Steamer Clams Fresh Oysters and Caviar w...

Meeting Dennis Hopper! I just finished my last shift before some holidays working at the Hotel Vancouver.  I covered lots of shifts from early am till after midnight. It was time for a break and this spring time was mine to do whatever I wished and I figured about a months of traveling in B.C. and eating someone else’s cooking was all I would need to build up my cooking spirits and strengths again. I made it back to Ontario for a quick visit but couldn’t wait to get back to Beach Ave: 1976 I took on a chef position at the Kettle of Fish on Pacific Blvd. My bbq grill...

Dinner at Pluvio

  A Chef Sampling at Pluvio with Warren Barr. The best of BC is what I found. The culinary passion that came from the kitchen that evening was delivered with gusto by a well rehearsed kitchen and service staff. Our dinner Entertainment was being seated at the kitchen theater window, observing Pluvios talented team preparing each well rehearsed plate with exacting precision. From the first sip to the last nibble I was taken on a culinary journey that only a passionate chef could orchestrate and deliver perfectly executed.  

Barrique Kitchen Offers Well Rehearsed F...

Barrique Kitchen Offers Well Rehearsed Flavours! The fourth visit back at the Barrique Kitchen & Wine Bar at the 5 Corners here in White Rock. We were promptly seated and were waiting for our friends to arrive had time for tasty cocktails with house castelvetrano olive bowl along with some delicious white bean dip. Our friends arrived and we shared the foie gras toast and truffle tots which set the stage for more.  Duck A L’Orange was still on the menu and I suggested that to my friend. A most pleasing meal that was the perfect portion and balance of flavours....

Harriett’s Dover Beach Food Court ...

            Last time back in Barbados we stayed beside the Dover Beach at Infinity Resort. Charles the friendly surf  & rental Water Sports give great advice to find the best places to have a nosh. Canadians are well liked and at the food court a quick lunch made by Harriett’s get some very good reviews for her traditional tasty Rice and Peas on the bottom layer, Chicken dumplings and gravy on one side and Bajan lamb curry stew, and helping of bread fruit and okra coo-coo Enough for several hungry appetites. Chuck the resort chef...

Stressed Backward is Desserts

Desserts are the proper finish to any good meal. My mom always would say it’s the best part of the meal.

Café Mozart’s Chocolate Cake

Café Mozart’s Chocolate Cake Trying to learn everything you need to know to become a chef takes years of theory and practice. Baking is one area that I only studied when time allowed. While in college I was tutored by a Peter Basin an Olympic medal winning pastry chef. I learned how to prepare all the required items that a hotel chef would need to know. I soon learned it was very tedious work to pipe fillings into a thousand bite size sweets for a buffet or show piece. Making layered cakes, flavoured mousses, danishes, cream pies and french pastries took a lot of...