Okay, there comes a time, in the dark of January, where frankly you don’t give a damn about fat, diet, exercise etc. You want Meat! and Fat! and to be Warm!
Following this dictum, we strolled through a small blizzard to Carvers, the steak house in the Sheraton, some 3 blocks from the [...]
Okay I’ve written much about stews and slow cooking elsewhere. The reason is I think such fare the perfect meals. Prep time is minimal. The food is ready whenever you are. They taste great.
One of my favourites is Osso Bucco. This week I stumbled across the Ur-recipe, the Betty Crocker version [...]
Well the weather outside is frightful, but here it’s so delightful…
The balcony door froze shut yesterday, so no barbecuing till I defrost it, which might involve the weather getting about 15 degrees warmer.
I have a box of Aussie Shiraz sitting on the counter, the remnant of the first round of cheap wine tasting. [...]
It seems an easy use of leftovers and winter veg. Buy a squash (mine cost me $2.50). Fill with rice etc.
My recipe was:
- 1/2 lb prosciutto butt
- 1 onion
- 1/4 cup cooked chick peas
- 1/2 cup slivered almonds
- 200 mls (4 shots) amontillado sherry
- 1/4 nutmeg, grated (maybe an 1/8 tsp)
- 5 mls cinammon
- [...]
I’ve been flying a fair bit this year. During this ‘The Best Recession Ever!’ the first thing that got hammered was the food and wine in biz class. Curiously, the cheap seats wine on Air Canada kept quite decent French reds and whites.
Commuter lines have gone to cheap bulk like Barefoot (and for [...]
