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September Food Holidays & Events
Sep01

September Food Holidays & Events

Posted By on Sep 1, 2013 in Featured | 0 comments

Here are September Food Holidays & Events. Most of these holidays are based out of the USA, with others sprinkled in here and there. Find other months on The Year in Food Holidays & Events page. National Biscuit Month: Bake up Some of that National Biscuit Month…Mmm Buy Cookie Sheets & Cooling Racks National Breakfast Month: Wake Up! It’s National Breakfast Month Browse Breakfast recipes Watch Kimberly’s...

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How to Make Your Own Ginger Beer
Aug07

How to Make Your Own Ginger Beer

Posted By on Aug 7, 2013 in Best Beer Brands and Recipe, Featured, Ginger | 0 comments

If you’re like most people, you’ve probably had ginger ale more times than you can count, but it’s a good bet you have never tried ginger beer. The two aren’t the same – ginger beer has a fiery, invigorating kick and is fermented just like beer. Some recipes make a very alcoholic drink, with up to 11% alcohol, but you can brew ginger beer with little or no alcohol content if you want. Ginger beer started out in...

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How to Make Kimberly’s Louisiana Seafood Gumbo
Jan02

How to Make Kimberly’s Louisiana Seafood Gumbo

Posted By on Jan 2, 2012 in American Food Recipes, Cajun Food Recipes, Ethnic Foods, How To Cook, Main Dishes, Mardi Gras, Soups, Stews & Chilis | 0 comments

As much as I love gumbo, it seems I typically only make it once or twice a year. The main gumbo I create is my special Louisiana-Style New Year’s Seafood Gumbo served with dirty rice. * Note: If you’re looking for a quick fix to making a gumbo, this is NOT it. This is definitely one of those dishes that’s a labor of love, if you want to do it correctly and make it the most delicious gumbo that’s worthy of a...

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Toronto’s Big Daddy’s Bourbon St. Bistro & Oyster Bar Does it Big!
Aug18

Toronto’s Big Daddy’s Bourbon St. Bistro & Oyster Bar Does it Big!

Posted By on Aug 18, 2011 in American Food Recipes, Cajun Food Recipes, Ethnic Foods, Main Dishes, Mardi Gras, Oysters, Southern Food Recipes | 0 comments

I had the pleasure of returning to Big Daddy’s Bourbon St. Bistro & Oyster Bar in Toronto with a few friends for a business meeting. One week prior, I had learned about Big Daddy’s when I hosted an episode of Unigirl Canada’s Campus Cuisine Series with executive chef Lyndon O’Hearn. I must say the food is spectacular, and the ambiance is great. Now, I lived in Louisiana in university and miss the people...

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How to Make Cocktail Sauce for Seafood
Nov07

How to Make Cocktail Sauce for Seafood

Posted By on Nov 7, 2010 in Cooking Tips & Tricks, Sauces | 0 comments

Ever wonder how to make that tasty red sauce that comes with your chilled shrimp cocktail? Here’s the simple, traditional recipe just for you to enjoy with your fabulous seafood dish! Type: Sauce Recipe Serve With: Boiled, chilled shrimp, crab, lobster Prep Time: 5 min Yield: 1 cup Ingredients: 3/4 cup tomato ketchup 1/4 cup prepared horseradish juice of 1/2 lemon hot sauce – to taste Instructions: In a small mixing bowl,...

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How to Make Coconut Curry Dip for Seafood
Nov04

How to Make Coconut Curry Dip for Seafood

Posted By on Nov 4, 2010 in Caribbean Food Recipes, Coconut, Dips, Sauces, Thai Food Recipes, Tropical | 2 comments

Want to try something a little different with your chilled seafood besides the traditional cocktail sauce? Well, this is a delicious choice that’s healthy too! Type: Sauce Recipe Serve With: Boiled, chilled shrimp, crab, lobster or as a dressing on seafood salad Prep Time: 8 min Yield: 3 cups Ingredients: 1.5 cups tofu 1.5 cups coconut milk juice of 1 lime 2 tbsp honey 2 tbsp curry paste or curry powder 1/2 tsp cumin 1/2 tsp...

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How to Cook Salmon Cakes Made in a Bare Bones Fixer Upper Investment Property Kitchen
Sep08

How to Cook Salmon Cakes Made in a Bare Bones Fixer Upper Investment Property Kitchen

Posted By on Sep 8, 2009 in Cooking Tips & Tricks, How To Cook, Main Dishes | 0 comments

When you’re tired of those salmon or tuna sandwiches and need something a little bit different when you’re living in and repairing a fixer upper investment property, have no fear! I have an idea for you! I know, you may not have a refrigerator because the electricity may not have been upgraded yet, right? That’s often the case. That’s okay too, you won’t even need an egg for cooking...

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Spice Up Your Meals with a Splash!

Posted By on Jun 12, 2009 in Asian Food Recipes, Ethnic Foods, Great Cooking Products | 0 comments

…A Splash of Rice Vinegar that is! “Vinegar?”, you may ask…Yes!!! Try splashing it on freshly cut ripe tomatoes or cucumbers, green salads, hot salads, roasted potatoes, white rice, grilled or broiled seafood, or pasta dishes. How about adding it to bean salads, coleslaw or to create a unique and zippy sauce? Why not marinate beef, pork, chicken or seafood with rice vinegar? Especially if you’re making...

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Restaurants and Fun in Branson, Missouri

Posted By on May 27, 2009 in American Food Recipes, Ethnic Foods, Featured, Southern Food Recipes | 0 comments

As you know, when I travel, I also think about where we’re going to eat – the FOOD is what’s exciting to me! So, we’ve been to Columbia and many other parts of Missouri driving through, but were contemplating taking a swing through on our way home to Canada. We talked about stopping in Branson for some theater and entertainment, but what about the grub? Firstly, we talked about staying at the Hilton Promenade...

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Happy New Year 2009!

Posted By on Jan 1, 2009 in Uncategorized | 1 comment

I just wanted to wish each and every one of you a Happy and Blessed New Year! I also want to thank you all for such amazing encouragement, interaction and great friendships I have forged through this site! As I had mentioned a few blog posts back, we had some amazing seafood for dinner last night! As usual, our eyes were bigger than our tummies, but we were smart and made our feast as we felt like eating more. We had smoked oysters...

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Seafood for New Year’s
Dec26

Seafood for New Year’s

Posted By on Dec 26, 2008 in Featured, Main Dishes | 0 comments

I don’t know how many other people or families enjoy a seafood spread on New Year’s Eve, but we do!!! We always have… What’s on our table on New Year’s Eve? Well, we have white wine and garlic steamed mussels, curried steamed mussels, smoked oysters, steamed lobsters, steamed King crab legs, shrimp cocktail, and whatever else seems to be grand for the day! We always drink a sweet champagne or sparkling...

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Web Chef Review: Central Market – Dallas Preston Royal
Oct05

Web Chef Review: Central Market – Dallas Preston Royal

Posted By on Oct 5, 2008 in Dallas Reviews | 1 comment

While visiting Dallas this time, I finally got the privilege to visit Central Market at Preston & Royal. Central Market is a whole-foods, organic-type grocery store/market. That’s a mouthful, right? Well, it is. Not only does it have the prettiest, cleanest, freshest & healthiest-looking produce I’ve seen in quite some time, it is sooo much more. The store is filled with fantastic & “obscure”, mom...

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Evolution of the Seafood Pick

Posted By on May 17, 2008 in Cooking Tips & Tricks, Great Cooking Products | 0 comments

To many people, this may sound a frivolous subject…However, to us seafood connoisseurs, this is crucial! My favorite food in the entire world is lobster, and my favorite way to eat it is whole and steamed… Many of you will say, “Wow, that’s a lot of work!” If you say that, you’re not crazy about lobster like I am…It is well worth the toil of cracking through all the meat to find that priceless...

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