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Recently my wife purchased a spiral vegetable slicer made by Paderno World Cuisine. Last night I thought I would try it out. It is so easy to use and the results were fun. The slicer gives raw veggies a whole new…
Posted by: Matt SamyciaWood on Wednesday, June 17th, 2009
Categories: Guidance | Tags: beet, raw, slicer, Vegetables, Vegetarian | 3 Comments »
I like watermelon. No two ways about it. And when the warm weather arrives and summer is around the corner, I find myself drawn to the cool, juicy, sweet fruit and start experimenting with ways to serve it. Last year I…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Friday, June 12th, 2009
Categories: Guidance | Tags: feta, herb, recipe, Salad, summer, watermelon | 3 Comments »
Even though I haven’t lived at home for years, my mouth still waters when I think about the “schtka, schtka, schtka” sound that the pressure cooker made. That meant my mom was making beef tongue. I know,…
Posted by: Andrea Busse on Thursday, June 11th, 2009
Categories: Guidance | Tags: beef tongue, pressure cooker, recipe, tongue | 4 Comments »
After my parents recent visit I was reminded of an English delicacy I used to enjoy frequently – ‘Baked Beans on Toast’. This is my version of that classic. Toasted English muffin, buttered Two pieces of…
Posted by: Matt SamyciaWood on Thursday, June 4th, 2009
Categories: Guidance | Tags: Baked beans, English, garlic, toast | 6 Comments »
My friend Jamie Kelley has repeatedly said that he’d love to come over and make me his ultimate version of paella, a delicious rice dish originating from Spain. Served in a paellera (a round shallow pan made of polished…
Posted by: Nancy Wu on Monday, June 1st, 2009
Categories: Guidance | Tags: chicken, chorizo, Fisherman's Wharf, mussels, Oyama Sausage Company, paella, Pepitas, rice, Seafood, shrimp, spain, Spices, spicy, squid, Vegetables | 4 Comments »
As a cook I love the green that makes its way back onto my plate with the arrival of spring. But aside from expected seasonal fare like asparagus and spinach, I like to use some more unusual ingredients like stinging…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Saturday, May 23rd, 2009
Categories: Guidance | Tags: fiddleheads, ostrich fern, seasonal ingredients, spring, stinging nettles | 2 Comments »
Recently a thoughtful friend baked me a savory treat as a thank you gift—something I’d never heard of or tried before. Called Banica (pronounced Ba*ni*tsa), it is a traditional urban pastry in Bulgaria and the…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Friday, May 22nd, 2009
Categories: Guidance | Tags: Banica, Banitsa, Bulga, pastry, recipe | 10 Comments »
Recently Jer shared a terrific post about making home made stock. I’m a big fan of making stock and have even taken a few turns at making rich meat stocks and even patiently reducing them to a demi-glace, (which I…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Thursday, May 21st, 2009
Categories: Guidance | Tags: broth, stock | 4 Comments »
I tend to not pay much attention to recipes when I rip them out of magazines (or bookmark them). It’s sort of like, ooooh, that looks good. I’m going to make that! And then realize that I don’t have a…
Posted by: Degan Walters on Thursday, May 21st, 2009
Categories: Guidance | | 8 Comments »
We arrived right at the opening of Vancouver’s last “Winter” Market of the season. Other than mealy apples, winter was nowhere in sight. Spring greens from pea shoots to tatsoi, strawberry plants, garlic…
Posted by: Anthony Nicalo on Tuesday, April 28th, 2009
Categories: Guidance | Tags: asparagus, duck eggs, farmers market | 4 Comments »
You heard me, that’s what I made my son for lunch today…and it was actually pretty good. The idea for it came when I saw this posting at BoingBoing.net. I found it amusing that they made something he likes…
Posted by: Nancy Wu on Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009
Categories: Guidance | Tags: children's meals, hot dogs, jellyfish, noodles, Pasta, pecorino romano, tomato sauce | 10 Comments »
Just a few weeks ago I had the pleasure of hosting a dinner for my good friends Mark and Andrea. Not only are they crazy fellow foodists but they’re also damned crazy for bringing over a crazy expensive wine that…
Posted by: Doc on Friday, April 17th, 2009
Categories: Guidance | Tags: Bali, duck, french, Mosaic | 1 Comment »
The topic of Easter dinner came up with some friends a few weeks ago; we were discussing what our family meal had been when we were kids. Some people said turkey, others said ham, I said lamb. I checked my Larousse,…
Posted by: Denise Boyle on Thursday, April 16th, 2009
Categories: Guidance | Tags: cured meat, easter, eggs, italian, Pasta, quick, recipe | No Comments »
Stroganoff was one of the first recipes I learned through instinct, passed onto my mother through my Uncle Mike, a Ukranian neighbor in Calgary (who was also responsible for my early addiction to homemade perogies). It…
Posted by: Jules Morgan on Wednesday, April 15th, 2009
Categories: Guidance | Tags: beef stroganoff, recipe, Ukranian | 1 Comment »
Being laid off has left me with a sense of having lots of time on my hands and even though my natural tendency to cram days full to the gills makes that unlikely, it’s nevertheless unleashed a desire to make things…
Posted by: Degan Walters on Monday, April 13th, 2009
Categories: Guidance | Tags: cheese, dough, italian, Pasta, ragu, ravioli | 2 Comments »