Tomato Hamburg Casserole Yesterday I got a message on my facebook wall from my friend mary who writes “I walked past a restaurant earlier, and their special of the day today is ‘Tomato Hamburg Casserole.’ If my telephone had a camera in it I would have photographed the sign...

How to make a freakin’ tomato sauce. Pay attention, tomato fan. The ingredients are pretty straightforward but there’s a technique to this that makes a big difference in the end. And since this is something you’re going to eat, it’s worth it to go to the ends of the...

Lamb curry Use fresh spices wherever possible. They’re super easy to find and the flavour is much much better than their pre-powdered equivalent. Never use curry powder – it has absolutely no place in Indian cooking. The measurements are just for reference – don’t measure anything, just...

Pan-roasted rosemary chicken thigh with potato, carrot and asparagus. 1 large potato, peeled and cut in eight pieces 1 medium carrot, peeled and cut into pieces about the same size as the potato chunks 1 tablespoon olive oil 1 or 2 chicken thighs, whole or cut in two. salt and pepper 1...

Pasta with tuna, tomato cream sauce Spaghetti for two 2 tbsp olive oil 1 clove garlic 1 small dried chili pepper (optional, or use some hot pepper flakes) 4 sundried tomatoes, soaked in hot water for 5 minutes and chopped 4 or 5 black olives, pitted and chopped 14 oz can crushed or diced...

Here’s something I threw together today because my mom is heading over on the ferry tonight and likes some good home cookin’. My baked beans are really easy to make and they do away with any pre-soaking stuff with the beans. It turns out you don’t need to pre-soak the beans...

1 serving spaghetti or linguine 1 tablespoon good extra virgin olive oil (Bertolli or Gallo is fine) 1 small fresh or dried chili pepper (optional actually) 1 finely minced (or sloppily chopped, depending on your knife skills, it doesn’t really matter) clove of garlic 2 tablespoons...