Roast chicken, tomato, bacon and blue cheese with mayo on homemade bread. Sound like a nice sandwich?  My daughter thought so.  That was her lunch one day last week, which also happened to be the day most of the rest of her class were having their school-provided hot lunch, which on this day...

Lasagna serves a specific role in my house. We often try to mix it up with dinner, eating different foods, trying new ideas, new techniques.  But every once in a while, all you want is something you know, something you have been eating for years and can always count on for satisfaction. This...

Finally. A day nice enough to fire up the coals and grill some food. It’s been a long haul for us New Brunswickers.  Record snowfalls, record flooding and what seemed like a constant 60 km/h wind for five months kept most grills under cover.  I’ve been known to light some charcoal...

For the third year in a year a row, I’ve been nominated for Best DJ in the Best of Saint John Music Poll Awards which you can read more about at giraffecycle.com.   I won the first two times around but this year I’m fairly certain I’ll relinquish the title to either DJ Fire,...

Chef Fred Decker, left, and Jeff Keleher work on a saffron risotto. - There are many things that make for a great chef. Innovation, imagination, skill are some of the obvious things.   Teaching ability is one of the traits that might not occur to the non-chef but it’s a big part of...

Here’s a little side dish I’ve been making for a few months. It starts with a kind of vegetarian chili that is simply bolstered by rice and beans.  Easy stuff and very tasty. I’ve seen other rice and bean dishes that are made as casseroles and it just seems like a whole lot...