Romeanesco is the strangest looking food I’ve ever seen. While it would taste great roasted with olive oil, garlic and parmesan, the temptation to serve it raw, in all it’s M. C. Escher glory, is overwhelming. While you are at it, pick up some purple cauliflower, for a totally psychedelic food experience. The “Food and Memories of…
Eggplant, Red Pepper and Chili – Middle Eastern Mezze Appetizer
If you like your cookbooks filled with wonderful recipes and a healthy dose of interesting and entertaining history and if you want to know the origins of various dishes, get yourself a copy of Claudia Roden’s “The Book Of Jewish Food”. You’ll have trouble deciding what to choose to cook, and whether you should interrupt…
Asian Salmon Salad with Pea Shoots, Pomegranate and Avocado
I am new to pea shoots, or they are new to me. I’ve been researching and it seems that I’m a little slow to the party. Pea shoots have been gaining in popularity for several years now. Everyone who is anyone is the blogosphere describes them as having that springtime fresh pea flavour. Monsieur Basilic…
Grilled Turkey Sandwich – There’s no place like home
For the past number of years there has been a cocooning movement. Home improvement projects have been going through the roof as people scramble to make their nests as welcoming as possible. In spite of this sprucing up so many of us run out to pick up ready made food, or go out to eat…
Mushroom Fresh Ricotta Pasta – Spreading Jittery Cook
Everywhere I go these days I wind up telling everyone I meet to check out the Jittery Cook blog (seriously, everyone; the cashier at the pharmacy, the RVH card renewal lady, the x-ray technician, the health food store manager, the Club Intrawest phone lady…). They all seem very enthusiastic and respond like I’ve just given…
Quinoa, Bok Choy and Shiitake Mushrooms – Healthy, wealthy in what matters and wise
How hard is it to follow good advice? Very. The angel on one shoulder talks to the devil on the other and you are the referee. Every decision we make has an impact. Do you labour over each one, or throw in the towel and go with the devil? In trying to write a recipe…