I got a head start on dinner one morning before leaving for work. . I had a small head of Savoy Cabbage so decided to make my cabbage rolls. Moe decided to have some for breakfast.

A recent dinner. Roast beef with Yorkshire Puddings, mashed potatoes and peas. And for dessert a blueberry cobbler made with local blueberries and a vanilla cream sauce.

Pork Belly with a fuji apple sauce and green beans with a sesame miso dressing. Recipes from the cookbook – Yoshoku Japanese food western style.

Made another batch of the Homestyle White bread and this time as requested by Matt, I made eight crusty rolls with the dough, and a pan of Ball Park Hot dog buns. Moe loves the hot dog buns served in some Ball parks where they are split down the top of the bun, rather than…

Decided on the spur of the moment to make a Homestyle White bread dough and use half to make dinner rolls. Started the dough early using the autolyze, stretch and fold method. 1000g of flour, 5g of yeast, 15g of salt, 375g of whole milk, 325g of water and 1/2 cup soft butter. Baked one…

I had a dough still in the fridge that was now six days old so needed to get it baked. It is going to be hot here today so I wanted to get baking done early so rather than bake a few baguettes, I baked two focaccia. Both topped with cherry tomatoes, Kalamata olives and…

I had bought the Schwartz’s Montreal Smoked Meat and was craving a sandwich on Rye. So, I baked a couple of loaves. One boule and one in a loaf pan as requested by Matt. SOURDOUGH RYE BREAD Small Preferment(Made using just a couple of tablespoons of discard left in thebottom of the jarand fed with…

Pork makes the best gravy. Served with mashed potatoes, squash and steamed green beans.

Getting a head start on dinner. Veal T-Bone/Porterhouse steaks ready for the grill. Garlic, Rosemary and mixed peppercorns. Bistecca alla Fiorentina style. Served rare with a Tomato and Kalamat olive, Garlic and Basil Salsa.

Moe’s birthday dinner. I used Jacque Pepin’s Steak Au Poivre recipe. I substituted beef tenderloin for the NY steak he uses in the recipe. Served with fresh local asparagus, Parisienne potatoes, mushrooms and sautéed cherry tomatoes. And as is traditional, we always have something with strawberries for dessert on Moe’s birthday. Chocolate Strawberry Shortcake.