Dining

By Michael Minorgan for Curtains Up    minorganmichael@yahoo.com CREAMY COLESLAW Coleslaw is a popular dish for the summer accompanying many dishes prepared on the BBQ. It is also a very healthy salad rich in fiber and if you use a vinaigrette salad dressing it can also be low in fat. This week’s recipe is the ‘creamy’ […]

By Michael Minorgan for Curtains Up    minorganmichael@yahoo.com Thai Chili Lemongrass Grilled Shrimp with Sweet Basil & Lime Fried Rice This is a perfect example of the wonderful flavors of Thailand, balancing the tastes of sweet, sour, and salty with that added wonderful kick of spicy Thai chilies. Thai cuisine can be a bit complex to […]

By Michael Minorgan for Curtains Up     minorganmichael@yahoo.com CAMBODIAN CHICKEN LIME SOUP Cambodian cuisine (Khmer cuisine) uses many fresh herbs, leaves , pickled vegetables and various dipping sauces and is greatly influenced by the bounty of food available alongside the mighty Mekong River that cuts through the very heart of Cambodia.

By Michael Minorgan for Curtains Up    minorganmichael@yahoo.com Chocolate Peanut Butter Brownie Bites I have an unwavering sweet tooth and chocolate goes a long way to satisfying it. I came across this recipe by chance sometime ago, it is a delicious and sinful combination of two ideal partners, chocolate and peanuts. My slight twist is the […]

  By Michael Minorgan for Curtains Up    minorganmichael@yahoo.com LEMONGRASS CHICKEN BANH MI Visiting Viet Nam this was one of my favorite lunch time selections. It derives its popularity from Viet Nam’s french colonial period when the baguette was introduced into the Vietnamese kitchens. To this day you will find food hawkers selling fresh baguettes in […]

By Michael Minorgan for Curtains Up    minorganmichael@yahoo.com MULLIGATAWNY SOUP Indian cuisine is by far the most complex of the Global cuisines. It is my cuisine of choice, I love its delicate use of spices and herbs that are vital to the flavoring all of their dishes. Mulligatawny Soup was introduced to India during its English […]

By Michael Minorgan for Curtains Up    minorganmichael@yahoo.com MAPLE SYRUP BBQ SAUCE Maple syrup was first produced from maple sap by the idigenous peoples of North America where it was used as a main source of nutrition and energy. Many native rituals were formed around its consumption and its production. Aboriginal dishes of the period replaced […]

Biiru is a relative new comer to the burgeoning bunch of Japanese izakayas now open around the city. An izakaya is type of informal and casual ‘after work’ Japanese drinking establishment that serves food to accompany the drinks. They are quite often compared to taverns and pubs, but I find them much more akin to […]

By Michael Minorgan for Curtains Up    minorganmichael@yahoo.com MISO SOBA NOODLE SOUP Soba is Japanese for buckwheat and the noodles are served either chilled with a dipping sauce or in a hot broth as a noodle soup. The Japanese consider them a popular inexpensive fast food which , when served, are often accompanied by usually uncooked […]