Steak au Poivre

Pepper steak, which I order at restaurants often, is on the home menu tonight. It’s not so hard to make and is fun for pyromaniacs like me. Be sure to take the batteries out of the smoke alarm before you …

Ratatouille

Finding out that ratatouille was to be one of the featured recipes of the JC100 celebrations made my decision to try the recipe very timely. I had been planning on making this dish, as you can see from the food …

Cherry Clafouti

Part three of my celebration of 100 years of Julia Child is this dessert: Cherry Clafouti. This could be made with different fruit like plums or apples or pears. But if those fruits were used, it wouldn’t be a cherry …

Galettes au Fromage (Cheese Wafers)

While reading through the Hors d’oeuvres section of Mastering the Art of French Cooking to find another interesting recipe to try, I found this one for Galettes au Fromage. It was surprising to see it here, as my family have …

Croque Monsieur/Madame

I have come to a momentous decision regarding this blog. Instead of scanning through cookbooks to find interesting recipes to try, I’m going to stick to just one cookbook: Mastering the Art of French Cooking by Julia Child, Louisette Bertholle …

St. Lawrence Market

Recently, there’s been some publicity around an article by National Geographic calling Toronto’s St. Lawrence Market (http://www.stlawrencemarket.com/) one of the 10 best markets in the world. http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/top-10/food-markets/#page=1 And Trip Advisor calls it the #1 place to shop in Toronto: http://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g155019-d185112-Reviews-St_Lawrence_Market-Toronto_Ontario.html …

Baked Rice with Pine Nuts

Here’s a different way to cook rice, especially useful if you have trouble making rice on the stove top. I made it because I like pine nuts and because the oven was on to make something else anyway. This is …

Cream of Asparagus Soup

We are in the heat of summer and I’m trying to find ways to keep cool that do not involve turning on my very noisy, energy sucking air conditioner. I know I shouldn’t be complaining about it, as there are …

Korean Style Beef Ribs

It’s a little bit sad, but I don’t have a barbecue. And I like barbecuing so much… meats and vegetables and even fruit take on an entirely different flavour when roasted outside. To try and fill the need for charred …