Christie's Corner
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Real food. Real life. It ain't always pretty.
I'm a food writer with a penchant for gadgets and more cookbooks than sense. Join me as I push my tiny kitchen to the limits. It's just me, a camera and enough curiosity to keep a blog going
Latest Blog Posts
- How to Make Dark Stock on Nov 20, 2009 in Techniques Uncategorized beef stock chicken stock
Last week, when I posted about homemade French Onion Soup (shown on the left), Cheryl of 5 Second Rule politely asked if I had a recipe for beef stock. Well, Cheryl, I do — only it’s more of a technique than a measure-and-pour recipe. Sto...
- Romanesco on Nov 19, 2009 in Healthy Choices Main courses Pasta Quick meals Recipes Romanesco
Despite looking like something from Deep Space Nine Cardassian cuisine, this spiral-studded vegetable has been growing right here on Earth for a few hundred years. Romanesco, or Roman cauliflower, might look strange, but its taste is very familiar &#...
- Maple-Roasted Chicken Breasts on Nov 17, 2009 in Chicken Dairy-free Gluten-free Healthy Choices Main courses Recipes garlic honey maple
This hardly looks like a substitute for chicken wings, but I assure you, if your mouth wants honey-garlic drumettes and your brain balks at deep-frying, this variation on pub grub will keep every body happy — low-fat roasted chicken for your wa...
- Misleading Labeling on Nov 13, 2009 in Rants labels
If you saw this on the side of a scone mix, how many calories would you think was in a scone? If you’re like me you thought, “Hey, 120 calories? That’s not bad.” If you were buoyed by the reasonable calorie count, how long wo...
- Earth to Table French Onion Soup on Nov 12, 2009 in Book review Local food Recipes Soups Bettina Schormann Earth to Table Jeff Crump
I didn’t take this picture. I wish I did. But I didn’t. This is just a taste of the mouthwatering photos that illustrate Earth to Table: Seasonal Recipes from an Organic Farm. While eating local is a hot topic these days, this book is not...
- Quick Fresh Tomato and Herb Pasta on Nov 11, 2009 in Healthy Choices Main courses Pasta Quick meals Recipes Vegetarian tomatoes
Bet you thought I was done with the fresh tomato recipes for a while. So did I. But I was given some environmentally conscious, on-the-vine hydroponic Ontario tomatoes (say that three times fast!) at the Royal Winter Fair and I just couldn’t be...
- Royal Agricultural Winter Fair – Walk with the Animals on Nov 10, 2009 in Just for Fun
Sometimes I fail as a food blogger. While I attended the Canadian Culinary Book Awards at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair last Friday, surrounded by award winning cookbook authors and the biggest names in Canadian Cuisine, my camera sat safely in...
