Michael Laxer
BBQ salmon half fillets w. Montreal Steak Spice
Recently we took a look at Oven-roasting a stuffed whole salmon which is much easier than likely many think. The same is true of doing a...
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Michael Laxer
- Mar 3, 2021
- 2 min
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 1, 2021
- 2 min
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
- Feb 15, 2021
- 2 min
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 13, 2021
- 2 min
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 11, 2021
- 1 min
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 4, 2021
- 1 min
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 1, 2021
- 2 min
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
- Jan 28, 2021
- 1 min
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 26, 2021
- 1 min
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 24, 2021
- 2 min
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 23, 2021
- 2 min
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 17, 2021
- 2 min
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 14, 2021
- 1 min
Good Brown Bread and Sourdough, Too w. Madame BenoƮt -- 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 8, 2021
- 2 min
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 7, 2021
- 1 min
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 BenoƮt...
Michael Laxer
- Jan 5, 2021
- 2 min
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
- Dec 29, 2020
- 1 min
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 27, 2020
- 2 min
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 19, 2020
- 2 min
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...
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