You need more salad in your life and to that end we’ve got a bunch of fun, new salad recipes to share with you. First off, let’s get all retro with layered salads, they look beautiful and can be done with fruit or vegetables. We found in this recipe in Southern Living for a layered Cornbread & Turkey Salad with Buttermilk dressing. Rather than baking the cornbread you may want to buy some from a bakery — this is no time to be turning on an oven! Continue »
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Dinner with Chef Michael Smith
a sweet ride
A very exciting contest is taking place on facebook right now. You and 3 friends could win the trip of a lifetime! A nine-day RV journey (driver included!) to the East Coast where you’ll go golfing, hang out on the beach and have dinner cooked for you by Prince Edward Island’s favourite chef, Michael Smith.
I was lucky enough to enjoy a lobster dinner with Canada’s Tallest Chef a few nights ago at Rodney’s Oyster House on King Street and he told me that he’s very excited about this contest. Continue »
When a Potato Steals Your Heart
new potatoes
Growing up in Prince Edward Island made me a potatophile from day one.
I made mashed potatoes for my after-school snack, eaten while watching “The Facts of Life”.
I dated a guy in high school based solely on the fact that he worked in a dairy and could be counted on to show up at my door with a tub of sour cream, our family’s favourite condiment, every time he came to take me to the movies.
Walking through my mother’s herb garden past normal-sized patches of thyme, rosemary and chervil, you’d be ill-prepared for the sudden “Day of the Triffids” moment when you came to the end where the dill and chives grew. The dill and chives were a garden unto themselves, a massive planting that got attacked with scissors every day until the snow flew. Continue »
