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Cookbook Review: Chef Michael Smith’s The Best of Chef at Home

February 17, 2011 by Suzie the Foodie 7 Comments

When I won this copy of The Best of Chef at Home by Chef Michael Smith printed by Whitecap Books thanks to my seafood potato skins recipe, I was so excited! Not only is Michael Smith the food ambassador of PEI, he is possibly the nicest chef on television. Do not believe me? Watch one episode of Chef at Home […]

Michael Smith’s No-Knead Country Bread

February 15, 2011 by Suzie the Foodie 29 Comments

It was hard for me to believe that a grainy whole wheat bread could be made without kneading. Even when my breadmaker was alive and well, it would struggle when I put it on the whole wheat cycle. What is even more miraculous is to discover a whole wheat bread I do not mind eating! […]

Michael Smith’s Mushroom Miso Broth with Buckwheat Noodles

February 4, 2011 by Suzie the Foodie 10 Comments

Last year I spent the entire month of February dedicated to Asian foods so click here if you want some recipe ideas to celebrate Asian culture and the new year through food I know, it seems I am going all Michael Smith crazy but in fact I am recipe testing his book The Best of Chef at […]

Michael Smith’s Butterscotch Sauce

February 3, 2011 by Suzie the Foodie 10 Comments

After my peanut butter disasters I decided the only way I was going to change my foodie mojo was redemption. What started this all off in the first place was my weird caramel spider on my mini mud pies. I decided to take Ava up on her recipe suggestion and make Michael Smith’s Butterscotch Sauce. Working with […]

Michael Smith’s Moroccan Couscous & Chickpeas

January 20, 2011 by Suzie the Foodie 7 Comments

Thanks to all of your support, I was runner up in the PEI Recipe Challenge for my seafood potato skins and won the cookbook The Best of Chef at Home by Michael Smith! As a result, I have been testing his recipes in my kitchen. The other day it was so brutally cold that I just could not […]