Ginger Bread Christmas Cookies

Ginger Bread Christmas Cookies. One of the first cookies that I remember my great aunt would bake was gingerbread men. Every Christmas she would make a full array of seasonal holiday cookie treats. I like the taste of ginger and find that the use of ginger as that secret ingredient found in some cookies is most satisfying to the taste bud. When I was baking Xmas cookies in mass amounts for a well-known restaurant group the Christmas baking was done hands on following colonial era recipes. Each batch of dough was hand crafted and the cookies that came from the dough batch...

Butter Chicken thekitchenman Way

          Butter Chicken thekitchenman Way: 1968  and Vancouver was exploding with new restaurants and places for me to sharpen my cooking skills. I began a new job at Hotel Vancouver with good recommendations from the Banff Hotel chef. I became first cook breakfast and was happy to get some cash coming in along with a top notch job. My shift at the hotel started a 4-30 am. I worked for some time doing breakfast buffets, banquets and resided on trendy Beach Ave. I also worked a part time job at the English Bay Fish and Chip kiosk. It was a fun job...