Your Daily Bread Aug01

Your Daily Bread

Alright, stop buying bread. Stop it right now. Dust off that KitchenAid mixer you got when you got married five years ago and whip out a dough blade. It’s time to make some freakin’ bread. Commercial bread blows. It really blows. It is flavourless, nutritionless garbage, to be be...

26 Covers on Saturda...

After serving a steak and lobster dinner for 26 great people from a campsite at Fundy National Park on Saturday, I’m back home and back in action in my own kitchen. Watch for a new feature this week – video! Some things just have to be visually shown to really nail it...

Tomato Hamburg Casserole Special Deluxe Surprise Jul13

Tomato Hamburg Casse...

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...

Bask in the glory of Tomato Sauce Jun30

Bask in the glory of...

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, the real deal Jun28

Lamb curry, the real...

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...