Crab Salad with Heart of Palm, Coriander & Mint
Get ready to treat yourself to a refreshing taste of the sea with our crab salad with heart of palm, coriander, and mint. It’s a burst of summer in every...
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Homemade Lobster Bisque Recipe
Lobster bisque, a name many of us haven’t heard in restaurants for quite some years. I suppose it may be because too many of us who do remember it being...
Whole Young Chicken with Cucumbers
This recipe calls for a young chicken aka poussin, which is the butcher’s term for a young chicken, less than 28 days old at slaughter and usually weighing up to...
Red Wine Jus
Make that next meal other worldly by adding this deep dark flavourful sauce. A Chef I used to work with once said, "A jus prepared correctly and served with a...
Shrimp, Crab & Prawn Oil Recipe
Next time you prepare a dish that leaves you with a lot of crustacean waste i.e. lots of prawn (shrimp), crab, lobster, or bug heads and shells, do not throw...
Chili-basted Grilled Tilapia
This recipe I use since at least 10 years. In my personal opinion, fish is not given the proper respect when it comes to the BBQ season. While ribs, chops...
Homemade Chicken Stock
A good Chicken Stock is the building block of many a good soup, sauce and stew. Quality home made stock is to the Chef as much a staple as good...
Chicken Liver with Wilted Radicchio, Caramelized Eschalots & Reduced Balsamic
This is a dish that I serve even to my friends that don’t like liver. I threaten them with no main course if they don’t at least try it. They...
Homemade Fish Stock
Hearty clam chowder, delicate seafood bisque, rustic fish stew and deliciously fresh bouillabaisse are just a few of the wonderful seafood dishes that require a good fish stock as their...
Chermoula
Recipes for Chermoula come in all kind of different variations and flavors. This particular recipe, is well suited for seafood, fish or poultry and the use of fresh and dried...
Chayote and Grilled Corn Salad
This is a very simple recipe for a salad I often serve as an condiment to grilled meat or fish. It makes use of a great, but much under used...
Prawns Fettuccine with Pernod Cream Sauce & Fennel
Pasta; the ultimate comfort food. Prawns; grill, them sauté them, marinate them, poach them, there’s not many ways a prawn doesn’t taste good. Fennel; raw in a salad, braised in...
Fettuccine Carbonara
I was on the phone to my friend Trevor the other day back in Canada, and as well as the usual catching up on each others distant lives, we talked...
Fattoush
Most likely originally developed to use up stale bread, this salad is a hearty alternative to most other and unfortunately all too often unsatisfying salads. Serve it with a nice...
Eggnog Recipe by Chef Thomas Wenger
Shortly before Christmas a guest was asking for Egg nog to be served during her party. It came to me that, even though I had fond memories of egg nog...
Chicken Salad with Arugula & Kalamata Olives
This is great example of a chicken recipe that is healthy, easy, quick and yet still a very comforting winter dish. You can enjoy the chicken with some ciabatta bread...
Cajun Scotch Fillet (Cajun Ribeye)
Also known as a Cajun Rib Eye. Of all the barbecues I have had, one thing is certain of all of them. Regardless of how many other cuts of quality...
Easy Deviled Eggs Recipe
How can you not like deviled eggs? I salute these delicious morsels of eggy goodness that, for some strange reason, always end up sitting out in the sun for hours...
Butternut Pumpkin Soup with Rosemary and Ginger
One of my favourite things about the calendar flipping into autumn is pumpkin soup. I know what you're thinking, why wait until autumn? You can buy pumpkin year round now....
Chicken Bucatini with Garlic, Shitake Mushrooms & Parsley Oil
I used to fancy myself as somewhat of a runner, although now I tend to get winded running to catch the telephone before message bank picks up. “Hello…..pant…..pant…..pant…..Paul speaking.” When...
Crispy Duck Breast with Glazed Butternut Squash and Cured Bacon
The succulent duck breast takes center stage, accompanied by a bed of fresh and vibrant rocket leaves. A final drizzle of olive oil adds the finishing touch, enhancing the flavors...
Braised Rabbit Leg with Mushroom Filling in Grappa Raisin Sauce
My grandfather has always raised rabbits, for sale and own use, on his farm. Growing up, I was introduced to rabbit as an alternative meat to chicken or pork. A...
Braised Pork Belly with Chilies
I love anything with pork belly in it. The good thing about it is if you give it a really good fry first, that will render out a lot of...
