Top Five Friday – My Least Favourite Culinary Terms

I’m no Julie Andrews, and this sure as heck isn’t The Sound of Music.  Keeping that in mind:

1. Flan — This is Howard’s least favourite word in the entire English language.  That kind of passion will rub off on a girl — and in 15 years of wedded bliss, I have only ever made tarts, not flans.  Search my recipes if you don’t believe me.  Nary a flan among them. … Continue Reading

Top Five Friday – 5 Cold / Chilled Soups to Cool You Down

I think my timing is a little better on this post than my last one — if I had checked the weather forecast before I published on Monday, I would have seen this heatwave coming, and not suggested a Wilted Spinach & Oyster Mushroom Salad with Warm Goat’s Cheese Dressing.

That said, I originally posted the Frozen Soba Shots above in April, when a warm spinach salad probably would have been the more appropriate choice in the cool spring sun.

I could change the name of this blog to Seasonal Food Anachronisms, or I could just get a grip and start posting stuff at the right time, and in the right order…in that spirit, I give you 5 great chilled soups to cool down the summer heat:

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Top Five Friday: How to Use Garlic Scapes

If you’ve been out at a Farmer`s Market in the last couple of weeks, you`ve probably seen bundles of these little curly-cues for sale.  Known as garlic greens, flowers or scapes – they are harvested from the tops of garlic plants at this time of yearby many growers in order to send all of the sun`s energy to the bulb developing under the soil.

Love the look and idea of these things but unsure how to use them?

Well, it’s Top Five Friday, so here are my 5 best ideas for incorporating garlic scapes into your everyday cuisine…

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