One Very Sexy Salad

                Over the years working as a chef for high profile socialites you get a lot of requests to be inventive and perform outside the box when it comes to pleasing clients who have tried it all. Back in 1984 I was working for a hospitality agency that found small projects for maverick chefs that were between jobs. A lot of projects that I was involved in were being designed and built to specs and would fall behind schedule for whatever reason. This gave me lots of slack time to take on other short term cooking positions. I...

Happy Fathers Day Lobster and Steak

Nothing tells dad that you love him more, than lobster and steak! This Father’s Day, pour dad a cool one and bring out his favourite chair and make him comfortable close to the back yard BBQ. Now if you did the right shopping and you play your cards right, all you have to do is fill the grill with these premium good eats. Dad will not be able to resist getting this party a rockin! Dad like’s his steak and lobster too much to let anyone interfere, being the king of his backyard BBQ! Lobster East Coast tail or a whole, a fresh from the tank one pounder at...

Italian Wedding Soup

Italian Wedding Soup; Back in Vancouver while waiting for the new Planet Hollywood Restaurant to finish construction, I took on a catering position for a very well-known off Broadway play called Tony n’ Tina’s Wedding. The 150 paying guests would first go to the church and be part of the couples ceremonies. There were play actors sitting at different tables that would interact with the wedding family. Some were real funny, some were bitter, lots were just drunk uncles and many misfits humour. It was a fun job three times a week and later after the church...

Lamb Lolli Pop’s

Lamb Lolli-Pops.Cut the lamb rack into single bone chops and marinate with some olive, minced garlic, oregano, basil, rosemary with some orange orange rind and crushed cumin seeds.  Bake, Grill or BBQ the marinated chops. Side with a Feta Cheese Olive Oil and Vinegar Chop Chop Salad.      

Chicken Pot Pie.

Degelman’s Chicken Pot Pie Boy, time sure does fly. White Rock. In 1999 we opened one of the first all natural deli/food stores in White Rock. I served some of the first field organics from local farms and was the first to sell Mary’s Farm no-spray produce, Avalon Organic Dairy Products, Fieldstone Organic Breads, Mapleridge Farms Non Medicated Chicken, Top of the line Pacific Ocean Seafood cut from whole fish and a large selection of hand crafted naturally smoked and cured cold cuts, sausages, bacon and hams plus original Montreal Smoked Meat from...

New Orleans Steak & Seafood House T...

New Orleans Steak & Seafood House Toronto. One of my all time best eateries. The Blackened Angus Rib Eye with an Etouffee Peppercorns sauce is a true cajun creole experience. The crab cucumber salad, coconut shrimp were stellar like the crawfish etouffee cake. The Beignets finish was excalibur. A top notch retsaurant that makes one feel like being part of the family. A true Hidden Gem a Toronto culinary staple for 29 years, offers a delightful blend of Southern charm and Canadian hospitality. With their fresh seafood and perfectly blackened steaks, this restaurant...