If it's hot outside, cool pasta salad mixes up with most anything to hand Soup is well known as an ingredient catch-all most of the year but in the hottest summer months, save for a nod to great gazpacho, I say cold pasta salad can fill the same role just as well. Boil any pasta you have around then run it under cold water immediately after to stop the … Read More →
Zeus Has Them Delivered To Mount Olympus A flavour combination fit for Greek Gods. Inspired decades ago by a pizza joint named Spiro’s that used to be a hundred paces out my front door. Been making them ever since. Tomatoes Oregano Feta Cheese Roast Chicken Artichoke Hearts Black Olives Sundried Tomatoes Mozzarella Basil (or pesto) Enjoy with a Greek salad on the … Read More →
Best not to count how many you eat in one sitting Prime grilling season has arrived again and around my kitchen that means “street” tacos cooked over charcoal. The fire is the easy part particularly once you have all the ‘extras’ sorted out. In my case those include a vat of garden-fresh salsa, some well seasoned beans, a little lime and coriander enhanced crema, and a … 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 →
A slow day's worth of peas. Usually double this every morning. Summer has finally shown up around here – late as usual. It’s not been the heatwave material other parts of the planet have seen this year but we’ve had a few respectfully hot days above 30C here and there (usually with a week of refreshingly cool, rainy grey days in between) so the tomatoes are … Read More →
Colonial Ingredients Meet Indian Technique If you’ve heard the term succotash but never knew what it was beyond Warner Brother’s favourite expletive, let me enlighten you. Native people of North America have long benefited from corn in their diet and likewise discovered both the gardening and culinary benefits of matching it with beans. Sure you could talk about complete essential … Read More →
About to be salsa My salsa catalogue has numerous entries. Some accommodate the seasons, some entertain strange ingredient lists, and others still are made for quick convenience. After weeks of my annual garden-inspired pico de gallo indulgences, I took a few extra minutes today for a quick bit of roasting to make another favourite when tomatoes are plentiful. Before … Read More →
