By Michael Minorgan for Curtains Up minorgan@yahoo.ca Shrimp Etouffee New Orleans, Cajun food they immediately bring to mind Mardi Gras, jazz, wildly intoxicating hurricanes and of course great food. The cuisine of New Orleans itself is not as many think strictly Cajun food. The cuisine of New Orleans is more Creole than Cajun. The origin […]
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Michael’s Quick ,Easy and Delish Dish for the Weekend
By Michael Minorgan for Curtains Up minorgan@yahoo.ca Asparagus and Smoked Trout Frittata Asparagus is a member of the lily family along with its cousin’s onions and garlic. It has been celebrated and enjoyed by the Egyptians as far back as 3000BC and the delicate taste of its ‘tips’ or ‘love tips’ as they were known […]
Michael’s Quick, Easy and Delish Dish for the Weekend
By Michael Minorgan for Curtains Up michael@yahoo.ca Mexican Chicken Tortilla Lime Soup One of the best antidotes to a cold winter night is a hot bowl of chicken soup. My preference, to those who know me, has always been for food that is boldly flavoured. This soup is a favourite of mine; it incorporates all […]
Michael’s Quick, Easy and Delish Dish for the Weekend
By Michael Minorgan for Curtains Up michael@yahoo.ca Moroccan Meatballs The land of the Kasbah and Casablanca offers up a cornucopia of delicious and exotic foods with heavy influences from the Moors and Berbers of northern Africa. This boldly flavoured cuisine has been refined over centuries in the royal kitchens of Fes, Rabat and Marrakech. Most […]
Michael’s Quick, Easy and Delish Dish for the Weekend
By Michael Minorgan for Curtains Up michael@yahoo.ca Thai Crab Cakes (or Burgers) Attention food lovers and ‘foodies’, one of the real joys of traveling throughout South East Asia is the chance to visit and immerse your senses in their amazing fresh food markets found in every town and small village. One of the most […]
Michael’s Quick, Easy and Delish Dish for the Weekend
By Michael Minorgan for Curtains Up minorgan@yahoo.ca Mussel and Fennel Soup These bearded ebony bivalves are one of the ocean’s most prolific sea foods. Thanks to mussel farming they are not only readily available year round, but they are also very inexpensive, especially here in Canada. When prepared correctly mussels can be served in so […]
Michael’s Quick, Easy and Delish Dish for the Weekend
By Michael Minorgan for Curtains Up minorgan@yahoo.ca Roasted Butternut Squash with Burnt Aubergine and Pickled Lemons Adapted (slightly) from recipe by Yotam Ottolenghi & Sami Tamimi from Jerusalem: A Cookbook For ever on the lookout for interesting and well written cookbooks (there are hundreds that are absolutely terrible and put together without much thought or […]
Michael’s Quick, Easy and Delish Dish for the Weekend
By Michael Minorgan for Curtains Up Email: minorgan@yahoo.ca Spicy Honey Chicken On my numerous trips to South east Asia exploring, among other things, its myriad delicious and exotic cuisines one country stands out among the others for its amazing culinary diversity- Singapore. Due to its geographic location and its past and present importance as a […]
From Scratch: Inside the Food Network by Allen Salkin (Putnam Press, $29.50)
by Andreas Kessaris for Curtains Up! “Hit-making is not a repeatable formula. It can’t be bottled; a set of people at a certain point in their lives meet in a certain place under certain circumstances. They will never meet again in this way with exactly the same powers, nor will the world again be […]
Michael’s Quick, Easy and Delish Dish for the Weekend
By Michael Minorgan for Curtains Up michael@yahoo.ca Thai Vegetable and Red Lentil Soup This is a treat for our vegetarian friends. It combines the wonderful aromatic flavors of Thailand, the hearty texture of lentils and the sweetness of fresh carrots and baby peas. Lentils are one of the oldest ingredients known to man having been […]