We have several tomato plants growing here at 27th Street and they’re doing very well. We love homegrown tomatoes and we’ve been keeping up with them, but the last few days they’ve started ripening faster than we can consume them. Tuffy P suggested we dry… Read More
I’ve been adding more fish into my diet in recent months, so today I stopped in at Mike’s Fish to see what looked good. Mike’s is the retail outfit at All Seas, our local fish wholesaler. It’s located on Vansco Rd here in South Etobicoke.… Read More
Our basil has done really well this year, and so has our garlic, so I thought, the only thing between me and a batch of pesto is some pine nuts and some good cheese. It’s been a long time since I’ve made pesto so I… Read More
The Elberta Farms Angel dropped off half a dozen super-fantastic ears of sweet corn last evening (along with a basket of the most delicious blueberries). Tuffy P suggested I make us some BBQ Corn Chowder. It’s been long enough since I’ve made something like this… Read More
Over the past few months, I’ve developed a bit of a taste for dill pickles, and I had this idea way in the back of my ever-so-tiny brain that I might want to make a batch of super-hot, garlic infused dills. Where did I get… Read More
I can’t remember ever liking kale. I must have had a bad experience with it when I was a kid. My mom could cook many things tremendously well, wonderfully, beautifully well, but with some vegetables, she would cook them until she was sure they were… Read More
Yesterday I realized we were almost out of nuoc mam – that super-fantastic fish sauce concoction that makes just about everything better. I use it regularly, not just for making a tasty dipping sauce with some garlic and hot chilies and lime juice, but also… Read More
This isn’t exactly Cá Kho Tộ, the yummy braised fish dish common in the south of Vietnam – but it’s along the same lines. I used monkfish instead of catfish and a cast iron pan instead of a clay pot. Monkfish is great for braising… Read More
Each year we make up a batch of paska, or Easter bread. Tuffy P’s mom was from the Ukraine and she used to bake paska each year in coffee cans – that’s the tradition we’ve continued. Paska is a delicious, light egg bread usually made… Read More
Here in Toronto, thin crust pizzas are popular, and apparently “authentic” especially if made in a wood-fired oven. That’s not the pizza I made today. I decided to try using my sourdough monster for pizza. The other idea I wanted to try out was making… Read More
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