Free Bird

Slow Roasted Garlic Chicken with Tarragon Butter

Slow Roasted Garlic Chicken with Tarragon Butter: Our inability to recognize let alone accept change haunts most people every day, but change will always be an inevitability. Change in the eyes of acceptance can yield a warm enlightening moment of … Continue reading

Some Like It Hot

Harissa Chicken with Ginger Rice & Fresh Peas

Harissa Chicken with Ginger Rice & Fresh Peas: As I sit writing this on a crisp and damp morning, there’s a 1950’s movie playing in the background. No matter what old movie from that era or before it, there’s a … Continue reading

Flower Power

Roasted Salmon with Cauliflower Puree & Sunflower Greens

Roasted Salmon with Cauliflower Puree & Sunflower Greens: Having grown up in the 1970’s being served frozen and canned vegetables, it’s no wonder I used to despise the very thought of green beans, spinach, or the worst, vegetable medley. Later … Continue reading

Cloudy with a Chance of Pasta

Pork Meatballs with Fresh Tomato Sauce & Herbed Ricotta

Pork Meatballs with Fresh Tomato Sauce & Herbed Ricotta: Why is it every time I hear someone say – “I hate it when it rains” – I think the complete opposite and my mind immediately races to a multitude of … Continue reading

Pull Me Up

Ginger Pulled Pork in Lettuce Wraps

Ginger Pulled Pork in Lettuce Wraps: Reinventing yourself is something that many people struggle with, or at least are unconscious of, when it comes to careers, love, or life in general. Having a very specific source of inspiration or someone … Continue reading

Got Coconut Milk

Coconut Sweet Potato Soup

Coconut Sweet Potato Soup with Smoky Lentils: After skiing in negative degree temperatures this past Christmas, the idea of 40 degree January days would seem welcoming. However, 40 degrees on a damp day with thirty mile an hour winds just … Continue reading

Pheasantly Surprised

Pheasant Stew in Puff Pastry

Pheasant Stew: As I sit pondering over writing this recipe with both a sense of indecision and ignorance, I’m left with a surprising solace. It is always entertaining to venture into the unknown, equipped with only a spoon and sense … Continue reading

Partridge in a Canadian Pear Tree

Braised Partridge with Mushroom Sauce

Braised Partridge with Mushroom Sauce & Raspberries: We spent the holidays at Mont Tremblant, a beautifully majestic ski resort in Quebec north of Montreal. Canada as a whole is a wonderful country with welcoming people and an array of fine … Continue reading

Layer Cake

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Bolognese Lasagna: Layering flavors is a term that is straight forward and equally mind boggling. Much like an author writing a compelling and emotional scene that excites, terrifies, and makes you feel content at the same time, there are similar … Continue reading

Feeling Blue

Crispy Bluefish with Spicy Udon Noodles

Crispy Bluefish with Spicy Udon Noodles: I have extremely fond memories of fishing with my uncle off the waters of Nantucket. Even though I’ve been fishing since I was old enough to hold a rod and reel, and have experienced … Continue reading