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bassackward boB’s Grilled Cheese Sandwich

boB’s first words were ‘moM’, ‘daD’, and ‘kayak’ which did nothing to arouse any suspicion. Even when he blurted his first sentence “So many dynamos!” nobody could have guessed at his condition. But when boB exclaimed ‘repaid!’ when he filled his diaper, his concerned parents consulted the family doctor who diagnosed him with bassackwarditis. Inspite [...]

Flora’s Pasta Primavera

When Flora, the ancient goddess of growing greenery, shows up this spring you know she’ll be looking vivacious. She’s spring-loaded to deliver all the greenery to life with a healthy dose of invigorating chlorophyll. When was the last time you enjoyed a dose of chlorophyll? linkscolor = “000000″; highlightscolor = “888888″; backgroundcolor = “FFFFFF”; channel [...]

haute dog

Hotdogs are to food what the smiley face is to art. linkscolor = “000000″; highlightscolor = “888888″; backgroundcolor = “FFFFFF”; channel = “none”;

BLT Kama Sutra

Today’s the deadline for the Michael Ruhlman BLT from Scratch Summertime challenge in which people attempt to grow their own tomatoes and lettuce, bake their own bread, cure their own pork belly and whip up some sort of emulsified sauce. All in the abbreviated name of building the ultimate version of the ultimate sandwich.  Sadly, [...]

MBS-yellow beans, bacon and prunes

  This week’s mystery bluebox contained: caulifower (medium) , collard greens, yellow beans, cucumber, beets and greens, lemons, mango (hard), plums, yellow onions, red onion   linkscolor = “000000″; highlightscolor = “888888″; backgroundcolor = “FFFFFF”; channel = “none”;

Quickie pickles

Fun times on Breakfast TV Calgary this morning with Andy and Susanne. Demo’ed how to make Carrot and Ginger quickie pickles from Kitchen Scraps and talked about some other pickling. We also paired the pickles with some great cheeses and cured meats from Janice Beaton Fine Cheese.  But first here is the fast and loose ratio [...]

Grillin’ and chillin’ like a villain

Grillin’ and chillin’ like a villain Every summer Dr. Frostvich Von Hotstein likes to set his evil ways aside and have a wholesome pool party with the other members of the Menacingly Evil Allied Nation. It takes a lot of good-times to get such a group of meanies to chill-out. The Doc has concocted a [...]

lobster crème brulée

It doesn’t matter if you are on a boat surrounded by topless models sporting the glasses Tom Cruise wore in Top Gun. You could be deep sea cruising on your way to your own tropical island to spend the rest of your days enjoying the finest things life has to offer, but until you’ve had lobster [...]

German potato salad

Celeriac and Potato Salad – excerpt from Kitchen Scraps: A humourous illustrated cookbook as seen on Breakfast TV Calgary. linkscolor = “000000″; highlightscolor = “888888″; backgroundcolor = “FFFFFF”; channel = “none”;

Sumo Sunomono

If you plan on strutting around in nothing more than a tightly pack mawashi (sumo g-sling) this summer take some dietary advice from the dudes who make their living as male bikini models. There is a lot of social and professional pressure for rikishi (sumo wrestlers) to maintain a certain girth. But what if you [...]