While in my course at the Northwest Culinary Academy, we spent a day at an allotment garden in Richmond. Part of what we learned was about foraging for edible items. One of the things readily available in the springtime is stinging nettle! As the culinary students were required to use a foraged item in their menu … Read more
Every pizza is a personal pizza if you believe in yourself A couple of years ago I found myself working at a little cafe in Victoria. It was a great job, as there were only two of us in the kitchen, and we had plenty of freedom in terms of our hours, etc. One of … Read more
Lemon sabayon tart recipe | Hello Victoria A couple years back, I was in the cookbook section of my local library, looking for books on making pasta. Unfortunately, I hadn’t done my reconnaissance properly and didn’t realize the books I was looking for were at other branches. But while I was in there, another book caught … Read more
Nanaimo Bars recipe | Hello Victoria I’m starting to realize that I can’t do everything by hand. And I don’t mean that in the sense of handmade… but that sometimes, you just need machine power when baking. Case in point – these Nanaimo Bars. When I was studying pastry in Vancouver, our course had us doing almost everything … Read more
Earlier this week, I posted about our unusual squid ink salmon burgers and mentioned that we ate them with some roasted Jerusalem artichokes. I promised a recipe, and gosh darn it, I will deliver! Before moving here, I had never heard of Jerusalem artichokes (also called sunchokes) even though they have been called, at times, Canadian … Read more
Roasted garlic no-knead bread | Hello Victoria Richard’s Aunt gave us this Le Creuset pot as a gift a few weeks back! Originally, when I decided to make this bread, I wasn’t thinking I would photograph it in any way. After all, the whole no-knead bread thing had been done many times and was all over Pinterest. … Read more
Mushroom and white wine risotto | Hello Victoria I know that I should really be trying all of the recipes that I already have saved on Pinterest, but for some reason, I keep adding new ones. I’m pretty sure we all have the same problem, no? I found this recipe after racking my brain for something new … Read more