Chorizo This Time But Most Any Fresh Sausage Works This recipe has been part of my culinary DNA for decades. It started life as Mum’s interpretation of a ‘back of the 1970s lifestyle magazine’ casserole and honestly hasn’t changed much since. It’s an easy way to fill a big pan to feed a crowd which is its main objective but you get delicious in … Read More →
Rich, Red & Satisfying To match the beans in the previous post, you need to learn the tricks for perfect ‘red rice’, aka arroz rojo. This took me a surprising amount of tinkering to get exactly the way I remembered from countless ‘family style’ Mexican restaurants of my past. These days I’d love to have one near me to … Read More →
Just Say No To Hamburger Helper In my ongoing joust with the scourge of ‘convenience’ food, I was inspired to prove that a simple meat and potatoes gratin could be made from scratch pantry staples just as simply and just as quickly as ready-made ‘Hamburger Helper’ style boxes. My choice in the moment was pork and potato but it could just … Read More →
Now With More Cheese Than Necessary Here’s another update to a post from Christmas Past that I finally got around to translating into video. My original recipe here gets a boost from rosemary and far more cheese than you should eat in one bun but it’s Christmas and indulgence is encouraged. You can of course exercise some restraint and make a … Read More →
Made At Home Without The Drive Editor’s Note: I wasn’t planning on typing this up but more than three and a half actual (I think) people asked for it after seeing the curry lurking on the side of my recent basmasti rice missive. Butter Chicken I’m told was ‘invented’ in the 1950s by clever chefs with a surplus of meat from … Read More →
Steamed & Dressed For A Tamalada With most fresh masa half a continent away these are not Mexican. They also aren’t truly the Mississippi ‘Delta Hot Tamale’ style developed for cotton field workers at the turn of the twentieth century by a curious mix of Italian and Mexican immigrants who had only ordinary corn meal available. Both styles are indeed delicious … Read More →
Time Well Spent So it’s Thanksgiving today in Canada. Virus woes have put a crimp in dinner gathering plans the world over so for the first time in decades, I’m not cooking the usual fare today. I’m sure I’ll correct that omission when the American version of the holiday rolls around in a few weeks. In the meantime, … Read More →
Foolproof Everyday As regular readers will know, I’ve sworn off most all bread from the local factory bakers. Try as they might, they can’t afford to invest the time that makes bread taste great. My everyday oat bread has gotten a lot of attention lately it seems and so I thought I best share my even quicker … Read More →
Fatten Up Your Personal Recipe Box There’s a million “recipes for dinner tonight” articles at the tip of your internet fingertips but inspiration is never a bad thing to stock up on in the kitchen I say. Many of those lists also seem to get more and more impersonal and predictable as time goes on and if you’re deranged enough to … Read More →
Why Italians Have Vegetable Gardens Lasagna is the advanced and tastier version of mac & cheese. It’s also a great place to hide heaps of veg if you’re cooking for the meat and potatoes crowd. Layers of sauces, filling, and cheeses keep them distracted from the fact that you don’t really need ground beast in the mix. Now with the … Read More →
