An Ode to Rose Gray
Posted by Doug | Filed under Recipes
Rose Gray, co-owner & co-chef of the River Café in London, has been a huge influence on me and my cooking. Rose passed away recently, and I felt the need to pull out some of my River Café cookbooks and make something in her memory. After buying a pork shoulder at the Halifax Farmers’ Market [...]
Tags: Milk, pork, River Cafe
The Key to the Pie
Posted by Renee | Filed under Everyday, Favorites, Recipes
I recently returned form a trip down to southern Florida and decided that after watching many episodes of “Dexter“, that I too, needed to find the perfect Key Lime Pie! After many tastings and many disappointments, I decided to take the task into my own hands and attempt to make my own. Here is the [...]
Tags: dessert, Florida, Key Lime Pie
Hot ‘n’ Sour
Posted by Renee | Filed under Everyday, Favorites, Recipes
Lately these days I have been feeling the need to overly indulge in spicy and sour food; could it be the fact that I have a massive baby in my belly? Maybe? But because of this, I have been making hot and sour soup like it is going out of style at my place. As I [...]
The Perfect Pork Roast
Posted by Renee | Filed under Recipes, Tips
There are a few things in life that I truly enjoy; one of those things is anything that has to do with pigs, pork and pork products. Every Christmas when the Lavallée clan gathers in Shawville, Quebec, my mother calls upon one of the many farmers in the area to slaughter a pig for us [...]
Who Says You Can’t Make Friends With Salad?
Posted by Renee | Filed under Favorites, Recipes
Back in the good ‘ol days, I used to work at a restaurant in Chelsea, Quebec, called Les Fougères. At Les Fougères, I got the chance to work alongside Charlie & Jennifer Part; the chef-owners of the restaurant. During the few years that I worked there, I learned many, many things, and have consequently thanked [...]
Tags: goat cheese, Les Fougeres, pancetta, salad
Mama’s Pudding Chomeur…Not for the Faint of Heart!
Posted by Renee | Filed under Favorites, Recipes
My mother, bless her big ol’ heart, has a thing about sweets. This lady has been known to sit down in one sitting and eat a whole sugar pie; bit by glorious bit, or even spend an evening dipping some Pontiac Home Bakery bread in a vat of maple syrup (my parents buy it by [...]
Tags: Five, Five Fishermen Restaurant, maple syrup, Pontiac Home Bakery
These Flowers Were Not Delivered By FTD
Posted by Renee | Filed under Favorites, Recipes
Many people who know me, laugh at the fact that I consider myself “semi-Italian”. Neither of my parents are Italian, nor any member of my family for that fact, but my time in Italy has led me to believe that I could be Italian. So, here I was on a Sunday afternoon, after purchasing some [...]
Tags: Halifax Farmers Market, Hutten Family Farm, Zucchini Blossoms
My Caper Crab Cake Creation (My 4 C’s)
Posted by Renee | Filed under Everyday, Recipes
I can count on my fingers and toes how many times I have been asked to put a crab cake on one of my menus. I had them on my menu at the Five Fishermen for quite a long time, and after feeling blase about these bad boys, I decided to turn over a new [...]
Tags: Cape Breton, crab, crab cakes, Five Fishermen Restaurant
Peas, Glorious Peas!
Posted by Renee | Filed under Everyday, Recipes
Peas, those little green beauties that were the bane of my existence as a small child. My mother tried everything; hiding them in a Shepard’s pie, in a beef ragout and even dousing them in honey. Nothing worked for me until I grew my very own peas and was able to pluck them off myself [...]
Tags: clams, italy, Lungarotti Winery, peas, risotto
How Do You Do, Callaloo?
Posted by Renee | Filed under Everyday, Recipes
I spent some time working in the British Virgin Islands, and had the pleasure of working with a man we called “Pont”. Pont was in charge of making soups and such on Peter Island, and one of his many specialities was Callaloo soup. Once a month he would whip up a batch, and I would [...]
Tags: callaloo, Halifax Farmers Market, Peter Island, soup
