File this one under “never say never”. All day I’ve had a craving for Squeeze Cheese. On Ritz crackers. Two foods I was pretty sure I’d never ever eat again. As far as I can tell, they don’t even make Squeeze Cheese anymore, at least not in the same packaging. The product I remember was [...]
Posts from ‘March, 2007’
The Making of a Chef
First, a disclaimer. The content of this post is not intended to sound pretentious or condescending. It is not my intention to look down on the home cook (I am one myself), or to sneer at people who have not gone through a culinary arts programme. I’ve always hated when people with university degrees look [...]
Spago is a Go
I don’t know (or care) if it was actually his own decision or if the pressure from animal rights activists finally got to him, but today, chef Wolfgang Puck announced that his entire operation would become cruelty-free. No more fois-gras, no more penned veal, no more chicken from battery cages. He has directed his three [...]
Rah Rah Ricardo
I’m going to screw with your heads and do something completely out of character. I’m going to recommend a cooking magazine and give praise to a Food Network show. Well… Food Network Canada. It’s not that I’m charmed by the pretty hair or the Osmond-like smile, although the Quebecois accent melts my knees a little, [...]
Proscuittotarian
I’ve fallen off the wagon. I blame Greg – he fell first and dragged me down with him. I did make a resolution that I would “sample” things when I had the chance, just for the sake of expanding my palate and increasing my knowledge about food. I’ve been doing that when the opportunity arose, [...]
That's Just Nasty
I have a great deal of respect for Anthony Bourdain. Not for his ex-junkie, drinking, smoking, vegetarian-hating, pig-killing, squeasel-eating antics, but because he tells it like it is. He’s one of those folks who talk first and think later, someone who regularly gets pegged as being the guy who says what everyone else is thinking [...]
Treat of the Week – Lassy Mogs
Have you ever rejected something from your childhood based on a memory that was either partially or wholly incorrect? As adults, our palates expand as we try new and different types of food. For some people the food of their childhood becomes the comfort food they return to when the cornucopia of choices just doesn’t [...]
Beer and Chocolate and the Yeti, Yeti Bo Betty Song.
I know, I know, I know. There’s no excuse for the negligence. Not even that I was busy, because I wasn’t (not that “busy” is a real excuse for anything anyway – no one is too busy to attend to their priorities), I was sitting on my butt in front of the tube, watching People’s [...]
The Meat of the Matter
So back at the end of December I came up with a list of “foodie resolutions” for 2007. While I have been fairly slack about trying to do everything on my list – I have yet to find the time to make a souffle, for instance – I did have the opportunity on Monday to [...]
