Easy Baked Salmon
Get yourself some nice salmon fillets. Smear on some mayonnaise, layer with onion, salt, pepper, and the juice of one lemon . I then cut up a lemon and put them on to make it look pretty! Bake at 350 …
Bringing back Sunday Dinner
What comes to your mind when you think about Sunday dinners? Perhaps it is a warm, fuzzy image of a Norman Rockwell tinted past that never really existed. The one with the big roast, kids smiling, mom thrilled that she …
Puerto Rico baby!
I would like you to meet my friend Andrea. She first introduced me to Puerto Rican food 5 years ago and I have been hooked ever since. The thing about her cooking is that the flavors are so unique and …
Pasta, olive oil, bread…oh my!
Commercial Drive is located in the east end of Vancouver, a short 15 min drive from North Vancouver and 10 min by sky train from downtown Vancouver. It is like stepping into a unique little urban village complete with trees, …
About Pye
Last night I made a Potato Bacon Torte (which can be found in the recipe section). The recipe for the pie crust was made exclusively with butter and I was reminded of a conversation with a friend who stated that …
Chanterelle Utopia
It all began with one line in an email from a friend…”chanterelles are in season”. Within the hour I was in the woods huntin’ wild mushrooms. The season for chanterells is late summer to late fall. They appear more abundantly …
Chef meets Grape 2009
For the second year in a row Sean and I attended the annual Chef meets Grape. It is a popular event but much smaller and more quaint (if you can call 350 people quaint) than the larger Vancouver Wine Festival. …
Playing with the camera..
Making Seared Scallops and Crispy Proscuitto
First of all…do not be daunted by this recipe. It is seriously easy. However, what is great about it, is that it looks hard. Once you get past the fear of cooking scallops, the rest is in the bag. I …
gas.tron.o.mer (g-strn-mr)n
gas·tro·nome (gstr-nm) also gas·tron·o·mer (g-strn-mr)n. A connoisseur of good food and drink; a gourmet. Also called gastronomist. Although this title sounds daunting, I feel I fit the description on some level. I am definitely not a food snob by any …