How exciting was it to have Favourite Recipes from Old New Brunswick Kitchens published by Nimbus Publishing show up in my mailbox? I really enjoyed their Out of Old Nova Scotia Kitchens cookbook and putting it through my test kitchen. Very cool that there is a similar version but for New Brunswick! I had such success with making […]
Bitchin’ Kitchen’s Home Fries
As the weekend finally approaches (it has been one heck of a week) it is time to think about my favourite meal of the day: brunch! Instead of just throwing some eggs and toast together, why not make a brunch classic with Nadia G.’s recipe for home fries? They are a little time consuming but hey, […]
Out of Old Nova Scotia Kitchens’ Irish Potato Cakes & Cookbook Review
GET RECIPE! A few days ago at the beginning of Hanukkah I really wanted to make latkas/potato pancakes in honour of the holiday. I was going through Out of Old Nova Scotia Kitchens and came across Irish Potato Cakes that were kind of similar to the latkas I made last year. Well I just had to make them and […]
Potato Latkes for Hanukkah
Recipe For My Potato Leek Soup
PEI Recipe Challenge: Seafood Potato Skins with Seafood Sauce
I was invited to participate in the PEI Recipe Challenge and asked to come up with a Prince Edward Island-inspired recipe. What an honour! I was just in PEI last month. You can read all about my food experiences here and about my travels here. Where on earth to start?! I was up nights thinking about what […]
Recipe Review: The Neelys’ Grandma Jean’s Potato Salad
Recipe Review: Baked Potato Soup
Total Comfort Peasant Food
Cooking Lesson #3: Gratin Dauphinois / Potato Gratin
The word gratin in the world of food usually means: baked with cheese topping. Even in my book La Varenne Pratique this is the case and according to them the most famous example is gratin dauphinois. Lovely Parisian foodie extraordinaire Clotilde Dusoulier from the fantastic site Chocolate & Zucchini insists that there is no cheese […]