Man To Eat Nothing But Wife’s Breast Milk.

Its been a while since we ran a spread on the growing popularity of using human breast milk for things other then feeding a child. In the interest of keeping up to date with rapidly expanding world of human breast milk consumption, here is yet another wonderful, touching and slightly strange story. It all boils …

Sugar Art Mastery

I can’t say that pretend to know much about the world of pastry arts. I would even go so far as to say the whole pastry world for me is full of mystery and wonder. So when I saw the sugar work below, I almost fell off my chair. The pastry chef is Bastien Blanc-Tailleur …

Apple vs. Apple

In my other life, outside of cooking, I am a huge geek.  I love tech and I am a bit of a Mac nerd.  While I love both worlds, there are few cases where the two meet.  For example, while I am typing this, my left index finger is unusable and pretty tender as I …

Food Printing.

Recently, the LA Times reported that the smarty pants people at Cornell University had developed tool food tool for “solid freeform fabrication.” Basically, its a 3D printer (currently all the rage in nerd circles) for food. Layer by yummy layer, food is created or built. As a prime example, I direct your attention to the …

Pedestrian Physics

After trial by fire, and over a week immersed in Italian culture, I have learned a few things about pedestrian physics here in Italy. 1. Italians drive very well. They also drive very fast. Italians are very aware of their surroundings as they do not rely on/need/enjoy using traffic signage to regulate their vehicular movements. …

Chef David Chang above the 49th Parallel

Internationally known Chef David Chang is coming to Toronto in 2012, in partnership with Shangri La Hotels & Resorts. Foodies and people in the industry, myself included, will be watching very carefully in the coming years. Must say I am curious and excited to see what he does with his restaurants and his time in …

Food In Space 1

Space is not a human friendly place. It is a vacuum that will suck the life out you in about 14 seconds.  In 1965, a NASA researcher was accidentally exposed to a near vacuum and his last conscious memories was the water on his tongue beginning to boil.   Fortunately, he was saved and we …

KFC Double Down

It is now official the Double Down from KFC has made it way above the 49th parallel, as of October 17th. KFC has upped the anti with this apocalyptic sandwich. For anyone who doesn’t know what the Double Down is then please allow me to describe what comes with this insane sandwich, it you can …

Durable food products.

Super Size Me put McDonalds in the hot seat for what its food products can do to the human body. Here is another great little McDonalds experiment conducted over 6 months. There has been a lot of backlash over this video and a quick search of the internet will pull up some pretty heavy news …

All tiramisu wishes it was Lime Thyme!

I was recently given the opportunity to create my own dessert for Ma Maison, the pastry shop where I’m currently employed and after many months of trial and error it’s finally out. With the guidance of the pastry chef and a very vague idea, Lime Thyme was born. It is our take on a traditional …

Strawberry Shortcake Continued…

It seems as though I may have a fixation with this little dessert but it’s one of the simplest I know to make and it’s really good for clearing your pantry and your fridge. So this time I made it a little different due to the lack of whipping cream in my house. So this …

Pickled Asparagus

Here we go with our first pickling date of the season! Asparagus is out in full force and on a pretty solid whim, we decided to stock up and rip into a pickling frenzy. Goal: 12 jars of pickled asparagus. Method: 1. Trim asparagus of woody ends.  Each stalk should be about two inches shorter …

Grilled Lamb Chops w/ Garlic Confit and Mint

I recently made this dish at home after searching and talking to a local meat shoppe producer in Paris, Ontario. I picked up One 8-rib Rack of Lamb, brought it home and set about making my dish. I had garlic, oils, wine, and mint at home. Using the recently purchased rack of lamb as my …