Eating mango with your meal is like sneaking in an early dessert. Sweet, tangy, tropical, brilliantly colourful, perfumed and tantalizing. Mangoes are nature’s way of saying “Aren’t I amazing?” I first saw mangoes eaten whole in Mexico city. Our friends had a lovely set of silver mango forks, with super long central tines which when inserted into the…
Seafood Salad Tapas – Extraordinarily Good!
Spain is breathtaking. The beauty of the landscape, the architecture, the sense of history combine with the current passions for art, music, and food, glorious food. Each visit to Spain leaves me longing to stay. If you go to Spain, don’t miss the Alhambra, Marbella, Ronda, Cuenca, Cordoba, Valencia, Barcelona, Madrid…and if I go temporarily…
Spiced Cherry Tomato Salad – Cooking With Love!
I remember Expo 67 as a turning point. International cuisine entered the Montreal mainstream with a bang. Quiche Lorraine, Indian cuisine, Chinese food gravitated from Cantonese to Szechuan, Greek food became a staple, Lebanese food made inroads. Suddenly the world of exotic flavour exploded in our neck of the woods. The family of my youth…
Tasty Grouper served on Spinach Orange Salad
I’ve been offered a suggestion as a New Year’s resolution; to try doing just one thing at a time. That sounds simple, but it’s not. How can you stop multi-tasking once you’ve become accustomed? One possible solution may be to invest in meditation. Quieting the mind to meditate would be a first step towards focusing…
Fattoush Chicken Salad – Fresh and Fabulous
Fattoush Chicken Salad is just one more recipe that could promote peace in the Middle East. Larry David may be in line for a Nobel Peace prize if his ‘Palestinian Chicken‘ episode, which Alan Dershowitz sent to Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, brings the leaders of Israel and Palestine together to create entente. Fattoush Salad 1 lettuce…
Hawaiian Chicken Salad
Dreaming of the Big Island, Hawaii, where everything feels great, looks great, tastes great. A vacation destination that screams out to become “home”. Take a look at these Jittery Cook family photos from January 2011. They’ll put you in the mood for a trip to warmer climes, or perhaps just some Hawaiian Chicken Salad. The Hawaiian Chicken…