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Sabu Sushi Bar – Restaurant Review
A new Japanese Korean restaurant on 82 Avenue in Edmonton caught my eye a few weeks ago and last week we finally had a chance to stop by for lunch. I have to be honest: I judged Sabu by its exterior and didn't have high hopes. The restaurant is in the old Jugs Pub...
Thermomix Experiment 5: Seafood Stew
These cold winter days are really wearing thin, but the one thing they’re good for is inspiring me to cook hearty, aromatic dishes. Soups, stews, curries, osso bucco...my patience may be near empty, but my belly is full. And the Thermomix? The One-Bowl-Wonderbeast has...
Thermomix Experiment 4: Yam Ginger Soup
If it's one thing I have learned so far about the Thermomix is that it makes kick-ass soups without the user even breaking a sweat. I'm a soup maker from way back...I come from a line of Russian Germans who ate soup for breakfast, lunch and dinner. My mom was my soup...
Culina Muttart: Flora, Fauna and Food
The Muttart Conservatory, long a favourite Edmonton destination for locals and tourists alike, has partnered with another Edmonton favourite, Chef Brad Lazarenko, to open Culina Muttart, a conservatory café. Brad opened Culina Millcreek in 2004 (operated with business...
Thermomix Experiment 3: Pasta
I love pasta...especially when it's homemade. When we were in Italy, we stayed at La Petraia, an agriturismo owned by Canadian ex-pats Susan McKenna Grant and her husband, Michael Grant, and while we were there, Susan taught us how to make pasta the Italian way: put a...
Corso 32 Restaurant Review
Corso 32 is yet another exciting restaurant to recently open in Edmonton. What’s going on? The Marc, MRKT, Bistro La Persaud. Could our new civic identity be Food City? Butchers, bakers, cheese makers…I’m liking what’s happening around town lately. Daniel Costa, the...
Bongo Burger Bar in Sherwood Park – Boffo, blah or blech?
Yesterday, a blurb in the Edmonton Journal about a new burger joint in Sherwood Park caught my eye. The new burger place, called the Bongo Burger Bar, is an offshoot of Jungle Jim’s Eatery located in the Roadking truckstop on the north end of Broadmoor Boulevard. ...
Thermomix – Experiment 2, Focaccia
I baked bread: three words I never thought would come out of my mouth. But I did it; I baked bread. Even more incredulous is that I did it two days in a row. The Thermomix makes it pretty easy. No flour flying around, no messed up measuring spoons or cups, no kneading...
Thermomix – Experiment 1, Pureed Vegetable Side Dish
As eager as I was to try out the Thermomix, I knew it was probably best to take baby steps. I had just been to Valerie's house where she whipped up four dishes in no time but Valerie's a pro when it comes to this machine, and I was a neophyte. I needed to go easy. I...