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...

Simple Grilled Octopus with Lemon and Pa...

The best octopus I have ever tried was from my hometown neighbours.. [O melhor polvo que eu já tentei foi de meus vizinhos da cidade natal.] All my Galt neighbours from the Azores could be found tenderizing the fresh octopus on a rock in their back yards. My fond memories of grilled octopus started 40 years back at Barrels Portuguese Restaurant in Kitchener. A friend of ours who had just been back from the Azores took us there to dine and asked if we have ever tried the Portuguese style roast suckling pig, donut fish or the grilled octopus. Octopus I exclaimed. One of my...

Fresh Fruit Plunder

  Place into the fridge and let cool. Fresh Fruit Plunder; When fresh fruit and berries are available from the south I like to make a quick dessert. Any selection of fruit will do. Mango orange and apple. I use the frozen puff pastry dough available from the grocery stores freezer section. I like the Pepperidge Farm brand. Made with real butter. I form a pastry shell and prebake following the directions. In a bowl I add some french vanilla yogurt, apple butter, a shot of vanilla extract, some fruit juices infused cream cheese and make a nice soft creamy filling....

Coconut Goat Curry

Coconut Goat Curry Some experienced touches on a pot of goat curry and the aroma lingered in my kitchen. A delicious cucumber, tomato, onion mango salad with a sweet and sour dressing. My main course was perfectly cooked curried goat in coconut milk and aromatics. The juicy marrow and meat laden bones were tender and juicy sent a spicy hot sensation to my lips and tongue which was soon brought under control with a sip of cold Beer I soon found out that a lot of folks eat meat stews as main sources of protein besides fish was either goat or chicken. But I also know that...