Stressed Backward is Desserts

Desserts are the proper finish to any good meal. My mom always would say it’s the best part of the meal.

Café Mozart’s Chocolate Cake

Café Mozart’s Chocolate Cake Trying to learn everything you need to know to become a chef takes years of theory and practice. Baking is one area that I only studied when time allowed. While in college I was tutored by a Peter Basin an Olympic medal winning pastry chef. I learned how to prepare all the required items that a hotel chef would need to know. I soon learned it was very tedious work to pipe fillings into a thousand bite size sweets for a buffet or show piece. Making layered cakes, flavoured mousses, danishes, cream pies and french pastries took a lot of...

What’s Your Beef.

What’s Your Beef. Buying a nice portion of beef today can be an expensive experience. Good quality non medicated range fed protein can be found. Some of the finest meat cuts in BC. Full dry aged and custom cuts comes from Armando’s Finest Quality Meats at Grandville Island Market. I like the special attention taking in preparing each cut of beef. To some of us it’s more important to have a good fat marble content. Let your butcher give his experience when you wish to purchase a premium beef product. A good selection of beef done several ways using...

Krispy Calamari.

Krispy Calamari. Squid are one on my favourite seafoods to make so many tasty appetizers with. Stuffed and grilled, added to a rice paella, stir fried in a wok and breaded and deep fried. The simple breading for these yummy morsels after being cleaned and trapped and cut into nice one bite pieces. The buttermilk and egg white wash in a bowl with a seasoned salt and pepper flour coating is all that is needed. I like to use a high heat avocado oil. Makes the finished calamari super crispy. Ingredients make a large share plate; Choose your zip, pick favorite stores 2 cup...

Alan Alda’s Chili Garlic Pasta

                  I was just finishing up feeding the cast and crew of the movies Cocktail and Three Men and a Baby that had been shooting in several locations. Doing both shoots a once was totally exhausting. All that was left to do was throw the wrap party and then it was time for a break. I was looking forward to the down time after being on call 24/7 for the last several months. My crew was also run down and greatly needed some time for R&R. I was living in Preston at that time and could not wait to loaf about and visit...

Cool Drinks for a Hot Day!

Cool Drinks for a Hot Day! A lot of times I like to have the bartenders that work with me at different functions make me a good nutritional refreshing fruit-drink cocktail, minus the alcohol. I like to keep my self hydrated when working outside and especially like fresh made blender drinks. It adds the good things like fibre, iron and potassium. Here are two of my favourite’s. Adding Vodka or Rum make a nice summer cocktail to just sit back with and enjoy the hot summer by the pool or down at the beach. Cantaloupe Agua Fresca 1 (approx. 4 lb.) cantaloupe, seeded,...