Posts by The Culinary Chase
Pad Thai
Living overseas provided us with an opportunity for our palates to mature and enjoy food we never would have tried back home either because it wasn’t being offered or the ingredients weren’t available (that was 15 years ago). I was never a big fan of spicy foods but that changed over time and I now…
Read MoreCardamom Sugar Cookies
Who isn’t drawn to a pretty, delicate-looking cookie? I’m a sucker for this sort of thing and with Spring here and Easter just around the corner, I was inspired to make these sugar cookies. The cardamom sugar cookie recipe hails from Williams-Sonoma, border icing from The Kitchn and flood icing from Every Day Occasions. Cardamom…
Read MoreBread and Butter Pickles
If you were to come to my home with a hostess gift of homemade pickles in tow, I’d be the happiest chick in town! I used to make my own but our family size has shrunk (empty nesters) and I really don’t want to have to store jars and jars of preserves and condiments. This…
Read MoreChocolate Avocado Pudding
Food blogging for me is always a new adventure and while it’s generally been fun there’s a tiny percentage when it isn’t. There are times when a recipe never gets published because it just didn’t turn out the way it was supposed to and couldn’t be salvaged or because I lost my zeal and couldn’t…
Read MoreShrimp on Polenta Rounds with Sun-Dried Tomato Relish
It was one of those days. I needed some sort of dinner inspiration (read nudge) and feeling too lazy to leave the house (I had already been out), I leaned forward to inspect the contents of the fridge and noticed a jar of sun-dried tomatoes right at the back. I usually keep these sort of…
Read MoreClam Chowder
According to The Oxford Companion To Food, the term chowder (derived from the French word for chaudière) first showed up in the 1730s by French settlers who brought their iron cooking pots with them when they settled in the Maritime Provinces of Canada. It was here they found the Mi’kmaq Indians and their appetite for native…
Read MoreBulgur Salad with Nasturtium Flowers
I love shopping at our local farmers’ markets and we are lucky to have 3! Because the one at Alderney Landing is closer, we tend to frequent this one more often. When I want fresh herbs or lettuce, I buy from Riverview Herbs. Their produce is so fresh it looks as though it was harvested…
Read MorePork Roast with Balsamic Vinegar
Do you recall your Sunday suppers growing up? These are our fondest food memories we all carry with us. It’s a dialogue we rehash every so often where we chat about what it was that made those meals special even if at the time we didn’t know that later on they would hold amazing memories…
Read MoreCauliflower Breadsticks
I’m a big cauliflower fan but I wasn’t always…I didn’t dislike it I just wasn’t enamored with it. As a kid and young adult cauliflower in my world was served with a cheese sauce. Don’t get me wrong, I loved the combination but I always felt that the cauliflower on its own was oh so…
Read MorePavia Gallery – Espresso Bar & Café
Rou·tine (ro͞oˈtēn) – a sequence of actions regularly followed; a fixed program. I am all for a routine…it keeps me grounded, allows me to stay focused on what needs to be done on a regular basis but there are times when a routine can feel like a rut. Our Sunday ritual is pretty basic –…
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