Recession Recipes

Happy Thanksgiving! I hope everyone is surrounded by loved ones and the kitchen is full of laughter and good smells! Thanksgiving is my favourite holiday of the year. There is no pressure to buy the perfect present: All you have to do is eat, drink, and smile until your heart’s content.
Although 2009 has so far [...]

I’ve been in a bit of a food funk ever since I got back from the Grand Canyon. The cool weather made me wish that I could fast forward the next few weeks until it is fall in Vegas. I’m fed up with summer produce and I feel like I’ve eaten my weight in zucchini [...]

I finally got around to reading Michael Pollan’s article, Out of the Kitchen, Onto the Couch, which was published in Sunday’s New York Times Magazine. As usual Pollan is on top form in writing about the demise of home cooking and the paradoxical rise in watching TV shows about food and eating. He begins the [...]

I found myself with lots of Amazon gift certificates recently, which means one thing: time for some new cookbooks. Good for us, and good for you, since there will be plenty of new recipes to share
I’ve been playing around with pickling a little bit lately, so I got a couple of books on [...]

I’ve been on a pretty good streak in the kitchen lately. Ever since my meltdown over uncooperative puff pastry, I’ve been making some great recipes and more importantly really enjoying myself in the kitchen. Granted what you see on this website is edited, so we don’t post recipes that sounded good on paper, but didn’t [...]