The winner:  Phyllo-wrapped Salmon with Blueberry-Pear Pico de Gallo, by NBCC student Shelby Wilson. What do you think of when you think “Atlantic Salmon”.   A seared filet, maybe smoked salmon?  How about blueberries?  Blueberry pie of course.  Maybe a nice jam? New Brunswick...

CBC Saint John’s Information Morning is running a contest this week to come up with a new “CBC” burger that will hit the menu at the brand new Relish Gourmet Burger restaurant in Saint John.   The deadline for the contest is Friday but here’s what I came up with today....

In my quest to eat much, much more fast food, I’ve been turning to this dish recently.  A simple rice and noodle pilaf that’s ready in 20 minutes and super flexible like an awesome elastic or a cheerleader. The base of butter, rice, egg noodles, garlic, onion and water or stock is...

One of my favourite lunches – pad Thai!  With my daughter now in kindergarten, I can make lunches that have the proper amount of skull-exploding hot chilies.  The proper amount is LOTS. Alexandra wanted waffles for breakfast one morning.  Bam. Waffles.  (I just used my regular pancake...

Cheap beef.  Cheap, magical beef. Cheap and tough as leather. People that know their beef know that some of the best stuff is some of the cheapest.  The “simmering” steaks, blade steaks, shanks and ox tails that the hoity-toitys pass up are some of the best tasting cuts of cow.  ...