For our wedding, it was very important to Chris and I that we make gifts for our guests from some sort of local Gabriola Island fruit. I had imagined blackberry jam, but the blackberries were not ripe…
Tag: gluten-free
Vegetable Korma and Biriyani
The biriyani that we made for our wedding welcome dinner involved two major steps. First, you make the vegetable korma, which elevates humble vegetables by braising them in an elegant cardamom nut sauce.
Heroic Indian Rice Pudding (Kheer)
We served this rice pudding as for desert at our Indian welcome dinner the night before our wedding. When I was planning the menu I tried to pick recipes that would not be too crazy to make in large quantities.
Rima’s Gingered Chickpeas with Eggplant, Spinach and Tomato
Chris and I decided that we would serve an Indian dinner to our travel wary guests the night before our wedding.
The Return of the Cabbage Craving- Fennel, Apple and Red Cabbage Slaw
I am craving cabbage again. One of the interesting things about writing this food blog is that I have a record of what I was cooking and eating a year ago…
Plum Ricotta Tart with Almonds (Gluten-Free)
Last week I started work at one of my favourite schools which happens to be in the Belmont Neighborhood of the Bronx. It’s a two hour, two subway train and one bus commute from my apartment in Brooklyn.
Garam Masala Baked Chicken with Pickled Plums
I am very, very pleased with this dinner. I have made this chicken recipe a few times before. It’s from a Food and Wine Annual Cookbook (2007) that my mum gave me for Christmas a while back, but I have made a few changes… I use my favourite Garam Masala recipe instead of the one…
Coronation Chicken Salad
I have posted this recipe before, but it was buried in another post I wanted it to be easier to find for the folks who are looking for the recipes from the wedding picnic menu. I usually poach my chicken for this recipe which also produces a wonderful chicken broth. However, since we were multiplying this…
Mi-Cuit and Pickled Plums
On our honeymoon, Chris and I bought a bottle of Pickled French Plums in Washington State. We ate them with smoked oysters and aged gouda cheese. The ingredient list was short so I thought that I would try to reproduce them at home. How hard could it be? Well I made something, and it…
Blueberry Compote, Blueberry Salad Dressing, Blueberry Cocktails….
There are many amazing foods that define the local cuisine of British Columbia. It is one of the most bountiful and delicious places in the world….especially if your ideal diet consists of salmon, berries and hazelnuts. Blueberries are abundant and delicious in August. I realize that this post is coming late, but what can I…
