We have a lovely organic poultry vendor at our local farmer’s market from whom I (and the rest) get tremendously good deals on his capons (2 for $40 – can’t beat that) so I’ve usually got a couple in the freezer at any given time. I was feeling like we needed a toasty, warm, autumnal [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘cooking’
October 20, 2008
verdict is: the sauce does NOT suck!
I hadn’t attempted to make spaghetti & meatball sauce using the patented family secret recipe in about 7 years. It was one of those things that I attempted and failed miserably at each time, possibly out of contempt for the stuff as I saw it growing up. A huge pot would be made at the [...]
May 5, 2007
Cornbread
Lazy Sundays at our house tend to lead to one of my favourite lazy Sunday breakfasts: grilled steak, fresh cornbread and pico di gallo. Today I’m making the cornbread and pico di gallo bits to take to a potluck we’re attending this evening, so it’s a good time to share lazy Sunday recipes as [...]
April 22, 2007
Jambalaya
Jambalaya has always been a bit of a mystery to me. Never having lived in Africa or Louisianna, my first experience with it was in a Toronto Cajun-style restaurant as a side dish. I later got to enjoy another, Canadianized version of it in its ‘red’ form, then watched Emeril Lagasse make it [...]
