This is the only BBQ sauce that I love. The sauce is a copy cat version of the sauce served at the Tunnel Bar-B-Q in Windsor Ontario. The restaurant was in business for 73 years from 1941 until 2014. Moe is from Windsor and he introduced it too me back in the early 70’s when…

Good deal on roasting chickens yesterday at my favourite grocery store. Buy one get one free. Chickens all weighed over four pounds with an average cost of $22 to $24 each. So for less than $48 I got four big chickens. I broke them down this morning. Left one whole for roasting or maybe smoking…

Been making a few meals on the grill this past week because it is too hot to turn on the oven even with the air conditioner on. Dinner one night. Filet Mignon cooked on the grill along with the zucchini. The potatoes were roasted in a cast iron skillet on the grill and the mushrooms…

We hadn’t had halibut recently so picked up fresh halibut filets for dinner recently. Started on the stove to sear and then transferred to the oven and pan roasted and served with roasted potatoes and steamed asparagus with butter and parmesan. And a lovely Italian Chardonnay.

Two doughs made on Monday, one using a sourdough Biga and one with just sourdough discard. Divided the dough made with the Biga into one 550g gram piece and one 350g piece. Both destined for pizzas. Matt made his pizza Tuesday. The 350g of dough went into the fridge with the remaining 1200g of dough…

Tonight’s dinner. Steak and Frites with a wine sauce. Grilled a 21oz Sterling Silver New York Strip steak for Moe and I to share. Some leftover for Moe’s breakfast. I used a one of the disks on the Breville Sous Chef 16 FP to cut shoestring fries. Steak was served sliced and drizzled with the…

We celebrated Moe’s 83rd birthday on May 28th. Baked a focaccia in the morning to use in an appetizer. We started with focaccia topped with warm goat cheese and roasted red peppers. Served with Unsworth Vineyards Charme de l’île. A local sparkling wine. Main course was Sterling Silver beef tenderloin Kabobs. Done on the grill…

Cornbread Muffins I have a number of cornbread recipes that I make but this is themost Tender, melt in your mouth cornbread recipe 1 egg1/2 cup melted butter1/4 cup vegetable oil1 cup milk, warmed1 cup cake flour ( original recipe called for cake. I just use myregular flour)2/3 cup yellow cornmeal1 tablespoon baking powder1/2 teaspoon…

Country Style Ribs This is adapted from a Paul Prudhomme Recipe. Seasoning Mix 1 tablespoon Salt2-1/2 teaspoons cayenne pepper1 teaspoon garlic powder1/2 teaspoon black pepper 3 to 4 pounds of country style ribs1 onion chopped1 large green pepper chopped1 cup of chicken stock (may need more) Mix ingredients for seasoning together. Place ribs in a…

I’ve been making Levains or using the Pate Fermentee method for my breads recently. Decided to go back to to making a Biga preferment. On Tuesday April 30th, I made two bigas, one with sourdough discard and the other a yeast biga. Bigas were made in the morning and the bread doughs Tuesday night. One…