Category Archives: Adephagia

Introduction to Gourmet Cooking I

Last night I started a 4 week, 4hr a night cooking class with my pal Jason. It’s being offered by the Continuing Education faculty of Conestoga College. The location is at the Waterloo Campus which is on University across from the Taco Bell / Pizza Hut Cardiology Centre. It’s in the building where the old… Read More »

Restaurant at home

I was reading in MacLean’s about a new trend:  cooking meals at home and charging the guests.  The case in study was preparing an extravagant 8-course dinner that included such items as “Foie gras soaked in red-wine”, “pan-fried striped bass with lemongrass” and “rice-milk flan with white-chocolate-pistachio emulsion”.  His ingredients consisted of the finest product… Read More »

Let the Ribfests begin!

The weather gods are shining upon us!  Saturday forecast calls for 11C in the sun.  To celebrate this glorious day, some friends are coming over and I am planning to fete them with a bounty of ribs.  I’ve been cooking Ribs for several years now and I must say that I am no slouch.  I can state… Read More »

Birthday Recipe

It was Chris’ Birthday last Friday and I was hoping to post a wonderful Birthday Recipe for him to try some time.  But I was politically waylaid and forced to deal with foreign policy.  Now, back to some lighter sides of life.  Here is a recipe that Sonia and I have tried a couple of times… Read More »