MSG: A must-have pantry staple seasoning. Add some umami to your dishes while also confronting your own xenophobia. Let’s break this down into three points: what is MSG, what is umami, and why is there a racial component to this…
Slow Sunday: Entrepreneur Edition
Welcome to Slow Sunday: a weekly feature exploring the journey to slow living and embracing joy in simplicity. Today’s post is a toe dip into slow living from an entrepreneur who is still learning what that means. Usually Amber is…
Six Of My Favorite Inexpensive Kitchen Items
These inexpensive kitchen items are small and easy on the budget while still making time spent in the kitchen easier and more organized. From practical tools such as a microplane zester, to aesthetically pleasing embossed labels and pinch pots, these…
Strawberry Linzer Cookies
With Valentine’s Day approaching, I dusted off my heart shaped cookie cutters to bring you this Strawberry Linzer Cookies recipe. These cookies consist of a simple nutty cookie dough, rolled, cut and filled with strawberry jam and dusted with icing…
Inedible Garnishes: Please stop
Inedible garnishes are wasteful and unnecessary, and they have no place on the dining table. This post is all about inedible garnishes, and why you should (mostly) never use them. I would like to specifically shout out a sous chef…
Rose Cardamom Tea Latte
Warmly spiced, slightly sweet, and with fragrant floral notes, this Rose Cardamom Tea Latte is a beautiful and soothing take on a classic London Fog. Best of all, it’s fully customizable to be dairy-free and caffeine-free. I also reference this…
Dry January: Five non-alcoholic drink recipes
Dry January can be a perfect way to give your body and liver a break from the festivities of the holiday season. People abstain from alcohol in January for a variety of reasons, including fundraisers and awareness campaigns or New…
Essential Kitchen Tools for Home Cooks
There are many tools as a professional chef that I cannot cook without. After 16 years of experience in kitchens, coffee shops, food trucks and catering, I have tried most kitchen gadgets and gizmos. I’ve compiled a list below of…
Pickled Red Onions
I always have a jar of pickled red onions ready in my fridge. They are bright and flavorful with a zesty vinegar pop, which makes them a great addition to tacos, burgers, wraps and salads, or on a charcuterie or…
How to Build the Perfect Grazing Board
Want to impress your guests with a colorful and flavourful appetizer or meal sized board for your next gathering? Let’s talk about a few simple rules of thumb when crafting a grazing or charcuterie board. Meat and cheese boards are…
