A fresh pasta dish I made at my cousin’s home in Oromocto. After a camping trip, I picked up some fantastic local tomatoes at a roadside farmer’s stand and headed to my cousin’s place to get some use out of a pasta roller she bought recently.  The pasta turned out great....

My daughter dines on a dish of spaghetti with fresh tomato sauce. A quick, satisfying lunch with summer flavour. The nice thing about fresh vegetables at this time of year is there is always an option for a quick lunch. My daughter loves pasta as much as I do and while she says her favourite...

I watch a lot of TV. And YouTube videos, and Vimeo videos. The biggest thing I’m looking for in most of the food videos is not exotic ingredients or flavour combinations, but rather technique. Most of the time, I’m just  trying to find better ways to cook the stuff I already...

Taste test: Frying up the first pattie after making a batch of fresh sausage. Sausage.  Just the one word is enough to make you jump out of your chair and run through a window with delight. Well, it is for me. I first tried making my own sausage a few years ago after I was able to invest in a...

My very own home-made donair. – Michael Hawkins photo. And so, the research continues. It’s one of the Maritime’s most important questions, relatively. That of the donair. It seems it had a hey day and now finds itself somewhere post-hey day in the grand scheme of things....

Chili? Nom city. I was actually testing out some new lighting equipment here and needed a fabulous subject. – A classic for good reason. Turkey and all the fixin’s. Delicious! – A well-balanced dinner is served. Well, the thighs are balanced on the drumstick at least.  A...

A quick, flavourful lunch with a bit of flair. Try it!   Share...