Cooking Corner, cooking methods, kitchen garden, preserving, Recipes
Tasty Roasted Tomato Sauce First appeared in Grainews on 21 September 2021 This “oven-queen’s special” minimizes splatter and mess while producing a sauce bursting with fresh tomato flavour. One “quarter sheet” baking pan (about 13” x 18”) makes 6-8 cups of sauce. For... 
Cooking Corner, fish, kitchen garden, Recipes, roasting
Tasty Dorothy Caldwell’s Roasted Salmon First appeared in Grainews on 12 October 2021 This beautifully balanced dish relies on the extra fat from the mayo and the sweet-tart vinegar to enhance wild sockeye salmon’s richness. If you don’t have umeboshi plum vinegar,... 
baking, Cooking Corner, fruit, kitchen garden, Recipes
Tasty Rhubarb-Raspberry Pie First appeared in Grainews on 27 March 2018 Rhubarb is nicknamed “pie plant.” The first fruit to emerge from the spring garden, it is the ideal tonic for palates jaded by winter, and it’s incredibly prolific. Turn some of last year’s... 
chinese, cold weather cooking, Cooking Corner, noodles, pork, Recipes
Tasty Dee’s Ramen-style Eastern Noodle Soup First appeared in Grainews on 5 February 2019 Chinese char siu is pork roasted with a tangy, often-sweet sauce. The Japanese version is pork belly too, braised or roasted. Why pork belly? Fat content, which translates into... 
cold weather cooking, Cooking Corner, cooking methods, Recipes
Tasty dee’s Quick Puff Pastry First appeared in Grainews on 25 August 2020 When I make pastry to top savoury dishes like stew, I sometimes use equal parts of butter and good lard. For sweet dishes like fruit, I use all butter all the time. Makes enough for 6 small...