Walleye Pickerel Cheeks and Pikes Feet

Some of my favoured chef positions were the ones cooking for a resort. When I was younger, I wanted to cook in all the well-known Canadian resorts. I always liked fishing growing up and this was the best way I knew how to get to fish in all the talked about destinations. I cooked at many wilderness resorts and learned to do a lot of fireside alfresco shore lunches. I love the flavour of walleye and perch bring to the table.  These next fresh water fish recipes are for shore lunches and cottage meals. Use any fish that are biting or buy a few filets to get the taste you...

Wok Fried Pork Belly Bacon Stuffed Shrim...

Wok Fried Pork Belly Bacon Stuffed Shrimp One of my favourite Asian recipes using tasty cold water gulf shrimp that I tried was from Kwong Chows in Toronto China Town. I was taken there by one of my employers who was showing me the dishes that he would like duplicated and served in his new restaurant Charade. We ate at Kwong Chows about a dozen times and this shrimp dish Woo-Hip-Har or Wok Fried Pork Belly Bacon Stuffed Shrimp. I tried the shrimp dish several times before I could figure out all the flavours used to make this such a tasty dish. At first, I used 12/15 size...

The CBC

The CBC; I love a good wrap. Chicken, Bacon and Cheddar is a good combination and makes a most satisfying lunch or light dinner entrée. I’m  starting with some BBQ grilled creole seasoned chickens along wrapped with some double smoked apple wood bacon that was first crisped over the grill then wrapped in aged cheddar and then grilled to a golden brown perfection. This adds so much more flavour when you char the cheese. A few leaves of butter lettuce and some spinach tucked inside, drizzled with a mandarin orange honey dressing and wrapped up together in a fresh soft...

Tasty Pickled Asparagus

Pickled Asparagus Season Begins. For the last few years now, Caesar has been my favourite beverage. I make a traditional easy ice with pickled asparagus as the stir stick and a nice pickled treat. This season local no spray Asparagus both green and white has become available and for me this is the time to get a few kilos. After inspection I break off the ends and vac seal and freeze for vegetable soup stock. I separate the fat and skinny ones taking the smaller more tender to use for dinner vegetable sides. The white is succulent and make a great asparagus flan or crepe....

Scallops Maple Bacon Wraps.

Scallops Maple Bacon Wraps. Those tasty east coast scallops are the perfect size to wrap with. Prosciutto Ham, Bacon and Peaches, Kimchee and Kelp or the family fav, Maple Bacon. Using the double pointed picks a 4 inch slice of double smoked artisan bacon makes for a natural crispy bacon flavour wrap injecting its au jus into the baking scallops. Prosciutto Fig Scallop. Scallops with Artichokes Mushrooms and Chevre. Pineapple, Fig Scallop. Strawberry Peaches and Bacon Scallops I would bake them at 450 degrees for about 7/10 minutes and then when ready to serve, give them...