If the title of this entry sounds a bit trashy, that’s ok. Everyone needs a little trash in their life once in a while, and this is the sort of trash that fits right in alongside a cold beer (or two) while daydreaming about summer days ahead. There are really two recipes in today’s blog entry, […]
Storecupboard Spiced Chicken
If you’ve read my blog post on Nobu’s Teriyaki Chicken, you know full well where I stand on chicken for supper. Chicken is the easiest option, but it’s also the most brain-wracking option because you’ve got to figure out how you’re going to cook it (poach, bake, grill, roast, fry), and what flavour elements you’re […]
Cantina Sopa de Lima
Winter has me seeking heat, and today is no different, even though the sun is shining and the mercury is actually hovering around zero (instead of being buried deeply into the negative numbers). What better than a soup to warm you up, even when you’re stuck indoors all day. Just the idea of cold weather […]
Roast Chicken (Notes for my daughter)
Hardly a week goes by without me roasting a chicken in the oven. For me, roast chicken is the ultimate comfort meal. One bite takes me back to the immediately soothing and familiar taste of my mom’s roast chicken, and provides me with a lifetime of memories at the tip of my fork. There is […]
Nobu’s Teriyaki Chicken
You would think that someone who has over 500 cookbooks could come up with at least a dozen recipes for boneless, skinless chicken thighs at the snap of a finger, but today, I drew a complete blank. What to do, what to do, with these little pink mounds of flesh staring blankly back at me […]