Butter Boy’s vegan adventure
28 May 2010 – 1:00 pm | 2 Comments

I will start by stating for the record that my favorite vegan meal consists of foie gras. So there.
This post is about Butter Boy, but for one of the few times on this blog, it actually isn’t …

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Quickie: vanilla-scented shrimp
15 December 2009 – 12:01 pm | No Comment
Quickie: vanilla-scented shrimp

The commute to and from the southern apple fields takes on additional challenges as the snow starts to fall. I personally like driving in snow but the adventure is always in avoiding the troglodytes who …

Confit with sarladaise potatoes redux
11 December 2009 – 12:00 pm | No Comment
Confit with sarladaise potatoes redux

Confit de canard avec les pommes de terre à la sarladaise (rough translation: duck slowly poached in duck fat with potatoes pan-fried in duck fat topped with persillade) is one of those classic dishes from the …

Quickie: mushroom crostini
23 November 2009 – 9:56 pm | 3 Comments
Quickie: mushroom crostini

This is what you make when you’re tired and there’s a whack-load of button mushrooms staring back from where they’re sitting in the refrigerator. It is however not what you make my pal Ronny, since …

Canadian Thanksgiving
13 October 2009 – 1:48 am | No Comment
Canadian Thanksgiving

Canadian Thanksgiving (you know, the good one) has wound down and is over until next year; same old – too much eating and nearly immobile from the caloric onrush. It’s a combination harvest festival as well as the first autumnal …

Asparagus and crab soup
20 September 2009 – 12:48 am | No Comment
Asparagus and crab soup

What you’re looking at is a photo of an authentic asparagus and crab soup (súp măng tây cua). Okay, so the service in a martini glass and the inclusion of a coriander leaf isn’t so traditional …

Confit with sarladaise potatoes
6 September 2009 – 2:06 pm | No Comment
Confit with sarladaise potatoes

Confit de canard avec les pommes de terre à la sarladaise (rough translation: duck slowly poached in duck fat with potatoes pan-fried in duck fat topped with persillade) is one of those classic dishes from the …