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Soviet Kaluga 1974 -- Images of the city of Tsiolkovsky
Kaluga is a mid-sized city (pop. approximately 300,000) located about 100 miles southwest of Moscow that is best known for being the...
Michael Laxer
Mar 3, 20212 min read


Crispy steak and vegetable lettuce rolls
Today we are going to take a look at a way to make a lettuce wrap with marinated steak and vegetables that is inspired by Asian flavours....
Michael Laxer
Mar 1, 20212 min read


Simmered stovetop pork chops with garlic, mushroom and onion gravy
Photographs by Julia Laxer Today we are going to do a version of a classic North American comfort food dish. Look through just about any...
Michael Laxer
Feb 15, 20212 min read


Spicy Slow Cooker Shrimp and Sausage Gumbo
Today we are going to take a look at making a spicy shrimp and sausage gumbo in the slow cooker that you serve over a bed of rice. Before...
Michael Laxer
Feb 13, 20212 min read


A Basketful of Apple Recipes -- Vintage Cookbook TBT
w. Apple Pizza, Apple Strudel, Crispy Apples, Waldorf Apple Salad & more Cookbook: A Basketful of Apple Recipes, Juliette Huot Publishing...
Michael Laxer
Feb 11, 20211 min read


Quick to Make, Delicious to Eat: Some Dishes from Latvia -- Vintage Cookbook TBT
w. Latvian Style Steak and Onion, the Riga Cutlet, Bread Soup & more. Last week we looked at the Soviet English language magazine Sputnik...
Michael Laxer
Feb 4, 20211 min read


Oven-roasting a stuffed whole salmon
Here we look at making a whole salmon stuffed with red onion, jalapeno, garlic and lemon. The technique could not be easier and produces...
Michael Laxer
Feb 1, 20212 min read


Try Eating the Azerbaijanian Way, USSR 1968 -- Vintage Cookbook TBT
w. Pilau Turshi, Kyufta-Bozbash Soup, Azerbaijanian-Style Fried Meat & more. The Soviet English language magazine Sputnik often had a...
Michael Laxer
Jan 28, 20211 min read


Spicy Ramen Salad Wrap
By Julia Laxer Asian style salad rolls are a refreshing and relatively easy thing to make at home. Here I am jazzing the standard roll up...
Michael Laxer
Jan 26, 20211 min read


Montreal Steak Spice Frenched Pork Rack Roast
Today we are going to look at a very flavourful and relatively easy way to make a "frenched" pork roast. A frenched pork roast is like...
Michael Laxer
Jan 24, 20212 min read


Hot Italian Sausage and Vegetable Sheet Pan Roast
Simplicity itself this is more a technique almost than a recipe. You can make countless variations. Today we are going to look at a very...
Michael Laxer
Jan 23, 20212 min read


Zippy Pickle Soup
Zippy Pickle Soup- Adapted from a Ukrainian Pickle soup that my Dad, Greg used to make Submitted by Natalie Ingredients: -1 medium onion...
Michael Laxer
Jan 17, 20212 min read


Good Brown Bread and Sourdough, Too w. Madame Benoît -- Vintage Cookbook TBT
w. Sourdough, Whole Wheat, Wheat Germ and Cornell Bread. Last week we looked at iconic Canadian chef and and cookbook writer Madame...
Michael Laxer
Jan 14, 20211 min read


Spicy Spinach Curry
By Natalie Today we are making a spinach curry that is fiery and that makes the most of a variety of spices, chilies and peppers, as well...
Michael Laxer
Jan 8, 20212 min read


Mme Benoit makes brioche, the "Bread Like No Other" -- Vintage Cookbook TBT
w. True French Brioche, Cheese Brioche, Brioche Patissier and more. Iconic Canadian chef and and cookbook writer Jehane Benoît...
Michael Laxer
Jan 7, 20211 min read


Caribbean Style Baked Macaroni and Cheese
A take on the ultimate comfort food inspired by Bajan style Macaroni pie. By Natalie Here I am doing a take on the ultimate comfort food...
Michael Laxer
Jan 5, 20212 min read


Candido Portinari, b. December 29, 1903
Brazilian Artist and Communist. Fishing - 1932 "Art workers can do a great deal to create a better and more just world. This calls for...
Michael Laxer
Dec 29, 20201 min read


Leningrad in winter, 1978
A look at some of the sights of a snowy Leningrad, 1978. This charming folder of 12 winter postcard images of Leningrad was released in...
Michael Laxer
Dec 27, 20202 min read


Spicy Beef, Cheese, Tomatillo & Hominy Chili Casserole
Today we are going to look at making a beef and hominy chili that is then covered in cheese and baked in a casserole for a truly...
Michael Laxer
Dec 19, 20202 min read


Phil Ochs, American Folk Legend b. December 19, 1940
w. Love Me, I'm a Liberal, When I'm Gone & There But For Fortune Legendary American Folk Singer Phil Ochs, born December 19, 1940 - Won't...
Michael Laxer
Dec 19, 20201 min read
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