Spinach and Sea Food Salad w/ Vodka Lemo...

Spinach and Sea Food Salad w/ Vodka Lemon Cream Dressing. The season for inexpensive BC coastal sea food is happening. The fresh prawns, crab and schallops are splendid to toss with your favourite greens with a lite lemon dressing accented …with vodka, yogurt and salt and pepper an a 1/4 tsp of dijon mustard and 2 tbs of good olive oil. Shake in a sealed jar and pour over salad , toss and enjoy the bounty of the sea!   Cheers!   thekitchenman.ca

Tasty Halibut Cheek Tacos.

          Tasty Halibut Cheek Tacos. Panko crumbs used to bread the cheeks. Pan fry till golden brown and set on a paper towel to rest. In a bowl mix fresh snipped salad greens, pea sprouts, tomato chunks, slivers of sweeet bell peppers, orange sgements, mango peices, ripped cilantro leafs. Blend 4 parts virgin olive oil to 1 part fresh squeezed lime juice, salt, pepper and 1 tbs of sweet rice vinegar. Add to the greens and Mix well. On a fresh warmed soft taco shell place some of the mixture and some aged shredded cheddar cheese and one peice of...

Mosaic Bread (Romanian Piine Mosaic)

                Mosaic Bread This next staple was a sandwich made the evening before by my grandmother when they were heading out to the fields. It is still served in most Romanian homes today. You can sub some of the fillings but this is the most traditional and tastes very good. 5 oz butter 5 oz canned sardines drained 5 oz  smoked ham of the bone or cottage roll style 4 oz Swiss emethal style cheese 10  pitted pimento green olives 1 pickled banana pepper or fresh bell pepper 1  small loaf European bread. 1/2 cup milk Grind the...

West Coast Shell Fish Bowl

Nothing taste better than a bowl of fresh caught BC shellfish. Simply clean the shrimp and scrub the shells and set in bowl with some ice. Fine chop a few garlic cloves, rib of celery, small cooking onion, white end of a leek, Dice 4 strips of bacon, one potato, one carrot. In a solid bottom pot add 2 tbs of olive oil and sauté the veg and bacon. Add a few pinches of thyme, oregano, tarragon and  bay leaf. Sea salt and fresh ground pepper. About 10 minutes. Add the shell fish and sauté coating by lightly mixing from the bottom with a wooden spoon. Add one tbs of butter...

Knotty Pine in Preston

Back in the mid eighties when I was chef at the Knotty Pine in Preston I was asked to recipe all the bake shop items and make the ingedient recipe formulate in metric and fine tune all the baking recipes. This binder contains all the original Knotty Pine Recipes from the source. Jill Jaques. Jeff also added the pot Pie factory items including the infamous chichen pot pie and two part rib sauce. The salad dressings were also added. I will be posting the most popular items on my thekitchenman Facebook page as I release the complete set of K/P recipes in my weekly columns in...

Thekitchenman meeting with Vikram Vij wa...

Thekitchenman meeting with Vikram Vij was very interesting. When I met with Vikram at his modern Langley BC facilties and started to chat, we got to know each others strong passion for food. The time just flew by and Vikram has agreed we will be meeting in the New Year to discuss his new line of India Inspired products. He will add some of his favourite condiment side recipes. I will keep you posted when we have our next one on one.