Grilled Albacore Tuna Fingers Soft Stree...

Grilled Albacore Tuna Soft Street Burrito. I love the taste of fresh caught Tuna. Yellow Fin or Albacore the smaller size Pacific Coast catches are very rich in good omegas. I use line and poll caught sustainable supplies from 1 Fish 2 Fish. The Mexican el supermercado store or la tienda, guardar deli Its here I find the best traditional soft taco/burrito shells. There are several to choose from. I find that the authentic Mexican soft tacos best. Pita and nann bread works well too. Fresh Albacore and Ahi tuna are readily available and you don’t need a lot to make a...

Stir-Fried Shrimp with Garlic and Chili ...

  Stir-Fried Shrimp with Garlic and Chili Sauce Throughout the years as a chef, I found that nothing stirs the appetite more then serving a sizzling platter of succulent stir-fried orange-pink shrimp infused with a simple spicy sweet chilli and flavourful garlic sauce. The reaction by people is the same look. Their eyes are wide open; mouth-watering, jaw slightly unhinged with a let me at those beautiful tasty crustaceans. Shrimp have always been something people will consider a special treat food. There are so many varieties of these crustaceans, warm and cold water...

Roasted Beets w/ Bartlett Pear and Pink ...

Roasted Beets w/ Bartlett Pear and Pink Lady Apple Fresh Mint w/a Raspberry Balsamic and Olive Oil Vinaigrette. I first roast off the pears apples and beets and then peeled the beets under cold water. This stops the cooking and makes the red colour a lot more easy to cleanup. The apples and pears are just roasted enough to wrinkle up the skin. Roast the beets till tender. 375 is a good oven temperature. Once peeled and diced add some fresh mint leaves, salt pepper and a splash of Raspberry Balsamic dressing 1 part to 3 parts of virgin olive oil and 1/2 teaspoon raw honey....

Butter Chicken So Good!

  Butter Chicken So Good! This Indian lady Bijul “meaning lightning flash!” I once met while working a catering operation to feed a soccer team was one heck of chef from the Punjab. She came to BC with her sister and soon made a good hire with extensive Indo fare knowledge she once cooked and served up a huge number of meals daily at a large mosque Temple. Her simple approach to simple food was very well prepared and thought out right to the last ingredient. I personally liked the butter chicken she once served our staff and said she was taught by a...

Dad’s Special Relish

      There was lots of area wear where the LF&C New Britain arm strong cast iron grinder that was attached to the edge of the kitchen table. My brother and I would supply the endless hand cranking power to grind out the family recipe ingredients until our arms were taut from over use. To make it less of a chore I would pretend it was a machine gun and would make the bang- bang machine gun shooting sounds as I cranked the make believe Gatling gun just like they did in the movies on Daniel Boone. Dad collected several bushel baskets of produce, stacked...

Chocolate Chip Fondue

            I can remember my first potato chip experience and have enjoyed eating them tasty fried tatter crisps since infancy. Where I grew up we were surrounded by the snack manufacturers and I remember all the smells as you got close to the factory. Hostess/Frito-Lay Potato Chips. Jacks Snacks Cheese Twists and Cracker Jacks. Dare Foods for Jube-Jubes, Scotch Mints and Girl Guide Cookies Raymond’s Nuts, who made the Oktoberfest Beer Nuts and Hickory Almonds and Cracker Jack’s. Smiles and Chuckles, made the Turtles, Turkish Delight...