I grew up enjoying potato latkes in my old hood and then when I was out east I learned how to make Out of Old Nova Scotia Kitchens’ Irish Potato Cakes. Both, totally delicious. Now I have made them my own and enjoy them as a side dish with dinner or brunch. These potato pancakes […]
Easy-to-Peel Instant Pot Hard Boiled Eggs
Farewell Trafalgars Bistro
The Location Father’s Day 2017 is the last day Trafalgars Bistro will be serving food to its customers. The restaurant at 2603 West 16th Avenue will be closing its doors forever. The restaurant opened in 1997 and my friend Pepper wanted me to visit it before it disappeared. The Service She told me that not only did it […]
Bob’s Red Mill Organic Corn Grits Polenta
The Product Thanks to Bob’s Red Mill I have now made polenta with the real deal polenta corn grits! Bob’s Red Mill were kind enough to send me a package of their Organic Corn Grits Polenta for me to product test and compare with polenta made with cornmeal. The Comparison On the left you have Organic Corn […]
Cast Iron Strawberry Rhubarb Cobbler
I have always wanted to bake a dish in my cast iron skillet and decided to also complete a goal on my Foodie Bucket List: cobbler! What is cobbler exactly? “… a fruit or savoury filling poured into a large baking dish and covered with a batter, biscuit, or dumpling (in England) before being baked“. I […]
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Italian Day on Commercial Drive 2017
Foodie Bucket List: My First Ragù Sauce
I thought the perfect thing to top my first polenta with would be my first ragù sauce. That way I would get to check off TWO items from my Foodie Bucket List. What is ragù exactly? “Ragù is a class of Italian pasta sauces made with ground or minced meat, vegetables and, occasionally, tomatoes.” Sounds do-able! I turned […]
How To Make Polenta Fries
AKA What To Do With All This Leftover Polenta??? I did it! I finally learned how to make polenta for my Foodie Bucket List which rocks but what I was not expecting was so many damn leftovers from 1 1/4 cup of cornmeal. Holy crap! The Dilemma My friend Florence suggested I make polenta fries and I […]
Foodie Bucket List: How To Make Polenta With Cornmeal
I had no idea when I added polenta to my Foodie Bucket List that it was going to be such a complex journey. Just like when I started doing research for making bagels, everyone not only has a different approach to making polenta, there are different main ingredients to take into consideration. Cornmeal? See you can make […]
