Category Archives: All You Can Eat Test Kitchen

How To Enjoy Your Weekend in the Kitchen

Posted on March 14, 2010 by Don Genova

Most of my 'food'-weekdays are spent consuming leftovers from weekend cooking jags, but when I hit Saturday and Sunday again I'm ready for new adventures in the kitchen. Ramona and I scan favourite websites, check out what Lucy Waverman is … Continue reading →

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How To Fill Up A Weekend with Cooking…

Posted on January 25, 2010 by Don Genova

Actually, the first dish I cooked for our dinner on Saturday involved no cooking whatsover. I have to admit having a weak moment and buying some California tomatoes, was just missing something juicy to bite into other than my dill … Continue reading →

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How To Use Up Yukky Overripe Bananas!

Posted on January 22, 2010 by Don Genova

I am one of those picky people who can't stand eating a banana that gets into that slightly overripe phase. I'm not talking black, gooey bananas…but I like my eating bananas to still have some bite to them. Otherwise, they … Continue reading →

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How To Make Meatballs, with Bacon!

Posted on January 19, 2010 by Don Genova

Right at the end of last year my wife and I bought half a cow. It was already processed, so we didn't have to find a place for it in the yard, just in our freezer. I had a lot … Continue reading →

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Bacon: Just one product from that wonderful, magical animal.

Posted on December 20, 2009 by Don Genova

This photo is of about 11 pounds of pork belly, it's even got my name on it, if you look carefully on the left-hand side of the photo. It's the belly from the half-pig I bought from a farmer/farm magazine … Continue reading →

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Gadget Parade 2009

Posted on December 11, 2009 by Don Genova

This morning on CBC Radio's Early Edition program with Rick Cluff I featured just some of the gadgets Fontaine Wong of Ming Wo Cookware has recommended as gifts for this holiday season. Here is the list of everything I talked … Continue reading →

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Mainly Because of the Meat – Homemade Pastrami

Posted on December 6, 2009 by Don Genova

The other day I was listening to CBC Radio and the topic of discussion was the great delicatessens of North America. There was talk of Montreal smoked meat sandwiches, the historic delis of New York City, and the decline of … Continue reading →

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Smoking and Jelling and Garlic and Planting…

Posted on July 15, 2009 by Don Genova

Satisfaction in the summer for me comes from spending hours in the kitchen, preserving stuff from my own garden or from local farms. Does that sound weird? I guess I get it from my mother, although I never heard her … Continue reading →

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Memories of Mom – Miscotti

Posted on June 14, 2009 by Don Genova

Apparently in this photo are most of my mother's 15, yes, fifteen aunts and uncles. And I thought she came from a big family with 3 sisters and 4 brothers. This photo came to my sister recently from a … Continue reading →

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Exploring Local Food – Fig Preserves

Posted on October 31, 2008 by Don Genova

(photo courtesy Over A Tuscan Stove) This past week in my ‘Exploring Local Foods’ course we were talking about honey and tasting mead, but as part of the tasting I also served some fresh goat cheese along with my preserved … Continue reading →