Cooked on a stone

While in France, our first night in Meyreuil we ate at a lovely family owned restaurant. Paul, T and JT all had salmon cooked on river rock, each one presented beautifully on the boiling hot rock at the table (I had the traditional blood sausage, sounds gross but was delicious). JT and I have been [...]

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Fall 2008

Every year, I have mixed feelings about fall; I love the fall colours, I get excited about winter coming, but get really sad about having to put socks and shoes on! It all boils down to claustrophobic feet! There I said it.
We closed the cottage this weekend. The weather was quite lovely (about 24C yesterday). [...]

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JT’s Delicious, Fresh Thin Crust Pizza

JT made pizza for dinner last night. YUM. Wish I had taken a photo because it was a feast for the eyes, as well as the belly!!! He used one of my home made pizza doughs (I’ll draft the recipe for that when I make the next round, as I usually eyeball it!) and topped [...]

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Ukrainian and Polish Festivals, Toronto

Ukrainian Festival, Bloor West Village and Polish Festival in Roncessvalles Village, Toronto
This was another festival-filled weekend and we did both! Very humid with rain threatening both days, we managed to avoid and had a nice time at both! In honour of the festivals, I made some perogies for hors d’oeuvres last night. Not so traditional, [...]

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Empty Nest 2008 TIFF (Toronto International Film Festival)

My good friend Pam, kindly invited me to TIFF 2008 again – a bit of a brush with fame this time (last year we saw James McAvoy and Keira Knightley – this film had the director and an actor playing a secondary role) but it was an interesting movie (Empty Nest) and we [...]

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Home Smoked Salmon and Pear Chutney

adapted from Epicurious.com
This is one of the tastiest salmon recipes I have done so far, and each time is a HUGE success! I generally buy a large salmon fillet and serve it family style, because it is so beautiful, but you can do individual portions or steaks. You will want to marinate the salmon in [...]

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Saturday Evening Dinner

“No car Saturdays” – to try to be more environmentally conscious, we have made a consorted effort to not drive on one day of the weekend. This gets us out on our bikes or on the subway and it allows us to make an effort to consolidate our driving day errands! Yesterday was Saturday!
We rode [...]

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Eva’s Guacamoli and Black Bean Dips

Eva’s Guacamoli

Ingredients

1 ripe avocado, peeled and cubed into the food processor
1 clove garlic, minced very finely or run through a microplane grater
3-6 tbsp lime juice (to taste)
salt (to taste)
Roughly chopped cilantro
1 ripe chopped tomato

Directions

Process avocado, garlic, lime juice and salt to desired consistency.
Remove blade and add chopped cilantro and tomato, stir.
Enjoy!

Eva’s Black Bean Dip
Ingredients

1 cup [...]

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Lemon Madeleines with Raspberry Sauce & Whipped Cream

This lovely dessert is simple, lightly sweet, and beautiful. A delicious finale to any meal. They are tiny little cake like puffs, with a little crunch around the edges! A real bonus is that the Madeleines freeze beautifully…I serve 2-3 per person.
From French Food at Home, Laura Calder
Lemon Madeleines

1 cup flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
Pinch [...]

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We survived another Paul & T weekend!

Paul & T did a marathon drive, starting at 4am Chicago time. They made great time and arrived around 2pm! Then we packed up the car and drove another 4 hours to the cottage.
Let me just say, we survived! 1.75L of Gooseco (Costco’s version of Grey Goose) and about a dozen bottles of wine with [...]

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