The yellow plums of summer
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe plums we get in Ontario are, for the most part, either European or Japanese types, the latter actually Chinese […]
Masa: dough at Latin American restaurants
Reading Time: < 1 minuteMasa harina: this ingredient is a foundational one for the many terrific Latin American restaurants — Salvadoran, Colombian and Mexican, […]
National Crème Brûlée Day
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhatever organizations decree these kinds of things have seen fit to announce that there are not one but two “National […]
Piquette: wine leftovers for the “labouring class”
Reading Time: 2 minutesNot that it’s at all new, but I’ve recently discovered piquette, a wine-based beverage that has an ancient and interesting […]
Gen Z farmhands work Jardin Boulay Garden
Reading Time: 3 minutesThey are back in action for the summer of 2026: here is a story about a local farm and farm […]
It’s a good time to make basil-walnut pesto
Reading Time: 3 minutesIt’s a traditional Genoese preparation: pesto is simply delicious The word derives from the Italian for “pounding,” and as such […]
Cajun étouffée
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThere are lots of cross-over words in the culinary world, in which one culture and language borrows from another. Satay […]
Pattypan (or UFO!) squash
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe colour and shape of these pattypans are phenomenal. You might start to see them as “Sunburst squash,” and looking […]
Centopassi wine turfs the Mafia
Reading Time: 4 minutesI have some Sicilian in my DNA. When I have an opportunity and find interesting wines from Sicily, I drink […]
Zabaglione!
Reading Time: < 1 minuteZabaglione; zabaione (zah-bahl-YOH-nay) One of Italy’s great gifts to the rest of the world, zabaglione is an ethereal dessert made […]
Love the hat and ‘stache: that cool Moretti Man!
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThough it’s now part of the Heineken universe and is a brand that started about 160 years ago in Udine, […]
Aiana Ottawa and seasonal tasting menus
Reading Time: 4 minutesIt has become a classic tale from a few years ago when you talk to restaurateurs: a new restaurant opens […]
Get ready to do some canning
Reading Time: 5 minutesWhile canning and preserving, techniques and methods that are often thought of as fall activities when the growing season has […]
Steak frites
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSteak-frites, or just plain ol’ “steak fries” (the former making them sound all fancy), are a favourite dish of mine. […]
(Another) Return to Langdon Hall
Reading Time: 3 minutesI’ve come round to the idea that Langdon Hall is a place I will return to — even though it’s […]
