In the Maritimes, very few things scream summer like seafood. We just know it; once the fish & chip shops and seafood markets open, it’s on. And yes, I know…technically it’s not quite summer yet, but it feels like it outside, and my heart believes it’s finally here. Aside from amazing local seafood, the produce […]
I love birthdays. Really, I do. Though this definitely wasn’t always the case. I was ‘that’ guy. You know, the one who will shy away from sharing their age, and goes out of his way to make sure absolutely nothing significant happens on that special day. No spotlights, no surprises, and definitely, most definitely, no one singing to him. I wanted to […]
Fried Chicken. And the angels sang out. Sweet, glorious, fried chicken. Quite possibly the ultimate comfort food. So perfect. Crunchy, succulent, spicy, sweet. I could sing it’s praise forever. When I lived in the South my life was changed..by many, many things, but the food. Oh the food! The first time I had proper fried […]
Shrimp. Shrimp is new to me. Well, new(ish) in the grand scheme of things, anyway. It’s one of those foods that everyone else around me seemingly chowed on the daily, but based on my non-seafood eating childhood, shrimp was, to me, akin to that crazy food on Fear Factor. No interest, no thanks. Thankfully, a […]
Happy Sunday morning, friends. Isn’t it the best? There is perfect light gleaming through our kitchen window, I’m nursing a crazy delicious cup of joe from my friends at Anchored Coffee, and listening to the Velvet Underground. All things I highly recommend to up the awesome level of your Sunday morning. When I was 18, […]
It’s Friday. The sun is shining. And today I ate a million drumsticks. Well, more like 6. But, still… We’ve all had weeks where Friday couldn’t come fast enough. The benefit of working from home (and out of a kitchen) is, well, full of awesomeness. But even when you work from home (and for yourself), […]
If there is a better ‘eat with your hands’, made to share food than nachos, I don’t know what it is. Growing up, my brother and I ate a lot of nachos. A lot. They competed head to head with ice cream as our after-school, after-sports, and late evening food drug of choice. Comforting […]
I used to be scared of seafood. *Pause for dramatic effect…* Some Maritimers (most Maritimers) grow up on a steady diet of lobster, shrimp, mussels, salmon, cod etc, but not I. We were not a seafood family, and definitely not a shellfish family. Why? I’m honestly not sure. Then one day when Leanne and I […]
We love pizza night at our house. Friday. Oh, glorious, wonderful, perfect day of the week. Friday, at our house, is pizza night. Now, to be fair, I’d be completely cool with every night being pizza night, but being adults who would rather not get scurvy, we keep pizza night to a once a week […]
Pizza for breakfast. These are the things that a young college aged Dennis loved, dreamed of, and made possible as often as he could. Of course, typically it was cold, never homemade, and quality deficient at best. Years ago, the band I was in decided that we were going to make the trip from Moncton […]
