Prime Rib The Iroquois Hotel Galt Ontari...

                                          The Iroquois Hotel kitchen is where my dad worked from the 1930s and on. Heck by age six in the early 50’s I was peeling bushels of apples and was dishing up food for banquets, polishing the flatware and folding hundreds of napkins. I did shifts as a bell hop or ran the coat check when the hotel banquet and dining rooms were operating at full blast! I spent most of my childhood in the kitchen beside my dad and this is where it...

Christmas Dinners I Like!

Christmas New Years 2022. What plans have been made to celebrate have been altered to fit the New Mandate Covid rules. So, it’s going to be New Years at Home with my Sweetie. Nothing brings in the new year better than a Surf and Turf. When I was a cook at the Toronto Keg Mansion, knowing how to grill a good filet and broil a lobster tail was a job that over the years I’ve had lot’s of practise at. Next few days I will be picking out this years surf & turf recipe items. My first New Years back in Ontario after 25 years should be a special one Nothing...

Roast Leg of Lamb Christmas Downton Abbe...

Roast Leg of Lamb Christmas Downton Abbey Style I loved watching the TV series and especially liked head house cook Mrs. Patmore slaving away at a dish in that antiquated kitchen. My favourite passion about cooking today is recreating some of those relic recipes that were once served to aristocratic patrons at fine Inns or estate homes. While touring the Delaware River a few years back. I loved to find these historic Inns and this one was built in 1857 and still is home to the longest continuously operating restaurant/hotel along the Delaware Canal. The tavern and former...

Tequila Lemon Spotted Prawn Appie!

Tequila Lemon Spotted Prawn Appie! Nothing makes a party go El Grande more than these mouth watering Tequila Lemon/Lime Jalapeno Spotted Prawns! 16/20 shrimp or prawns peeled and deveined soaked in ice water with sea salt for 10 minutes to crispen up then rinsed thoroughly. Couple tablespoons of chopped green onion and chopped minced garlic. Crumbled up a 1/2 cup sheep feta cheese. Fresh squeezing of lemon/lime juice. Tbs. each 3 tbs. unsalted butter dash of olive oil, tabasco, all placed in a skillet and on high heat. Now quickly stir fry the onion and garlic without...

Christmas Cookies

Christmas Cookies. My Aunt Marie taught me the way to bake. Growing up, each Christmas was another watch and learn session at my aunts. All my mom sisters were great bakers. Aunt Marie made a most scrumptious old-fashioned short bread sheet that would be used to do some free hand cookie cutting. Ingredients 2 cups butter at room temperature 1 cup icing sugar (powdered sugar) 2 tsp vanilla extract ½ cup corn starch 3 cups fresh all-purpose flour Maraschino cherries or baking gums for the centers, sprinkles and glitter festive colour rock sugar and what ever Xmas bling you...