Harvest Linguine With Clams
What’s another linguine and clam dish gonna hurt? I’ve seen many pasta dishes with seafood, some look delicious, some are so-so and others well….I’ll be nice! I usually do enjoy a lighter clam & pasta dish in the summer months but it’s the warmest October thus far in Toronto’s history of recording the weather. The […]
Al Fresco Thanksgiving?
It seems that global warming is in full throttle. Toronto only saw 28 cm. of rain for all of Septemeber, I’m currently wearing shorts, I might have to flick on the air conditioner this weekend and…it might well be warm enough to eat Thanksgiving Dinner outside! For those not Canadian, we celebrate (as do the […]
Grilled Pasta Salad
Did I mention I’m going to Greece soon? I have one more agonizing week until I fly off to my Mediterranean retreat. No phones, no clients, no traffic, no humidity…no stress. Has anyone seen the Italian-made movie called Mediterraneo? It’s about a boatload of Italian soldiers who are sent to the Greek island of Kastellorizo […]
Courgette Carbonarra
I recently caught an episode of Jamie Oliver’s Jamie At Home and he featured recipes using courgettes or zucchini. What struck me about this dish is that the taste matched it’s marvelous presentation. Local zucchini are in season and using green and yellow zucchini will brighten the look of this dish. I also found that […]
Poppy Seed Pappardelle
Here in Ontario, we have to buy our booze from a provincial monopoly of beer & liquor stores and that sucks! The freedom and the option to buy beer, wine and spirits should be allowed so that I may run to the corner store and pick up that bottle of wine or that case of […]
Spaghetti With Roasted Cherry Tomatoes & Basil
One of the things I like doing is having a look at what’s in the “reduced” produce section. One can sometimes find some good deals for a perfectly fine product…as long as you use it in a day or two. Yesterday I found some pints of cherry tomatoes and they were on sale for a […]
Spaghetti With Fresh Mussels, Parsley and Lemon
The internet and technology has made recipe collection much easier. I don’t have to keep mounds of magazines or recipe clippings around which also take up alot of space. However, to this day I still have a Bon Appetit issue from May 2002 titled “Islands of the Mediterranean”. It covers Europe and North Africa, talking […]
Grilled Shrimp on a Bed of Spaghetti in Brown Butter
It’s summer time and one should be outdoors as much as possible. To help me stay outdoors I try & stick to simpler, quicker dishes but that doesn’t mean I’m sacrificing taste nor will I be eating a Jetsons food pill as a meal replacement! Last night I was stuck with thinking what to make […]
Mushroom Carbonara
The first time I tried Carbonara was during my ’88 vacation to Greece and in particular, Corfu. It’s become quite the popular dish as it’s easy, filling and cheap on the pocketbook. Carbonara is a traditional Italian pasta sauce . It’s name comes from carbone, which is for Italian coal, and many believe the dish […]
