Julia Julia
on Aug 29, 2009 in tomatoes Julia Child pasta I am just not getting tired of trying recipes from Mastering the Art of French Cooking. I also just finished reading Julia's autobiography, My Life in France, and I think I like her a little bit more now. I did find her a little uppity sometimes, but...

Eggstacular
on Aug 17, 2009 in Julia Child eggs bearnaise mushrooms Eggs benedict is one of my absolute favourite things to eat. I cannot go into a restaurant, see it on a menu and not order it. If I had to chose a last supper, then I think eggs benedict might be it. (I'd need like five last suppers though, because I...

Tartupcake
on Aug 11, 2009 in baking cupcakes lemon I'm a raging chocoholic, so much so, that if they had support groups to recover from chocolate, I'd need to go to one. Then I'd go home and gorge myself in a bathtub of chocolate and I wouldn't even care that I'd be eating stuff that my naked bum had...

Well Julia, you sure can cook
on Aug 10, 2009 in bacon Julia Child beef In an ode to the legendary and oh-so-of-the-moment right now Julia Child, I have decided to have an all Julia Child week here. I actually own a first edition copy of Mastering the Art of French Cooking. (It's OK if you hate me a little for it--that d...

Knockoffs
on Aug 8, 2009I like to think of this dish as the knockoff Louis Vuitton handbag of Pad Thai. It's not authentic, it's imperceptibly wrong and yet, there is something satisfying and wholesome about it. It makes you feel like that twee twenty-something strutting do...

Mojito Pork
on Aug 4, 2009 in rum lime BBQ pork I was watching the Food Network's grilling marathon yesterday where viewers (just like me!) ask questions of their favourite chefs like Bobby, Alton and Giada (I hate Giada with a passion akin to Al Gore's to fight climate change, but that's a post f...

Volcano potato
on Jun 14, 2009 in potatoes So technically, these aren't really potatoes fondant. I used to make this recipe all the time, but I have no idea what happened to the actual instructions. The other night they suddenly popped into my head, begging to be made. I used Google, but it o...

Couscouserrific
on Jun 9, 2009 in couscous sweet potato vegetarian chickpeas One of the joys of home ownership is spending a whole lot of time slaving away on the house, turning it into the ideal version of your dream home. Instead of marrying other people, we really should be saying vows to the bricks, mortar and 2x4s that m...

This one's for you Edward & Lestat
on Jun 4, 2009 in garlic pasta I've always loved vampires. When I say that, I mean I love the thoughtful-human kind like Anne Rice and Stephanie Meyer wrote about and not the demon types that just drool and make weird scratching noises. You know what I mean... Anyway, at the risk...

on Jun 3, 2009 in cheese quick and easy pasta I'm a huge fan of easy pasta dinners on week nights. Pasta is one of those perfect foods that basically prepares itself. I rank it up there with bananas and eggs--foods that come with their own packaging impress me. (Perhaps I am just easily impresse...