By Michael Minorgan for Curtains up www.globalgourmets.ca michael@globalgourmets.ca After a recent night out watching a somewhat uninspired and run of the mill horror movie, The Conjuring, I had a craving for a good bowl of pasta. So off we went to St Denis St and Artigiani Ristorante Pizzeria. Before getting any further into my critique […]
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Chef Michael’s Quick, Easy and Delish Dish for the Weekend
By Michael Minorgan for Curtains Up www.globalgourmets.ca michael@globalgourmets.ca Lechon Manok When you travel to the Philippines Pinoy BBQ stands are on almost every street corner serving up delicious bbq’d appetizers or Pulatan, on bamboo skewers. They have a definite sweet, savoury and smoky flavour and are usually served with a special Pinoy sauce consisting […]
Chef Michael’s Quick, Easy and Delish Dish for the Weekend
By Michael Minorgan for Curtains Up www.globalgourmets.ca michael@globalgourmets.ca Roasted Tomato and Red Pepper Soup Tomatoes….yes it’s finally that time of year when we can thankfully bypass all those artificially grown, hard and tasteless varieties that have graced our stores for so many months and replace them with some of the natural, sweet and delicious varieties […]
Chef Michael’s Quick, Easy and Delish Dish for the Weekend
By Michael Minorgan for Curtains Up www.globalgourmets.ca michael@globalgourmets.ca Guinea Fowl Terrine Sorry for this late publication, but I have been in the country exploring all the fantastic local foods just minutes from the city in The Eastern Townships. This recipe is just one I tried on my trip and I was able to reinvent the […]
Chef Michael’s Quick, Easy and Delish Dish for the Weekend
By Michael Minorgan for Curtains Up Tv www.globalgourmets.ca michael@globalgourmets.ca Tom Yum Goong This soup is by far one of my all time favourites gleaned from my visits to South East Asia. Although it can be found throughout South East Asia and even Japan, it is most associated with Thailand where it is practically a […]
Chef Michel’s Quick, Easy and Delish Dish for the Weekend
By Michael Minorgan for Curtains Up www.globalgourmets.ca michael@globalgourmets.ca Macaroni and Cheese (Mac N’ Cheese) It is one of my (and everyone’s I’m sure) all time favourite comfort foods. According to Wikipedia, our on line encyclopaedia of knowledge, details of the lineage of this dish go all the way back to the 14th century, with the […]
Greasy Spoon Restaurant
By Michael Minorgan for Curtains Up www.globalgourmnets.ca michael @globalgourmets.ca Greasy Spoon…the word alone conjures up images of artery clogging indulgencies that would send any doctor into an apoplectic fit and me running to down copious amounts of Crestor. The Greasy Spoon on culinary chic Laurier Ave thankfully bears no resemblance to this ugly scenario. Laurier […]
Chef Michael’s Quick, Easy and Delish Dish for the Weekend
By Michael Minorgan for Curtains Up www.globalgourmets.ca michael@globalgourmets.ca Jimmy Crack Corn…… Jimmy Crack Corn was a black face minstrel song first performed in the United States in 1840 and it remains popular today as a children’s song . It brings to mind cornfields now in full harvest mode lining all our country highways and byways. […]
Viva Aux Vivres!
By Michael Minorgan for Curtains Up www.globalgourmets.ca michael@globalgourmets.ca This column details my second foray into Montreal’s vegetarian mecca. Throughout my extended 40 year professional culinary career in Montreal I have at one time or another had the opportunity to delve into various vegetarian cultures and traditions preparing them for my clients and happily sampling some […]
Chef Michael’s Quick, Easy and Delish for the Weekend
By Michael Minorgan for Curtains Up www.globalgourmets.ca michael@globalgourmets.ca Vietnamese Caramel Spicy Chicken Wings Oops I knew this would happen sooner or later..Friday came around so quickly this week I forgot all about my “Delish Delish for the Weekend! Just as I have to quickly rustle up some ideas for you I have chosen a quick, […]