Now here’s the Catch…
Posted by Renee | Filed under Events, Recipes
This past weekend I had the extreme pleasure to be involved in the first ever Catch Nova Scotia Seafood Festival. I spent two full days shucking, slurping, wining and entertaining. I am going to venture a guess and say that my co-shuckers from Little Fish Oyster Bar and I must have shucked over 1500 Black [...]
Tags: Catch Seafood Festival, clams, Little Fiish, oysters, Willy Krauch
I’ll “Beet” It Outta Ya!
Posted by Renee | Filed under Events, Recipes
I recently did some demonstrations at the Catch Seafood Festival on the Taste Of Nova Scotia Culinary Stage. Here is an adaptation of that recipe witch includes golden, candy cane and bull’s blood beets. Hope you “beet” it up! Beet and Smoked Mackerel Salad 1 candy cane beet; peeled, quartered and thinly sliced 1 golden [...]
Tags: beets, Catch Seafood Festival, recipe, Willy Krauch
Find Out Your Fortune At New Fortune
Posted by Renee | Filed under Everyday, Favorites
I have many routines during the week; laundry, dishes, baby, husband and lunch at New Fortune. This is the place that makes me feel like I’m back in Toronto, enjoying a big, steaming bowl of Pho in some small, off the beaten path Vietnamese restaurant. I swear by the Pho here, not to mention the [...]
Tags: New Fortune Restaurant, Pho, restaurant, Vietnamese
Chimichurri; A Gaucho’s Best Friend
Posted by Renee | Filed under Everyday, Favorites, Recipes
I am by no means an Argentinian Gaucho, but I do enjoy my chimichurri! This classic sauce has been bastardized by many, but I prefer to keep mine simple and close to its original roots. I recently purchased a beef roast from Getaway Farm (at the Halifax Farmers’ Market), marinated it for a few hours [...]
Tags: bbq, chimichurri, Getaway Farm
My Ten Favorite Cook Books
Posted by Renee | Filed under Favorites
#10. Pork & Sons; Stephane Reynaud If I could marry this book, I would! Great recipes and pictures.
Tags: cookbooks
Barberry For You, Zereshk For Me
Posted by Renee | Filed under Everyday, Recipes
I have the habit when I go food shopping, to come across ingredients that I’ve never seen or used before. This happened to me a few years back when I was picking up my usual haul from Mid-East Food Centre. I looked into the refrigerator case and saw a bag of jewel-like red berries. I [...]
Tags: barberry, Mid-East Food Centre, recipe, vinaigrette
Spice It Up
Posted by Renee | Filed under Tips
I am big believer in using herbs and spices to make the ordinary extra-ordinary. At last count, I think I had at least 30 different spices in my spice drawer, and I would be lost if I ran out of any of them. Here are a few tips for keeping those pesky spice drawers organized.
Tags: spices
Saturday Food Round-Up
Posted by Renee | Filed under Everyday
Everyone has one day out of the week that is their favorite; for me it is Saturday. Saturday is sacred in our household. It is the day that Doug, Zoe & I do our big “round-up” of food for the coming week. This week it started off with our trek down to the Halifax Farmers’ [...]
Tags: farmers' market, Gourmet Cash'n'Carry, Indian Grocery, Local Source Market, Mid-East Food Centre, Steve-O-Reno's
She Ain’t No Gerber Baby
Posted by Renee | Filed under Everyday
Eight months ago I gave birth to a bouncing baby girl, and decided at that moment that she was going to be a “Bébé Gourmand”. I’ve taken it upon myself to make all of my little monkey’s food in hopes of developing her palate at a young age. Here are a few tips and ideas [...]
Tags: baby food, Fox Hill Cheese
I Feel The Lovage
Posted by Renee | Filed under Everyday
When I was growing up in Quebec, my parents had this big, crazy bush of lovage that I had to walk by everyday. Everyday that I walked by that bush I complained that it stank and that the smell made me sick to my stomach; typical child behaviour. To me, lovage was the bane of [...]
Tags: herbs, Inn At Bay Fortune, lovage
