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How to Cook Shrimp & Squid Cajun Seafood Gumbo + Video
Feb22

How to Cook Shrimp & Squid Cajun Seafood Gumbo + Video

Shrimp & Squid Cajun Seafood Gumbo is definitely a food-of-love worth the time & effort it takes to create! This unique combination of flavors out of the deep south will tantalize your taste buds & warm your heart. Cook up this stew for New Year’s, Mardi Gras, or anytime you need a fix that reminds you of the taste of Southern hospitality, the moss dancing in the breeze on giant magnolia trees, and that bayou sound....

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Web Chef Review: Royal Command Gumbo File
Dec10

Web Chef Review: Royal Command Gumbo File

Royal Command Gumbo File is a serious find up here in my parts. Unable to find gumbo file in our supermarkets here in Niagara, we must either order it online, have friends mail us some, or hope that going over the border to NY state, you may find some. We use gumbo file in a lot of Southern recipes, especially those originating from Louisiana – those Cajun & Creole favorites. Soups like gumbos, and stuffings benefit from the...

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A National Gumbo Day Recipe: Ooh Wee!
Oct12

A National Gumbo Day Recipe: Ooh Wee!

National Gumbo Day is here and this delicious dish is well worth the time you put into making it. Yes, it’s a slow roller of a recipe, but it’s oh-so worth it! How to Cook Gumbo: Most people immediately think about seafood gumbo, but it doesn’t have to include fruit of the sea at all. You can also make sausage, chicken, and even vegetable gumbos too. Proper gumbo needs a great roux, basic to Creole or Cajun cooking....

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National Fried Scallops Day: Deep Fried Scallops Recipe
Oct02

National Fried Scallops Day: Deep Fried Scallops Recipe

National Fried Scallops Day is a delicious proposition, isn’t it? What sounds more fabulous than deep fried scallops served with lemon wedges, hot sauce, or some other wonderful sauce to dip it into. Boy, oh boy! Scallops are such a delicate mollusk, and the flavor is lite & fresh. They can be served in a variety of different ways. The small pinkish scallops, or bay scallops, have a slightly sweeter taste and area a little...

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Kimberly Turner @ Toronto’s Big Daddy’s Bourbon St. Bistro & Oyster Bar
Dec27

Kimberly Turner @ Toronto’s Big Daddy’s Bourbon St. Bistro & Oyster Bar

Do you love Cajun, Creole or simply Southern cooking? Well, check out web chef, Kimberly Turner, in the kitchen with executive chef of Toronto’s Big Daddy’s Bourbon Street Bistro & Oyster Bar, Lyndon O’Hearn, creating New Orleans style deliciousness for you all to learn in the comfort of your own home… …or maybe it will just whet your taste buds and spark you to come on out and be gastronomically...

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Why Rice is So Amazing
Aug03

Why Rice is So Amazing

Rice is a staple food in much of the Eastern World, with the Western World shortly behind it. It’s difficult to find an American or Canadian table that doesn’t eat rice at least once per week, either as a side dish or as part of their main dish. Rice Recipes abound online, whether it’s Asian cuisines, Indian, Cajun or Creole, Italian, even Ukrainian. The world of rice is limitless as it is relatively inexpensive,...

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Kimberly Hosts UniGirl Canada Campus Cuisine Series in Toronto
Aug01

Kimberly Hosts UniGirl Canada Campus Cuisine Series in Toronto

Kimberly Edwards of Cooking with Kimberly is not only a web chef, but an International Model, if you didn’t know. As founder of Kapow Models & Talent Agency, she also works in conjunction with UniGirl Canada. Kimberly attended Texas A&M University, McNeese State University in Louisiana & the University of Northern Iowa. As a UniGirl host, Kimberly filmed an episode for UniGirl’s Campus Cuisine Series at...

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Florida Dreaming for a Foodie Vacation!
May08

Florida Dreaming for a Foodie Vacation!

When is the best time to go to Florida for a vacation? Seriously? When isn’t? Anytime’s a good time for vacationing in Kissimmee – not only is it beautiful in December or July, for a foodie, it’s fabulous all the time! My mom’s a serious foodie too and would love checking out Emeril’s Orlando restaurant and Emeril’s Tchoup Chop…Emeril Lagasse, that is… If you’re on my cooking...

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How to Cook My Grandmother’s Favorite Southwest Chili

This was my grandmother’s favorite chili, and every time she decided she wanted to make it, she would call me in Texas and ask me my recipe. After too many ingredients, she would just laugh and make me promise I’d make it for her the next time I would see her! Actually, I could have called it Mom’s Favorite, My Niece’s Favorite, My Husband’s Favorite…LOL…Delicious! ~ Kimberly Edwards 🙂 Type:...

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