It is all about potatoes and all about the Potato festival happening next month in September. I was approached and asked to do a piece with John Pritchard on the infamous PEI ingredient “Potatoes”. I was more than thrilled and of course said YES. This will be featured in the August addition of the G! [...]
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Happy Wednesday! With Mother’s day not that far away and lobster season quickly approaching, I thought I would switch gears and present you some facts and tips about lobster. PEI is famous for lobster that has bright red shells and juicy tender meat. Lobster was once so common that they were used as fertilizer. Lobster [...]
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I thought I would take some time and share with you some tips that I have learned in the past about cooking one of my favorite foods – pasta. I hear time and time again from people that have problems cooking pasta. Whether it be over-cooked, under-cooked, tasteless or all stuck together, a lot of [...]
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Here are some common tips to making your burger experience better. The type of meat in the patty is important. Do not use extra-lean meat. Instead look for meat that is 80 percent meat and 20 percent fat. The ideal size for a burger patty is 6 ounces. When forming the patty, make an indent [...]
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How to Shock Vegetables A simple do-ahead method for delicious veggies every time. Shocking, or refreshing, refers to the technique of plunging just blanched vegetables into ice water to halt the cooking. (They’ll keep cooking if you simply take them off the heat.) It locks in flavor, texture, and color, and you don’t have to [...]
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I am constantly thinking about food, reading about food, trying new interesting and exciting ways to prepare food and of course eating food. Ever since I was a little boy — I have always been fascinated with food.
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