Category Archives: Food For Thought

Sorry for the late posting on last week’s column, but here is the information at last.  Pictured at left is Masa Shiroki, who with the help of Cassandra Anderton, is serving guests a taste of freshly pressed sake, fermented rice … Continue reading →

This week on Food For Thought, a chat with David Pasternack, executive chef at Esca, one of the best seafood restaurants in New York City, and his attitude toward cooking seafood.  Here’s the audio file for your listening pleasure. and … Continue reading →

This week, a great new guide to choosing excellent wines.   The guide is called ‘Had A Glass, Top 100 Wines for 2008 Under $20’.  The authors are James Nevison and Kenji Hodgson.  I took a tour of the Marquis Wine … Continue reading →

This week on Food For Thought, I chat with Margaret Dickenson and her husband Larry.  Margaret is the author of Margaret’s Table: Easy Cooking and Inspiring Entertaining.  You can listen to the audio file of our conversation here .  Margaret … Continue reading →

This week on Food For Thought, surefire book suggestions for the foodie on your gift list.  Here is the audio file for your listening pleasure, and the list of books.  I’ll have cover photos and links to Amazon.ca a little … Continue reading →

Nothing like a handy pair of potato scrubber gloves for a Christmas stocking stuffer!  This week on Food For Thought, my annual gadget suggestions with Ming Wo store manager Fontaine Wong. All of the gadgets are available at Ming Wo, … Continue reading →