Approaching the eleven-year memorial of Wendy Soltero’s murder and my self-preservation instinct finally kicks in.
Approaching the eleven-year memorial of Wendy Soltero’s murder and my self-preservation instinct finally kicks in.
“In what areas of your life are you preparing to live?” asks Jonathan Mead for Day 6 of the Emerson “Self-Reliance” project.
As an absolute and utter aficionado of Ethiopian cuisine, I of course hurried out to Kavarna Ethiopia after reading this glowing review Prague’s first and only Ethiopian restaurant. What I found was not only one of the worst meals I have ever had in my life, but also that the food was only Ethiopian in…
This recipe brings together the very sushi flavours of ginger and soy sauce to make a delightful end result. Oddly enough, the cilantro ends up tasting like seaweed. You could probably wrap the chicken in seaweed itself after marinating it, but that could be an entirely different recipe. I was pleasantly surprised at how this…
While this dish does take a long time to cook, it allows the honey mustard sauce made from scratch to thicken into a delightful sauce. Can be served accompanied by rice and/or salad, although this can be a meal in and of itself. Ingredients: 3 tablespoons spicy mustard3 tablespoons honey2 teaspoons red chili powder1/2 teaspoon…
This is a quick and light meal that takes about 15 minutes to prepare and cook. The red curry paste adds a lovely flavour with the sour cream, and is a good option if you don’t feel like spending a great deal of time on dinner or lunch.Ingredients: 3 tablespoons of Thai red curry paste3…
This is one of my favorite dishes and used to be my signature dish; I used to make it for Thanksgiving Dinners and for dinner parties, much to the delight of visitors. While it does require a lot of preparation and cooking time, there is something very satisfying about making a dish like this without…
This was a dish I concocted during my years in Spain to try and incorporate the fascinating tins of octopus in its own ink I would constantly see at the supermarket. It has a very unusual flavor, and the color makes it perfect to serve on Halloween, which actually did one year! The octopus in…
This post is less a recipe as it is a brief guide to how to make some wonderful roasts and some different ways to get creative with your oven. Many people shy away from roasts and prefer to fry things just because it is quicker and easier. But, in all honesty, making a roast is…
A recipe for the most beautiful curry you’ll ever eat in your life.
This dish combines two of my favorite ingredients, chocolate and chili, to make a scrumptious twist on the traditional Mexican sweet and spicy dish, molè. You will need:Red chili paste or Chinese sambal olekChocolate spread, like Nutella or any such productBacon cut in thick chunksChinese Egg NoodlesA small bag of peanuts To Prepare: *Note on…