Bake with abandon!
As today is World Oceans Day, I thought I’d tip my virtual hat to all the finned, tentacled, shelled, non-land animals out there. I know. I know. One look at my recipe index and you’ll see I don’t cook a lot of fish. While I’d …
Hang onto your harddrive, this is going to get a wee bit technical. I’m about to talk photography. If you’re here for a recipe and don’t know an f-stop from an f-bomb, grab a cookie from the TARDIS and poke about the archives. If you …
Coddle! Fricassee! Macerate! Sorry. I just had to get that out of my system. I’d like to publicly thank everyone who took the time to give me a reality check the other day. Having read a few too many “how to write about food” articles, …
I was going to make you guess what’s in the photo above, but the post’s headline gives it away. Darn you, Google, and your search engine demands. If you hover your cursor over the image, you will know, these golden fritters are potato latkes. I made …
It’s not unusual for me to get excited over a cookbook. But every once in a while one resonates with me on so many levels that I just want to curl up on the couch, cradle it in my arms and stroke its pages. And …
This is Bob Blumer, aka the Surreal Gourmet. I had the pleasure of meeting him and tasting his fun food at The Drake in Toronto recently. If he looks a bit blurry it’s because he moves too quickly for my camera. He thinks quickly too. As …
If you look at my recipes index it’s hard to believe I used to do a lot of health writing. While I was supposed to be promoting a healthy lifestyle in others, opposing stats and studies nearly made me sick. One day I’d file an …
You wouldn’t know from my sleek bob cut, but I’m a rocker. A die-hard rocker, through and through. Don’t get me wrong. I’m not the head-banging, metal-thrashing, ear-destroying kind. I’m the chop ’em, mince ’em, dice ’em kind. I know this because Jeffrey Elliot, coauthor …
I know what you’re thinking. “It’s only 2 days to Christmas and you’re posting this now?” Yup. I figure, since I’m going to be making a mad dash for gifts later today, you might be a last-minute shopper, too. So, in no particular order other …