Celebrity Chef and Chopped Canada judge Susur Lee has decided to compete this year in the the second annual Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation KitchenAid Cook for the Cure Culinary Showdown which will take place on Saturday, November 29, 2014 at the Allstream Centre. Some delicious hors d’oeuvres To mark his participation in the highly anticipated event, Lee […]
Last night was the first season finale of Chopped Canada and I have to say that the ingredients were quite interesting. In true Chopped style, the first round required contestants to use not only chicken livers, but also watermelon, green onions and dulse (a dried and salty, purple coloured food that is somewhat similar to […]
Well, at least they weren’t all used in the same round. Chicken skin was up first, along with green beans, prunes and sweet apple cider. I probably would have stuffed the chicken skin with prunes, quinoa and tomatoes, serving it with a bean salad and an apple cider dressing, but that would probably have taken […]
…in the dessert round, anyway (and to be more accurate, it’s likely CHOCOLATE hazelnut spread – that’s the generic term for Nutella (at least that’s what President’s Choice calls it. Hershey’s recently launched a line, too, using the same name. A small brand that I like to use (see image below) calls it Choco-Nut). Otherwise, […]
Last night’s episode was quite interesting. None of contestants were that great and three of them were really annoying, including a wannabe rapper and an arrogant, Toronto chef who actually worked for one of the judges (is this even fair?). A third kept on referring to his East Asian heritage, as if he had no […]
