Recipe at Work

Recipe at Work

Here's a quick peek at my "process" for converting a recipe to gluten-free.  Its a bit of mechanics, and a bit of art, as most usually go through several tweaks as I play around with flour blends, fat ratios and flour blends until I get the texture...
Ch ch ch ch ch Cherry bomb!!!

Ch ch ch ch ch Cherry bomb!!!

Its full-on tree fruit season here in BC, and with the hot, dry weather we’ve been having, the tree fruits this year are fantastic! So that means we are up to our ears in apricots,  plums, and cherries! Most people think of cherries as dessert fare, but with...
Fluffy rice tips

Fluffy rice tips

<Ok, that one sounded better in my head than typed out!> Since the (soldered in!) battery in our programmable rice cooker is pooched, we're back to cooking rice the old-fashioned way here at the Shiba Shack!  It's not a hardship by any stretch of the...
Sole, the original Fast Food

Sole, the original Fast Food

If you are looking for a fast dinner option that is relatively inexpensive, and can be gussied up any number of ways, look no further than sole!  Here on the West Coast of BC, its fished year-round, making it a local, fresh (not frozen) fish option. It comes in flat...