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Long and prosparagus

Asparagus officinalis has been cultivated and coveted by gastroristocrats since the days of Ancient Greece. Throughout history it has been prized as a difficult to grow, luxury vegetable. If you feel like flashing a little culinary bling you can razzle dazzle some guests with grilled asparagus doused in fancy-pants orange-enhanced Béarnaise. The grass doesn’t get [...]

mushroom cacciatore

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Neo-neopolitan Main Event

Dividing up the Neapolitan ice cream can be a real three-way tug of war. The tension builds throughout the meal as to who will be the first to pick out their favourite flavours and leave the dregs to the plebs.  The Chocolate fiends are the type who aggressively attack with a spoon to get their [...]

Julie/Julia dinner party

Last week Julie (from Dinner with Julie) decided to host a Julie/Julia Dinner party for a handful of local food bloggers. We each brought something from Mastering the Art of French Cooking that we had prepared earlier. While we feasted Julia Child tutted about her kitchen as The French Chef reruns played in the background. linkscolor [...]

Wiener Schnitzel, by the Hammer of Thor!

Okotber is not the only time for festibrating. Happy Nowemberfest from Thor, the god of Thunder and Wiener Schnitzel!  linkscolor = “000000″; highlightscolor = “888888″; backgroundcolor = “FFFFFF”; channel = “none”;

Trick-or-eat Treats

Welcome to Kitchen Scraps Trick-Or-Eat post. Today, nine favorite food, craft & lifestyle bloggers await behind nine haunted houses with an array of holiday treats created just for you. At the end of this post, you will find two of these mystery houses. To join in the holiday fun, simply click on one of the [...]

MBS- chicken chard slawlad

This week’s mystery bluebox contained: big carrots, baby carrots, caulifower (small) , chard, cilantro, cucumber,garlic, grapefruit, lemons, mango (rock hard), onion, pear, rhubarb (big) linkscolor = “000000″; highlightscolor = “888888″; backgroundcolor = “FFFFFF”; channel = “none”;

Yo Momma’s stuffed thighs

Last night yo momma made me dinner. She puts out, quite a spread. During dinner yo momma told me all the different things she could stuff in her thighs. Yo Momma has quite an imagination! I told her I was quite pleased with the herby goat cheese stuffing, but I’d be open to experimenting.  Here is [...]

Megalicious Lasagnasaurus

  Millions of years ago the Megalicious Lasagnasaurus roamed the earth eating cytoplasmic sludge, fungal goo and thick and chunky rag-ooze. Recently, paleontologists dug down through the layers of the earth’s crust to discover the remains of an intact frozen M. Lasagnasaurus. After carefully thawing and reheating the prehistoric beast they discovered that it was [...]

Bleeding heart radicchio

  There is a fine line between desperately creepy and lovingly affectionate. To help you navigate such a thin line skip tearing out your heart and make this hot and sticky bleeding heart radicchio. The vegetarian option makes it a great choice for vegetarians with a morbid sense of humour. linkscolor = “000000″; highlightscolor = “888888″; [...]