’s North and the Atlantic to it’s South.
I’ve [...]
Today we’re going to travel to France’s northern coast, Brittany. I know this thread is going to attract some pimpled geek that’s looking for one of Brittney Spears’ home movies.
(Note to said pimpled-geek…move on, there’s only food porn here).
This rugged peninsula (Brittany) faces the English Channel to it’s North and the Atlantic to it’s South.
I’ve [...]
Today we’re going to travel to France’s northern coast, Brittany. I know this thread is going to attract some pimpled geek that’s looking for one of Brittney Spears’ home movies.
(Note to said pimpled-geek…move on, there’s only food porn here).
This rugged peninsula (Brittany) faces the English Channel to it’s North and the Atlantic to it’s South.
I’ve [...]
