The Hamburger. Make it funky, make it crunchy

Posted by Michael on Apr 19, 2013 in Funky Stuff, Recipes | 0 comments

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The Making of Meringue

Posted by Michael on Apr 1, 2013 in Funky Stuff, Recipes | 0 comments

Lisa and Alexandra team up to prepare some lemon meringue pie for our Easter dinner dessert. Share this:FacebookTwitter

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Uptown Saint John: Good for the soul.

Posted by Michael on Feb 22, 2013 in Funky Stuff, Ramblings, Recipes | 0 comments

Digging through the crates at Backstreet Records on Germain Street. By Michael Hawkins Backstreet records has been in the heart of every local musician and music fan since it first set up shop in Uptown Saint John back in 1980. It was one of the businesses that first caught my attention when I moved to the region back in 1997 and was one of the reasons I felt I’d be comfortable calling...

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Pizza! Halifax Style. Eat it (video)

Posted by Michael on Feb 13, 2013 in Recipes | 0 comments

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Alexandra’s Top Notch Mango Salad.

Posted by Michael on Jan 21, 2013 in Recipes | 0 comments

From right around the time Alexandra could say “da da”, I’ve made a point of teaching her as much as I can about food. By the time she blew out the candles for her second birthday, I could put a pizza dough in front of her, a bowl of sauce and some grated cheese and after a few minutes of eating the ingredients, she would also present to me a pretty decent pizza ready for the...

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Video: Udon mushroom yakisoba

Posted by Michael on Jan 8, 2013 in Recipes | 0 comments

I’d like to say that I was inspired and feeling creative and really into Japanese food and all that, but the reality is I just didn’t have a lot of food on hand for lunch one day and this was the result. Thank goodness I at least had a few fresh mushrooms in a bag in the crisper.  That, combined with some great, simple flavours and a bag of udon noodles would make for a fast, simple...

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