When my mom moved to Canada at age 4, from an inhospitable Poland, people called her a “greenhorn,” a person ignorant of the language and culture. She made it her business to fit in and become a proud Canadian. When she was just 17, she married my dad and entered a world of fresh fruits…
An Ode to An Onion
I still remember my first quiche Lorraine from Expo 67. Lordy, Lordy, the way onions and leeks married with Gruyere and ham was positively sinful. First dates featured onion soup at the long gone Continental restaurant in downtown Montreal. At high school grad, onion soup from La Crêpe Bretonne took center stage (along with their savoury cheese and mushroom crêpe slathered with maple syrup…
12 Best Jittery Salmon Recipes
A truly Canadian childhood has got to include some fishing. I remember hooks and worms, rods and reels, sights and sounds of wallowing by the lake, catching sunfish in the Laurentians. If I caught it, mom would cook it. That was the deal. Let’s face it, fishing is the only time that many of us come…
Best Recipes: 3 Jittery Sides – 3 Jittery Salads
It’s exactly one week to spring. The thought fills us with hope. Contemplate everything delicious lurking just around the seasonal bend and enjoy these Best Recipe Jittery Sides and Salads in anticipation. Jittery Sides Jittery Salads Final notes: Check out the Old Farmer’s Almanac and read about the first day of spring vernal equinox. Spring will bring colour back into our lives. Have you seen…
Best Recipes: 9 Breakfasts – 8 Appetizers – Happy Days!
We are supposed to stay in the moment to get the most out of life. But what if we need to mull over the past and plan for the future? Looking back allows us to relive moments that were special. Here are 9 Jittery breakfasts and 8 Jittery appetizers worth revisiting. 9 Jittery Breakfasts 8 Jittery Appetizers Final…
15 Fabulous Favourites & Jittery Jabber
Here are 15 fabulous favourite Jittery Cook recipes that won’t make you crazy sourcing and prepping. So, what’s cooking? BBQ Beef Tenderloin for a Crowd, BBQ Chicken Breast and Florentine Rice – easy perfection! Black Pepper Goat Cheese Appetizer – OMG! If you don’t stop everything you’re doing right now to go make this, then you don’t know what’s good for you. Beyond, beyond,…