Liver Pâté with Thyme and Orange

In Ayoe’s family it is tradition to eat liver pâté around Christmas time (and also some other times a year). We make it either from lamb or pig liver, or do a mix of both. In this recipe we use pig liver, but you can substitute as you like. If you have an aversion for … Read more

Acorn Squash Soup with Kale and Bacon

Fall is coming and that means lots of pumpkin and squash recipes. This one is great with those early acorn squash. They are a bit smaller than other pumpkins, but have a great taste and mixed with kale and apples, you’ll have a lot of amazing flavours in this soup. You can easily make this … Read more

Chicken Goat Cheese Roulade

Want to try chicken a new and different way? Make a chicken roulade with your favourite ingredients. We have chosen a goat cheese and herb chicken for this recipe, but you can put more or less anything from nuts, seeds, dried fruits, cheeses to spreads of different kinds in it. Ingredients: 1 chicken breast per … Read more

Spinach and Mushroom Frittata

Summertime means easy access to fresh produce and this year we have our own kitchen garden with lots of veggies to use in our cooking. We have spinach and kale which are pretty easy to grow, as well as onions of various kinds, strawberries, peas, potatoes and a bunch of herbs and spices. This frittata … Read more

Eating in the dark

We just had an amazing and very different dining experience. You might have heard of the concept of dining in a pitch black restaurant where the servers are blind or vision impaired. There are several of those restaurants around the world and we have one in Vancouver as well. We had been debating if we … Read more