Guests for dinner tonight. I had planned to bbq but it’s cold and rainy so instead…. Honey-roasted parsnip and arugula salad with toasted walnuts and sauteed mushrooms Creole seafood stew with roasted potatoes And let’s not forget, two loaves of homemade bread Fruit salad for… Read More
I enjoy cooking for family and friends. Today’s Easter dinner is over here. Our family on Tuffy’s side is coming over. I had Mark the Village Butcher debone a leg of lamb for me. Actually it’s a leg and a half, tied together as a… Read More
Sauté an onion in a Dutch oven. Add some chopped garlic. Chop up some butternut squash and toss it in. Chop up some fennel and add it in too. Add ancho chile powder, and a little cumin. Stir it up. Chop up a boneless chicken… Read More
When I want a quick but tasty dinner and I’m not sure what’s in the fridge, I often think, hey I’ll make an omelette. That’s what I did tonight. I got home late after a conference. Memphis and the cats wanted their dinner, and Memphis… Read More
I don’t know how it happened. Somewhere, somehow along the way, Tuffy P and I developed a love and high tolerance for very hot chiles. I realized it one day when Tuffy was shoveling insane amounts of crushed red chiles on her dinner and commenting… Read More
Tuffy P and I made a decision this year to add a one-week time-delay to Valentines Day. We like to go out for dinner on Valentines Day but have found ourselves disappointed with restaurants that stuff five extra tables into the restaurant and come up… Read More
Hey, what’s going on here? Some of us are trying to lose weight. I haven’t lost 55 lbs by eating lemon shortbread cookies coated with icing sugar…. Tuffy P has to be stopped. Call the sugar and butter police. 2/3 cup unsalted butter, softened 1/3… Read More
I found myself filled with memories as we drove with friends up Ossington Ave to Pizza Libretto for lunch. Look, there, I used to live in that storefront back in the 80s. Yeah, right in the store. It used to be a hardware store and… Read More
I mentioned on this blog a while back that I was actively shedding pounds. Today I hit the 50 lb weight-loss mark with plenty more shrinking opportunities to go….
Tuffy P pointed me to an article from The Bovine from March of last year: We’ve heard a lot about this from former Ontario dairyman Bernie Bailey, but it’s great now to have information from another source on just how major Canadian cheese producers are… Read More
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