Quinoa Salad in Endive Spears

By The Culinary Chase | March 28, 2012 |

Quinoa (pronounced keen-wa) was an ancient food staple for the Inca civilization and has been cultivated for more than 5,000 years.  Its health benefits are huge. Quinoa contains more proteins than any other grain, is a good source of dietary fiber, gluten free and easy to digest, is high in magnesium, potassium and iron and…

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Warm Duck Salad

By The Culinary Chase | March 16, 2012

I absolutely adore salads like this!  It shouts out fresh and is abundant in vitamins and minerals.  I haven’t always been a fan of duck as I thought it unhealthy. However, I did some research and along with watching celebrity chefs show off their creative ways of serving it helped me to get out of…

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Tabouli

By The Culinary Chase | March 5, 2012 |

While I was having a coffee with my husband in Barnes and Noble I spotted a book called Skinny Bitch.  With a name like that how could I not investigate further?  It peaked my curiosity and after skimming through the book I knew it was a keeper.  Kim Barnouin speaks the way I do about…

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Elements on Hollis – A Restaurant Make-Over

By The Culinary Chase | December 3, 2011 |

John and I were in Halifax last weekend. It was a jam-packed 3 days and on Monday night we had dinner at Elements. It was the perfect ending to our weekend as we were heading back to NYC on Tuesday. Elements on Hollis is located within the Westin Hotel in downtown Halifax, Nova Scotia. A…

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