Seafood

Sea Urchin Ice Cream on Foie Gras Rice Pudding, Truffle Caramel Corn

Posted by on Apr 1, 2010 | 12 comments

Sea Urchin Ice Cream on Foie Gras Rice Pudding, Truffle Caramel Corn

Pairing the salty and sweet is no longer enough for serious dessert lovers. Salted caramels? yawn. Using salt alone to heighten flavours is old news for refined palettes. Umami is the newly crowned flavour to dominate the dessert scene.

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Midweek Meal: Mushroom & Miso Cod en Papillote Recipe + Results

Posted by on Feb 8, 2010 | 13 comments

Midweek Meal: Mushroom & Miso Cod en Papillote Recipe + Results

Some days when I’m dashing from meeting to meeting, I rely on good coffee and strong hairspray to keep me at bay. When I come home exhausted and frazzled, I just want to kick off my rainboots, pop my dinner in the oven,

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Video: Cleaning Sea Urchins (The Horror!)

Posted by on Jan 2, 2010 | 25 comments

Video: Cleaning Sea Urchins (The Horror!)

Happy new year! What culinary challenge or goal will you embark on in 2010?

My challenge to you: Kill your own food at least once.

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Drunken Garlic Prawns in 10 minutes

Posted by on Dec 14, 2009 | 20 comments

Drunken Garlic Prawns in 10 minutes

I love booze.

I love garlic.

I love sucking heads. Andrew Zimmern knows.

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Bacallà a la Llauna- Cod In The Pan Recipe

Posted by on Nov 18, 2009 | 6 comments

Bacallà a la Llauna- Cod In The Pan Recipe

My European journey is sadly drawing to a close. Before I depart from magical Barcelona, I have a wonderful Catalan recipe for you by my guest, Núria.

Her blog, Spanish Recipes- Easy to Cook Pic by Pic, initially caught my attention because of the brilliant photos

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Beet and Scallop Salad with Crabapple Relish Recipe

Posted by on Nov 9, 2009 | 12 comments

Beet and Scallop Salad with Crabapple Relish Recipe

Thank you to all of November’s Battle Beets participants.
View the results and December’s battle veggie after my entry recipe.

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