Classic Beef Stew & Dumplings
Cold weather food for those long nights of winter, Classic Beef Stew & Dumplings is the one pot meal you need right now. It does not get any more basic than this. A simple English-style stew topped with light, fluffy…
Korean Beef & Kimchi Noodles
Fast and budget-friendly, add Korean Beef & Kimchi Noodles to your list of easy weeknight dinners that make you feel like you just ordered take-out! Traditional Korean Beef (Bulgogi) is made with fine strips of marinated steak, quick-cooked in batches…
Tourtière – French Canadian Meat Pie
Tourtière is a traditional French Canadian spiced meat pie for the holidays. Like ragu in Italy, the Quebecois approach to Tourtière is highly personal. There are as many recipes for tourtière as there are cooks in Quebec! Quebec's Own French…
Smoked Gouda Burger with Tomato Compote & Pecan Mayo
Still stuck in a burger box? Add new flavour to your burger repertoire. The Smoked Gouda Burger with Tomato Compote & Pecan Mayo with bust your out of your burger rut. Niiiiiiice. A big, beefy burger with a smoky cheese…
Poached Eggs in Red Wine Sauce – Oeufs en Meurette
French country cooking at its finest, Poached Eggs in Red Wine Sauce, or as it's know in its native tongue, Oeufs en Meurette. From the humble villages of Burgundy, farm fresh eggs poached in a rich red wine beef sauce…
The “Eh One” Candied Canuck Burger
A gourmet burger recipe from the 2013 World Food Championships, the "Eh One" Candied Canuck Burger was my turn-in for the World Burger Championship finals in Las Vegas using the secret ingredient, A.1. Steak Sauce. Steak sauce is not a…
Goulash – Gypsy Comfort Food
Exploring my Roma roots with some good Gypsy comfort food, a hearty Romanian Style Goulash. A rich beef and tomato stew heavy with Paprika, it's slow food to warm your soul as nights get longer and the chill of fall…
The Ollie Burger, Just for Dad
Dad is a meat n' potatoes kind of guy. On Father's Day years ago Mom created a burger with all of Dad's favorite proteins which quickly became legend, even appearing on the menu of his local watering hole. "The Ollie…
Russian Borscht, Beety & Meaty
Made with beets, cabbage, onions and three meats including a smokey kielbasa sausage, salt pork and a nice shank of beef, a good Russian Borscht is winter comfort food that is as rich in aroma and falvour as it is in colour. A soup from my eastern bloc roots.
Texas Style Chili
How to warm up on a cold winter night, just wrap yourself around a big pot of Texas-Style Chili. Rather than using ground meat and sauteing, we use a blade roast and slowly braise it until it's pull-apart tender for big, beefy texture and big chili flavour.
Korean Inspired Black Coffee Short Ribs
Slow simmered over low heat to a tender, sweet finish, these short ribs are loosely based on a Korean stew called 'Galbi Jim'. A shot of coffee adds tannins to breakdown the fibers of the meat and make the sauce rich and dark. Cook them on the stove or pop them in the slow cooker and come home to dinner.
Boeuf Bourguignon – relax people, it’s just STEW
OH MY GOD, you're in town?! Come on over, I have Boeuf Bourguignon in the oven! Best impromptu dinner party line ever, and something I’ve never said in my life, before last night. There was a time when French food was intimidating, a time when a recipe with ten steps would have seen me turn the page. Now a moment or two with Julia Child and a glass of wine to steady the nerves, I’m a braisin' fool.