Chewy, crispy edged corn tortillas and mild Spanish onion chunks smothered in Mom's hot, sweet, tangy enchilada sauce and topped with ooey, gooey melted cheeses. Old fashioned Mexican delicioso-ness in every mouthful. When I was growing up in Calgary in the 1960s, Sunday was a real family day around our... Read more →
This ice cream is so good. Old-fashioned, sweet, creamy, buttery, butterscotch heaven in every smooth, satisfying spoonful. My mom loved butterscotch, so I didn't stand a chance. I dare believe that as far back as I can remember, the sweet goodness of butterscotch somehow permeates my memories. Whether it was... Read more →
Firm, ripe tomato slices, thick-sliced, peppered side bacon and perfectly poached eggs nesting on top of crispy toasted English muffins, swathed with a pinkish-hued Sriracha and Lime Hollandaise. Come to mama! Bennies for dinner. (Woohooo!) Please pass the Sriracha. Sriracha, named one of Bon Appetit's 2010 ingredients of the year,... Read more →
With a song in my heart I handcrafted an already scrumptious Marcella Hazan recipe into a luscious, creamy pasta concoction scattered with buried treasures disguised as tiny meatballs. Once again, Grazie Marcella! To Marcella Hazan.......I can't even begin to count the ways that your recipes, techniques, culinary prowess and passion... Read more →
Ever so slowly roasted, melt-in-your-mouth-tender beef dripping with deep, flavour-rich roasting juices, tucked into a soft, toasty roll with mildly kicky pepperoncini peppers and oozing broil-blasted, gorgeously-runny, buttery Havarti. Italian Drip Beef Sandwich ~ a thing of beauty. I had you at 'Italian' didn't I? Curious about Italian Drip Beef... Read more →
Creamy, buttery, brown sugary, old-fashioned, stove-top, tastes-like-home pudding with a warm whisper of whiskey in every smooth mouthful. I'm not sure if it's me or my soul that eats butterscotch pudding. Every luscious mouthful cures everything that ails me, in the moment. And sweeps me back, in an instant....way, way... Read more →