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How to Coddle an Egg – Kitchen Basics

May 1, 2013
Cori Horton
Cooking & Food, Featured
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Summer salad season, time for homemade mayo and Caesar salad, avoid upset tummies with a little food safety know how and a bit of kitchen expertise. Tip 1: how to coddle an egg. As a brief follow up to our Grilled Cesar Salad post, we…

Grilled Caesar Salad

April 29, 2013
Cori Horton
A Choice of Sides, All Recipes, Featured
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The skies are blue and the snow is gone, it's time to start up the grill and get cookin'! Let's start the season off right with a household favorite, a Grilled Caesar Salad. A little twist on the original Caesar, we lighten it up…

Cherry Clafoutis with White Chocolate

August 24, 2012
Cori Horton
All Recipes, Pies & Tarts, Sweets & Treats
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A little twist on a French classic, Cherry Clafoutis with White Chocolate made with the last of the summer cherries, the swan song of summer. It won't be long before we're awash with pumpkins and apples as the kids head back to school and sweaters emerge from storage. But let's not talk about that, let's stay with summer a little bit longer and chat about cherries.

Fresh Summer Cornbread

August 20, 2012
Cori Horton
All Recipes, Breads & Baking, Quickbreads
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The end of summer draws near and fresh corn stands dot the urban landscape. Ripe and juicy, ears of corn, wrapped tightly in their husks, make it home to be quickly boiled, buttered and devoured, the leftovers turned into Fresh Summer Cornbread.

Raspberry, Blueberry and Pistachio-Almond Crumble

July 30, 2012
Cori Horton
All Recipes, Pies & Tarts, Sweets & Treats
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Reviewing the cookbook Grace's Sweet Life this week, we did a quick recipe test of Grace's Raspberry, Blueberry and Pistachio-Almond Crumble or as one might say in Italian: Crumble di Lamponi e Miritti con Pistachio e Mandorle. Which, let's face it, sounds a-mazing.

Chimichurri – An Essential Taste of Summer

July 9, 2012
Cori Horton
All Recipes, Little Extras
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Adding to our essential sauces of the barbecue season with a tangy Chimichurri Sauce from South America. In it's native Argentina it is the quintessential condiment for grilled meats, an Argentine pesto if you will, combining parsley, garlic, onion, olive oil, and vinegar for a powerful punch.

Chewy Gooey Chocolate Cherry Brownies

June 27, 2012
Cori Horton
All Recipes, Bars & Brownies, Sweets & Treats
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Rich, decadent Chocolate Cherry Brownies, gooey in the middle, with a tart cherry surprise. Made with pure butter, chocolate, dried sour cherries, cocoa & sugar... I'm sure there's no calories in these.

Lemon Blood Orange Float – Cool In The Heat

June 22, 2012
Cori Horton
All Recipes, Drinks
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This week's hot, humid weather has seen us worshipping the air conditioning as temperatures climb. What better way to beat the heat than with a frozen treat for adult tastes? The Lemon Blood Orange Float reminds me of a the melting creamsicles of my childhood; creamy citrus, in a glass.

Cookin’ with Jack – Smokey Jack Daniels Ketchup & Smoking Pellets

June 20, 2012
Cori Horton
All Recipes, Little Extras
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Our barbecue essentials list continues with a wicked Smokey Jack Daniels Ketchup and a bit of Jack Smoke that gave our Father's Day barbecue a whole lot of Kentucky kick.

Hello Piri Piri – Goodbye Barbecue Sauce

June 18, 2012
Cori Horton
All Recipes, Little Extras
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This version of Piri Piri sauce will ruin commercial barbecue sauces for you, forever. Butter based, it borrows from Portuguese tradition leaning heavily French. Using it effectively blackens the surface of the meat, adding layers of flavour and heat.

Pain Bagnat – The Perfect French Picnic

June 11, 2012
Cori Horton
All Recipes, Seafood & Fish, Starters & Small Bites
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After last week's post on Salade Nicoise, we take a merry little detour to Pain Bagnat (literally translated: Wet Bread) which is that same Salade Nicoise, layered in a day-old sourdough roll, wrapped tight, put in the cooler overnight and the back of the car in the morning for the perfect picnic a la Provencal.

Salade Nicoise inspired by Julia Child

June 8, 2012
Cori Horton
All Recipes, Seafood & Fish, Starters & Small Bites
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This week we join the many voices celebrating what would have been Julia Child's 100th birthday in August of this year, with JC100. Starting with Salade Nicoise, from Child's The Way to Cook, a light, fresh garden salad from the south of France.