To-Die-For Boeuf Bourguignon
There is a reason for all of the fuss: this is TO-DIE-FOR! Well, I am certainly not Julia, nor Julie, but I do know how to read and follow instructions, and I do know how to cook, so cook I did! First...
View ArticleRoast Chicken and Apple Cider Pan Stew
Homage to Michael Smith and CIN 2010 After attending Christmas in November, I had to come home and cook! That is what I do. First up: Michael Smith’s Roasted Chicken. I could not resist. It looked that...
View ArticleSmoky Chili Soup with a Splash of Fresh Lime and Dollop of Yogurt
Smoky Chili Soup with: a great big warm wooley lip-smackin’ wintery hug in this bowl! To say that this Smoky Chili “Soup” is hardy would be an understatement. There MUST be a lime wedge or three on the...
View ArticleBeef Shank: A Canadian Prairie Pot Dinner
Nature’s Green Acres Grass Fed Pleasure No one made simple food tastier than our prairie grandmothers. Beef shank with onion, potatoes, tomatoes and garlic. Pleasure in one pot: fatty, succulent meat...
View ArticleSerbian Goulash
First Cousin to Hungarian Goulash Though I knew that Serbia was beside Hungary, as we entered the county, the difference between the two was dramatic. The food, however, is similar in many ways....
View ArticleQuick Chicken in Wine: An Elizabeth Baird Household Standby
Chicken in Wine doused with a buttery bacon mushroom gravy The young and spunky Elizabeth Davis clinched her husband with baked browned pork chops layered with onions and harvest apples scented with...
View ArticleDueling Daughters: Canadian Irish Stew with Beef
Root Vegetable Irish Stew with Beef for St. Paddy’s Day! You know the old saying: Everyone is Irish on St. Paddy’s Day! Well, I really am. Skinny McKinney was my nick name way way way back in the day....
View ArticleOsso Buco with Veal Jus: Happy Thanksgiving 2014
An exceptional meal full of at home comfort and company’s coming zeal With a simple spinach risotto, above, or the Grand Slam Osso Buco: new garden potatoes, tomatoes, and gremolata! Yes, we will be...
View ArticleCanadian Irish Stew: Cooking in the Kitchen with Laureen King
Canadian Irish Stew and a bit o’ Blarney in the Kitchen with Laureen! Irish Stew! Top o’ the mornin’ to ya! What better than this great big pot of jewel-toned comfort and love for your family to...
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