| One of my favourite simple meals is a good plate of Cantonese roasted meats served with some rice. I'm partial especially to a beautifully roasted duck. The skin has to be just a tad crispy and the... | |
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| The Khao Soi Gai that I made at the Four Seasons Resort's Cooking SchoolFrom my very first bite, I was hooked on Khao Soi. Usually served with chicken ("Gai"), this Northern Thai curry noodle dish,... | |
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| This past New Year's Eve, S and I hosted a small dinner party for 6 other friends. Because neither of us wanted to work too hard that night, we hired a super-talented chef, Jimmy Chok, to prepare our... | |
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| It wasn't too long ago that I raved about pork, naming some of my favourite places in town to eat delicious pork dishes. In addition to ordering pork in restaurants, I also like cooking it. When I... | |
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| I mentioned a few posts ago that my wife S and I, plus 6 other friends, hired Chef Jimmy Chok to cook for us on New Year's Eve. We had also hired him, with stunning results, the previous year, so we... | |
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| I know I really shouldn't be jealous of a dog, but I just can't help myself. The younger of our two golden retrievers, Alix, is both aggravating and inspiring. And at times, I just can't help but... | |
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| Okay, nothing to do with food, but oh my lord do I want one of these babies! Don't know what it is? Click here. All I can say is, "Wow". | |
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| A few weeks ago, S and I made our very first trip to Osaka, Japan. While I'd been to Japan previously and had explored quite a fair bit of the country, I had never been to Osaka. In fact, up until a... | |
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| One of the things that I've been fortunate to have had the opportunity to do over the past few years is work on a number of pretty nifty books. The latest one to see print is titled French Classics... | |
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| tucking into a pasta at Basil AlcoveFine food in a not so fine placeI heard about Basil Alcove just a few weeks ago. A fantastically talented art director I've been working with on a project... | |
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