Phat Tuesday’s gotta mean pancakes. Here’s some of the ones I made for this momentous event. Here’s the recipe for my pancakes, at least roughly anyway.  I didn’t measure anything and no kittens were harmed. Hawk’s Roughly Probably Pancakes 1 handful of flour...

Special things happen to foods when heat is applied.  It’s why we cook a lot of it in the first place.  Some of the simplest things can hit a whole new level just with the introduction of some heat. Among the simplest combos that demonstrate this action are oil and flour.  Mixed together,...

Here’s just a few stand-alone pics of various things I’ve been cooking. Some, like the burger and curry, are my own concoctions and others are recipes from some of my favourite sites and cookbooks. Share...

Making some fresh tortellini on Superbowl Sunday. The dough was made with a simple mix of three eggs, 1-3/4 cups of all purpose flour and a half cup of durum semolina flour, and they were stuffed with a mix of ricotta cheese, parmesan cheese, nutmeg, salt and pepper. They boil for just three...

When I was just a kid, maybe 30, I was a sucker for Rice-A-Roni. I admit it, I loved the stuff. I gave up processed foods for the most part a few years ago but that one was one of the harder ones to let go of. That little box packed a lot of comforting goodness. It also packed a lot of salt...

By Mike Hawkins www.FoodFunk.ca We were a bit late with the festivities this year, holding our annual Ukrainian Christmas meal on January 10, four days after the actual celebration. My wife has a Ukrainian-Croatian background and introduced me to this tradition when we first met more than a...