Goulash – Gypsy Comfort Food
Exploring my Roma roots with some good Gypsy comfort food, 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 fills…
Mexican Blackened Chicken with Jalapeno Black Beans & Rice
Maximum Mexican — Mexican Blackened Chicken with Jalapeno Black Beans & Rice and Caramelized Pineapple Salsa finished with Cilantro & Lime. When I pine for long white sand beaches of Mexico, I recall a flavour and make it my own.…
Snapper with Herb Mustard Sauce & Summer Veg
Green mustard, fresh and colourful and perfect with fish. Why does lemon get all the fish action when you have Maille's Fines Herbes Mustard just waiting for you on your grocer's shelves?! Mustard gets a great deal of play in…
Beer Soaked Asian Buffalo Wings with Lime Cilantro Buttered Grilled Corn
Yes. I said beer and wings in the same sentence, I mean what goes better with beer than wings? And what could be better on a summer's eve with Beer Soaked Asian Buffalo Wings than Lime Cilantro Buttered Grilled Corn?!…
Trini Roti – Flavour from the West Indies
In a catering kitchen, we're not bound by static menus, each event we do has its own unique flavor, covering the globe from one side to the other. One day I could be making a French Rillette, the next a…
The Lamburghini, A Great Canadian Burger
A Food Gypsy original, also the winner of Taste of Home Canada's Burger-Off Contest, The Lamburghini tastes every bit as good and it sounds; now available in the convenient slider size. To say that I was thrilled to be Taste…
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…
Lentil Sausage & Bacon Casserole
Leaning decidedly French, a big pot full of Lentil Sausage & Bacon Casserole, a one pot meal that takes two pots to make, but who's counting?! Inspired by a couple of links of mild veal-herb sausage, this can be make…
Moroccan Inspired Lamb Shanks
Cooked low and slow, until they're fall off the bone tender, Moroccan Inspired Lamb Shanks is comfort food at it's midwinter best. Warmly spiced and heavily sauced with rich, meaty intensity. There was a time when farmers couldn't give shanks away, but now with a resurgence of…
Foie Gras – Pure and Simple
The making of foie gras is a simple, though messy process. The fattened liver is soft and breaks apart easily, so each step must be handled with care and precision. Unless you've attended culinary school or worked in the industry, chances are you've…
Poulet Sauté Chasseur – Hunter’s Chicken
Poulet Sauté Chasseur, or Hunter's Chicken, crisp sauteed chicken served with a hearty sauce made with tomatoes, mushrooms a splash of white wine and brandy, flavoured with tarragon, this is a French classic, with a little Gypsy twist.
Chicken Paella
The warm flavours of saffron, rosemary, garlic and paprika harmonize in rib-sticking batch of Chicken Paella. Straight from the fields of the Valencia region of Spain, workers would gather around the fire,wooden spoon in hand, and eat directly from the pan. This is a meal for the masses.