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…
Cioppino di Crema
In our house, this is known as 'Cioppino di Crema con Coco', an Italian-American-inspired fish-based, chunky soup. Despite the name, it’s not traditional Italian fare, but rather my imaginings of a flavour profile I was craving; creamy, smoky, and ocean…
Harvest Corn Chowder
Comfort, and a heaping serving of vegetables, all in one bowl. Harvest Corn Chowder takes all the best elements of a late summer harvest and makes a thick, wholesome soup. Perfect for rainy days, cool evenings or the long delayed arrival…
Split Pea Bacon Soup, The Comfort of Green
Cold weather calls for deep comfort. Nothing warms you from the inside out like a steaming bowl of Split Pea Bacon Soup. A Twist on a French Canadian Classic Historically made when the larder was low and fresh produce was…
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…
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.
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.