You Can’t Be Depressedo When You Make Your Own Pesto

You Can’t Be Depressedo When You Make Your Own Pesto

A good summer morning to each and every one of you! It’s been a hot few weeks here in the nation’s capital, lemme tell you. Amidst this heat comes some good news, though. Indoor dining is set to return next week! W00T! All my restauranteur 

A Soup For All Seasons

A Soup For All Seasons

Hey friends, welcome back! Glad to have you with me again. Apologies, blah blah blah, long absence, blah blah blah, life etc. Anyways, I hope all of you have been holding up well, getting vaccinated and are dealing okay with a scorcher of a summer. 

The Most Misunderstood Dish of All: Risotto

The Most Misunderstood Dish of All: Risotto

Happy weekend, dear readers. I got my first vaccine shot yesterday and I’m feeling pretty great about that. I hope that all of you are close to getting vaccinated, too. I’m feeling a bit out of sorts, though. A little achy and overtired, nothing to 

Pork T: The O.P. (Original Pork)

Pork T: The O.P. (Original Pork)

Pork has always a mythical sort of meat to me. Growing up in a Jewish household, it was a long time before I knew the pleasures of bacon, pork sausages, and hams both cooked and cured. No pork chops or pork loin roasts for dinner. 

Springtime Special: Rack of Lamb

Springtime Special: Rack of Lamb

It’s springtime! Sometimes sunny, sometimes rainy, sometimes hot, sometimes cool. A season for change and rebirth. Spring is an exciting season for a cook, especially in colder climates like ours in Canada. After months and months of nothing but root vegetables, magical green things start 

Hey Goober, Where’s The Beef? New Year’s Boeuf Bourguignon!

Hey Goober, Where’s The Beef? New Year’s Boeuf Bourguignon!

Happy New Year, darling readers. I wish you all the best in 2021! May this year be better than the last for you and yours. Did you do anything special to celebrate New Year’s? We didn’t so much here. This was my first New Year’s 

The Road To Umami, Via San Francisco-Style Garlic Noodles

The Road To Umami, Via San Francisco-Style Garlic Noodles

Welcome back, fine readers. We’ve hit December of 2020! This has been one of the weirdest and most stressful years of my life. I’m thankful for a lot of things, though. I’m extremely lucky to be in the position I’m in. At home, warm and 

Vitamix Appreciation Post

Vitamix Appreciation Post

Happy Monday, all. It was an absolutely lovely weekend, sunny and warm. I hope everyone was able to get out and enjoy it (safely), at least for a bit. Today is looking a little gloomy, though. I really let the weather dictate what I cook, 

The Power and The Glory: Behold! The B.L.T.

The Power and The Glory: Behold! The B.L.T.

I know what you’re thinking. I can hear it from here. “Is this post really about BLT sandwiches? I know how to make those. This isn’t what I come to a food blog for, you big idiot.” Just, just hang on, though. Hear me out. 

Techniques #5: A Quick Post About Quick Pickles (And More)

Techniques #5: A Quick Post About Quick Pickles (And More)

If you’ve ever asked yourself “Why doesn’t the food I make at home taste as good as restaurant food?”, here’s yet another piece of the puzzle containing the answer. Incidentally, if you HAVEN’T asked that at some point, you’re probably eating at the wrong restaurants.