Lemon Pound Cake with Glaze and Piped Roses Gluten-free Chocolate Cappuccino Cake With Mother’s Day just around the corner, it’s time for the rest of the family to hone some skills in the kitchen. Making a cake is like making music — you have to pay attention to the audience. Adult cakes tend to be [...]

Recipes Kung Pao Ji Dian: Chicken with Peppers and Peanuts Eggplant with Peanut Sauce One of the most common questions people ask when we come back from China is: is real Chinese food in China anything like the Chinese food we get in Canadian Chinese restaurants? The fast answer is no. North China is a [...]

By David F. Rooney The rules for commenting on The Revelstoke Current have been changed as a result of the recent unpleasantness regarding Norm Macdonald’s opinion piece headlined, British Columbians aren’t buying BC Liberal excuses on HST. In the interest of full disclosure and maintaining a high level of civility all posters are now required to [...]

Bruschetta with ricotta goat cheese, roasted grape tomatoes and onion confit Bruschetta with venison sausage and mozzarella Bruschetta with salmon ceviche  Yes, in Italian you pronounce the ch as a k. As in Brusketta. This is the Italian version of “toast and.” It is one of the easiest things to make as an appetizer, or, [...]

When we were prepping for a class at St. Peter’s Anglican Church recently, I was asked if I might one day give a session on making salads. As lovely as a plain green salad can be (and a Caesar, my very favorite, has nothing much else) there are lot of other ways to build a [...]

Almost-Thai-Curry with Beef, Pork, Chicken, Fish or Tofu or Nothing but Veggies Lemon Basil Rice Butternut Squash Suns and Moons Raspberrry Fool This is the second in a series of Holiday at Home meals that either require no cooking at all (next week: Three Salads) or can be made ahead of time and kept in [...]

Chicken in white wine served in a sourdough loaf Scalloped tomatoes Chocolate pots with Grand Marnier Spring break is around the corner, and if you’re off to bask in the sun, my best wishes. But those of us not zooming to Zihua or motoring around Maui  also need a break. One way to provide it [...]

February is an odd food month. The root vegetables that seemed so richly earthy in October lose a little of their charm, but springtime with its promise of fresh local asparagus is still a few weeks away. We’re still hungry from cold walks and days on the mountain, but for me at least, the need [...]

A toast to kitchen staff, everywhere, and three things to do with leftover hamburger meat when you are absolutely frazzled: Mexicana crepes Hamburger pizza Sloppy Giovannis on a Baked Potato with Greens and Homemade Easy Low-cal Yogurt Dressing In the 2006 Canadian census, 25 million Canadians over age 15 reported income from full or part-time work. [...]

With Valentine’s Day next week, it seems a good time to think about making a batch of snacks for a class or party. The last few weeks have taught me a lot about cooking for a crowd. One supermarket line-up chum, seeing me with four packs of cupcake liners and 3 pounds of butter, guessed [...]

Medellin, Colombia in 1970 was a city of one million people and no drug trade. Or at least not one that dominated anyone’s agenda. The city on most days was filled with two marvelous aromas—coffee and chocolate. The Antioqueñan hillsides surrounding the city were planted with small coffee farms. A regular site was a campesino [...]

Cold weather sharpens the appetite for carbs and also the craving and need for fruits that ward off colds and flu. Cranberries, a fruit native to North America (others are blueberries, pumpkins ands squash, some grapes), contains flavenoids that according to many studies help fight infection. Apricots, featured in the Morning Glory Muffin recipe, contain [...]