MissWattson

This is a variation on Judith Finalyson's "Slow Cooker Recipes". You don't have to use New Mexico Chili Pepper for this but, it works really well. Ancho might giv you more of a chocolatey taste. This was probably the best soup I've ever made, and I've made a lot of … [Read more...] about Spicy Sweet Potato Soup

This is a wonderful way to roast a chicken. A little more complicated than Mireille Guiliano's 4 ingredients (chicken, shallot, champagne, herb of choice), but oh so very much worth it. As huge as the ingredient list is, though, I didn't have to buy a single thing, except the … [Read more...] about Murgh Musallam: Whole Chicken Baked in Aluminum Foil

I've been living in my apartment for 4 months, but not until now was there a dinner party. I wanted it to be simple, elegant and relaxed. So it started with cremini mushrooms, sautéed until their liquid evaporated, then drizzled with lemon juice and tarragon, and finally placed … [Read more...] about Chicken au Champagne with Mashed Celeriac, Balsamic Braised Fennel, and Roasted Sweet Potato Salad with Honey Dijon Vinaigrette

Finishing off the last of the gift bag cookie recipes: I made a lemon not-so-crisp recipe and a Mexican Chocolate Cookie recipe and kneaded them together using my new-found kneading prowess (I still haven't gotten a loaf of bread to rise properly...) Alice Medrich's lemon … [Read more...] about Marbled Cookies…last cookie from Alice

More not-chocolate from Alice Medrich... Cookie number 2 from the musician's gift bags (see previous post) was a simple cornmeal cookie. Sounds like nothing special, but it definitely held its own in the gift bags. These are convenience cookies, as you can wrap them in wax paper … [Read more...] about Simple Cornmeal Cookies

Well, with beer, obviously...but what if you are also one of those starving musicians? Then with cookies! A LOT of cookies... In fact, five kinds of cookies: (Not my) Aunt Tillie's Cornflake Meringues with Walnuts, Coconut and Dried Apricot, Simple Cornmeal Cookies, Lemon … [Read more...] about How do you say “Thank-you” to 10 starving musicians who do you a favour?

It's true, I don't usually eat poutine, what with the cheese and beef-based sauce...but I do love this website: http://www.midnightpoutine.ca and now I'm writing for it. It encompasses all things Montreal, including live music, art, film, news, and my favourite podcast. Now … [Read more...] about Follow Me at Midnight Poutine!

This is the other dish I used the naan to soak up. I think it worked better with the Saag/Callaloo, though. It ends up either too liquidy or sauce-less. Probably a better idea to serve it with rice, but there was no way I was making rice when I had already made delicious naan. I … [Read more...] about Lohbia aur Khumbi (Black Eyed Beans with Mushrooms: “Indian Cooking”

I've recently had a very little bit of encouraging success with saag. It's tricky, because spinach is gritty and annoying to wash and chop properly. It either tastes too chewy because there are stems or it's too bitter, or the pieces are too big. As much as I usually promote … [Read more...] about “Saag It To Me”…what the recipe would be called in the LooneySpoons Cookbooks…but it’s not

Bringing it all together. When you have a whole lot of recipe ideas that sound interesting, you sometimes have to say "No, I just don't see how hamburgers can possibly be served with Duck a l'Orange". But then you remember that mini gourmet burgers are popping up everywhere … [Read more...] about So, how many layers were there?