Three simple ideas for individual pies, fresh from the freezer, anytime. Perfect for a picnic or outdoor entertaining, Pie in a Jar is my favorite do-it-yourself idea for rustic weddings and outdoor parties. Don't stop at sweet fruit pies, think…
Veuve Ambal Crémant de Bourgogne Brute Rosé, the sparkling wine of Burgundy. A pink, bubbly way to ring in the New Year. 2014 marks a new beginning. I love a new year with fresh pages unwritten, all 365 of them, waiting…
During yesterday's visit to CTV's Ottawa Morning Live, our resident chef, Benoit Gelinotte (Chef B) demoed one of his top party food bites from his kitchen at Culinary Conspiracy, the Chorizo Pogo. Due to popular request (and at the behest…
Bourbon Ice Cream with Praline Popcorn, or as I like to call it 'Redneck Ice Cream' made without an ice cream maker, with the help of Mother Nature and yee' old frigidaire. We have no ice cream maker. In a…
A stunning Pear Almond Tart the wholesome twist of a whole wheat crumble crust, the finishing touch to our holiday feast. Rich and mellow, it was an elegant end on a dark winter's night. Pure, French comfort food. It's impossible…
A simple rustic quick bread with a sweet and spicy jam. The perfect savory breakfast addition over the holidays, or anytime, Cheesy Irish Soda Bread and Strawberry Jalapeno Jam. This is bread in own of it's simplest forms and also…
Just because it's the holidays doesn't mean we abandon healthy eating habits, instead we adapt favorite recipes into healthy holiday alternatives, like this little twist on an old favorite - Vegan Stuffing. To say that I eat a little differently from the…
Time to get that bird perking. Traditional Sausage Stuffing is the 'man favourite' at our house, long on butter and pork sausage and void of anything healthy; or so he thinks. Secretly, it contains flax oil and fiber. Well,…
A light twist on a holiday classic, this recipe for Lemon Shortbread Cookies doubles, triples and multiplies as deep as ten times in a snap. It's a soft dough and therefore not ideal as a cut cookie, but perfect as…
Take a couple of bottles of good, full-bodied apple cider, a pork picnic shoulder, a good spice rub and a few hours in the oven and you've got juicy, tender Cider Braised Pulled Pork. Nothing says winter quite like the…
Nothing could be easier, or simpler, than a little Sweet Potato Fork Mash with Brown Butter. Ready in less less than fifteen minutes, it's a simple side dish for a complicated life. Butter is a beautiful thing. From fresh…
Weeknight dinners call for fast, easy cooking. Packed with vitamins B6, A and C, plus potassium, iron, magnesium and calcium, kale is one of nature's super foods, Wilted Baby Kale is barely cooked, leaving all that nutrition intact. Most of us are familiar with kale…