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Michael’s Quick, Easy and Delish Dish for the Weekend

By Michael Minorgan for Curtains Up   minorganmichael@yahoo.com Roasted Tuscan Lemon Chicken Lemon chicken and its many incarnations can be found in many global cuisines. The most popular variety here in Montreal is probably the deep fried chicken with lemon on the menu of many Chinese restaurants around the city. This version is definitely more Mediterranean […]

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Michael’s Quick, Easy and Delish Dish for the Weekend

By Michael Minorgan for Curtains Up   minorganmichael@yahoo.com PERI PERI CHICKEN Although piri piri sauce is found in Portuguese cuisine its origin is actually derived from a Swahili word for pepper pepper. The chilies used  for the piri piri sauce are African bird’s eye chilies. In addition to Portugal the piri piri sauce is found in […]

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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@globalgourmts.ca Thai Dry Chicken Curry Most of my almost 40 passionate years in the food service business have been focused on foods that incorporate very bold flavours. My many recent trips to South East Asia have only resulted in strengthening and elevating this practice to exciting new […]

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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  Moroccan Chicken  When it comes to food that encompasses bold and exotic flavors you seldom have to look further than the many cuisines of Northern Africa or in this particular case the enchanting and sometimes mysterious country of Morocco. Moroccan cuisine has  for centuries been subject to […]

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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 […]