When I ask Kelly what dish would represent her, she takes time to consider it. We sort it all out in the car in a trip down Queen street.
She answers “Cioppino!” Why? “It’s the sum of all my parts.” Continue reading “Kelly’s Tre Parti Cioppino”
Calimari Per Tre Parti Tanka
Duck Fat Fondue
This is a recipe of sorts, but perhaps it’s better described as a manifesto: Get Good Duck. Canada is in the process of going “full duck.” This headlines from The Globe and Mail says it all, “Canadian duck producers to double output to meet growth in demand.”
Canada has always been duck territory, along with goose, it’s a prime element of Quebec’s foie gras industry. The French and Chinese are both known for their duck cuisine, and now there’s, “the arrival of immigrants from duck-eating countries such as Russia and the Czech Republic.” (From above article). Continue reading “Duck Fat Fondue”
Duck Fat Senryu
You start with confit.
Yet, more than schmaltz or tallow,
it’s a fat with flair. Continue reading “Duck Fat Senryu”
The Unbearable Joy of Bún Riêu
Within the last year, I sat in a popular Pho joint in Boston and listened to a woman complain to her server that the menu said, “Bun” but that what she got was soup. She was furious. She was expecting a bun, like, a pork bun.
This made me very sad. Continue reading “The Unbearable Joy of Bún Riêu”
It’s Bún Riêu
It’s freshwater crab,
Tomato and round noodles.
Don’t call it ‘sketti. Continue reading “It’s Bún Riêu”
The Official Dish of Toronto?
When it comes time for my Tuesday lunches with Kelly, I’m trying to adjust my perspective. There is a part of me that wants every bite in Toronto to prove a theory (more like a wish) that it’s a city packed with veiled grottos full of pulchritudinous people eating coquettish comestibles. Continue reading “The Official Dish of Toronto?”
Toronto’s Dish Senryu
A TO icon:
The Butter Chicken Roti.
Screw Ford. Vote Gandhi. Continue reading “Toronto’s Dish Senryu”
Self-Defense Against Fruit‽
The first thing I do each day is chew bubblegum. The second thing I do each day is hop on a treadmill and watch the news.
I’m all out of bubblegum and I’m sick of the news — so Netflix it is. What do I watch on Netflix? Right now it’s the Vox show, Explained. Continue reading “Self-Defense Against Fruit‽”
Fruit Defense Senryu
Banana defense?
Don’t we all know the answer‽
Barrel of a gun. Continue reading “Fruit Defense Senryu”