Recent Posts

• Cumin scented lentil + quinoa patties with cilantro-lime crema

  

  I was a vegetarian for a few years… actually, technically I was a pescetarian, but I ate fish very rarely.  It wasn’t an ideological stance that I was taking but rather a decision based on meat being an expense that my poor student self...

  by foodmakestheman - March 24, 2013

• shaved fennel, white bean + tuna salad

  

  The chef at the restaurant where I work makes this salad sometimes.  It’s filling and delicious and easy to make. I love it so I’ve done my best to recreate it to share with you fine people. And eat it....

  by foodmakestheman - January 17, 2013

• lemon + fresh herb pasta

  

  At some point in the morning on New Year’s eve I said ‘Everything’s going to be closed tomorrow, I should buy groceries today’.  At no point on New Years eve did I go buy groceries for New Year’s day...

  by foodmakestheman - January 05, 2013

• apple almond crumble

  

  Simple apple crumble. For Minji. xo...

  by foodmakestheman - November 27, 2012

• poached egg croissant sandwich

  

  Coffee, newspaper, egg sandwich. Small simple things to make a perfect Saturday morning. ingredients 1 croissant, halved and lightly toasted lettuce 1 tomato, sliced 1 egg, poached dijon mustard preparation Put all that together....

  by foodmakestheman - November 24, 2012

• malaysian chicken curry

  

  I have eaten one too many curried sweet potato soups in my day and I’m tired of curry powder.  I’m sick of it.  I never want to see it again. I haven’t used it in years because it’s so… bleh. ...

  by foodmakestheman - November 20, 2012

• pork, fennel + white bean hand pies or: how to make it through the rest of the stew

  

  For we noble and intelligent and attractive people trying to live and eat well on a tight budget, cold weather is our friend. Cold weather means making huge pots of slow cooked meat, soups, stews, fresh bread; leaving the crock pot, oven, stove on...

  by foodmakestheman - November 12, 2012

• Sanagan’s Meat Locker : takeout counter + beautiful people

  

  When European Quality Meats left my Kensington market neighbourhood in favour of somewhere really far away that I will never go to (Etobicoke? maybe? I could probably look that up but… it’s just far) I felt a little betrayed...

  by foodmakestheman - September 26, 2012

• italian mimosas

  

  A less sweet, more boozy, better mimosa. Because Champagne is for suckers. Makes 1 cocktail (The measurements are approximate, adjust them however best suits your tastes and your glass.) italian mimosas ingredients 1 1/2 to 2 oz orange juice, about half..

  by foodmakestheman - September 23, 2012

• black bean + butternut squash chili

  

  It sure is getting chili outside. GET IT? Because it’s chilly because it’s fall but I wrote chili because i made chili but chili is a thing you want to eat when it’s chilly… there are just so many layers. You’re welcome. Makes 12 servings...

  by foodmakestheman - September 19, 2012