Happy Fathers Day Lobster and Steak

    Nothing tells dad that you love him more, than lobster and steak! This Sunday, pour dad a cool one and bring out his favourite chair and make him comfortable close to the back yard Q. Now if you did the right shopping and you play your cards right, all you have to do is fill the grill with these bad boys. Dad will not be able to resist getting his apron on and get this party a rockin! Dad like’s his steak and lobster too much to let anyone interfere, being the king of his backyard BBQ! Lobster on at Thrfty’s 2 east coast tails or a whole a raw...

Thekitchenman Cucumber Relish/ Ball Park...

When I get to feed an up and coming ball club. We have a great number of baseball parks here in South Surrey BC. I like watching the little slugger’s try and hit that ball clear out of the park. After a hard hitting and running to home plate has my team ready to chow down on some Grape Kool-Ade and a platter full of steamed All Beef Nathan’s Ball Park Franks. I make this awesome relish that goes with these most delectable tube steaks. Here it is: When hand washing, you will be able to detect any bruising or impurities. I have lectured to my staff and friends...

Beef Pho’ to Go!

  I few years back I got to work with a talented Vietnamese restaurant owner and chef. The Green Papaya was the name of this restaurant that my friend operated back in Hanoi and now here in White Rock. He brought all his family’s cooking equipment and experience gained from his chef father and began showing me a real passion he held for this soup recipe. I was taught how to blend and roast spices t…o obtain a real delicious Beef Pho’ Noodle soup. I was now being exposed to a lot of new tricks that were vague to me in the past when I was learning how to cook in...

Strawberry Rhubarb Cobbler

        My aunt Marie was quite a baker and she would tell me that her style of baking was mostly the old fashioned no recipe scratch method. As I grew older watching my aunts bake I would make rehearse making some of their baked goods from some of these handed down recipes. They were always well received by friends and this fresh fruit cobbler was my favourite. I still make this simple dessert and find it hands on friendly to prepare. This cobbler recipe is particularly good with strawberries and rhubarb, but you can use any fruit combinations....

Bread and Butter Pickles

        Bread and Butter Pickles   Back when I was a young lad I had a paper route and lots of chores to tend too for making some pocket money. One laborious task was helping weed and water my mom’s extensive garden. The water nourishment for sustaining this garden was collected from rain and the winters melting snows which filled a small in ground pond. Before my mom would utilize that source she would haul pails of water from a stream that ran through our back yard property. This was a daily chore I hated the most. To make this task a little...

Toby Creek

                    I was now involved in the Panorama Resort project working for the past two years plus with just a few weekends off and doing the required resort duty manager day and fire duty was fiisicaly draining me down. The third summer was upon us and the mighty Toby Creek was flowing from its glacier tributary to Lake Windermere like raging bull rapids in some sections and a strong current snaking along a flat stretch in another spot. This creek had a world-wide reputation as a first class river too rough water...