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 …

I think by now everyone has heard of the Bacon Explosion. It’s the football size smoked homage to pork created by the BBQ Addicts that burnt up the food portions of the blogosphere when it was …

 
This photo is taken from a blog I found called “Mike and Ruby’s Website” (direct link), which appears to be the adventures of two fellow Canadians who tour the world on motorcycles; the photo itself is …

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 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 …

Five-spice (五香粉) is one of the world’s great spice blends but there are several recipes for it, depending on what one grew up with and where one buys it from. The version I use has cinnamon …