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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Lake trout
4 July 2010 – 10:12 pm | 2 Comments
Lake trout

I was very fortunate to be the recipient of some lake trout (truite saumonée).
High-quality protein is always good, but when someone actually catches the fish and then delivers a cleaned fillet in pristine condition, it stops …

Deboning a chicken
3 June 2010 – 12:01 am | 2 Comments
Deboning a chicken

French and Chinese cuisine have many things in common including a variety of poultry dishes that involve deboning birds (the galatine and eight-treasure duck are two examples that I can think of).
What’s different is the …

Quickie: pasta with arugula and mushrooms
27 December 2009 – 6:00 pm | No Comment
Quickie: pasta with arugula and mushrooms

The start of the XMas break brought along a noticeable decrease in the number of vehicles due to the school holiday shutdown, but the commute didn’t shorten as others somehow still managed to make 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 …

DNA Cuisine Complice – small update
24 October 2009 – 12:25 am | No Comment
DNA Cuisine Complice – small update

I returned to DNA shortly after my initial visit for an event and also as a sort-of a do-over among other things.
Same early and late seatings (boo! they have to get rid of this). No wait …

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 …