Month: April 2007

Coconut Chicken Curry (recipe)

I love recipes that come together in a flash with minimal prep and cleanup. This is one of those recipes and it was delicious! šŸ™‚ It comes from the GraceFoods.com website. For those who don’t already know Grace is one of the largest (if not 

Eggplant-Potato ‘Surprise’ (recipe)

So what is the ā€˜surprise’? Probably the pack of heat that this recipe delivers šŸ™‚ I used a whole scotch bonnet this time but would probably reduce that to 1/2 the next time I make this. It was a hit with my mom tho šŸ™‚ 

BBM 2.0 – Doitung Macadamia Nuts with Wasabi

Although this is one of the last of the items in my Blogging by Mail package to be written up it actually was the first item to be opened. My mother is a nut addict and I had never tasted macadamia nuts before so it 

Vegetable Curry In A Hurry (recipe)

This has to be one of my favorite recent recipes. Its twist (for me) comes from the addition of mango chutney near the end. This really gives it a sweet n savoury kick that is hard for others to put their finger on. Since this 

Great Garlic Galette (recipe)

At the time that I am writing this Passover is a little less than 24 hours away from ending*, and I’m starting to daydream about all sorts of leavened goodness. For those who don’t already know Passover is an 8 day period in the Jewish 

BBM 2.0 – Guylian Truffles

No words necessary! šŸ™‚ These were the last to be consumed, but they are not the last in this series by any means šŸ™‚ Customs sliced the bottom of this (and one other box) checking for ā€˜contraband’! šŸ™ So creamy and light inside!!! šŸ™‚

Ciabatta Bread – an overview

ā€œI feast on wine and bread, and feasts they areā€ – Michelangelo As ā€˜ciabatta bread’ continues to be the #1 search term via which people stumble onto TriniGourmet.com I thought I’d dig up some more information about this increasingly popular bread! šŸ™‚ If you are 

BBM 2.0 – Thai Kick Hot Sauce

This post was originally published on April 8, 2007. It has been updated once since then. I love hot sauce but I never had a hot sauce like this! Eva said that she picked it up on her latest trip to SE. Asia, which instantly 

BBM 2.0 – Tagliatelle with Mushrooms

In my Blogging by Mail package was a package of odd looking brown noodles. I wasn’t sure at first what they were. From the italian text I could figure out it was pasta, but with mushrooms? Was i reading it wrong? Turns out I wasn’t! 

REVIEW: Cooking with Three Ingredients (Flavorful Food Easy as 1,2,3)

ā€œCooking with Three Ingredients: Flavorful Food, Easy as 1, 2, 3ā€œ Am I the only home cook who has their ā€˜fallback’ book? It seems like no matter how many cookbooks I collect, how many websites I bookmark or magzine clippings I compile, when I’m in 

BBM 2.0 – Le Saunier Fleur de Sel de Camargue (French Sea Salt)

Sea Salt! I love Sea Salt! I started buying it a few years ago after TruValu stopped stocking kosher salt. I loved its coarse texture, intense flavour and of course, being the health hippy that I was raised to be, its trace mineral goodness. Normally 

Blogger Postcards From Around The World – Pt 2.

Here is my long overdue conclusion to the Blogger Postcards From Around the World exchange that I took part in several months ago. You can click here to see the postcard that I sent out (unfortunately I’ve gotten no feedback on whether my postcard was 

Tuna-Potato Casserole (recipe)

I expanded this one dish meal from a recipe in one of those little checkout aisle booklets that my mom has held on to from the 70’s šŸ™‚ We served it with a crisp vegetable salad on the side. I think it’s a pretty flexible 

BBM 2.0 – Petits Calins de Pont-Aven: Dark chocolate wafers filled with Mint cream

I’ve never been a big fan of ā€˜thin mints’. My only memories of them were in the boxes of US Girl Guide cookies that would appear from time to time in the dorms during college. I believe I’ve also had them locally but I don’t