http://www.culinaryseductions.com/ The guy's guide to cooking for girls. en Copyright 2010 Tue, 01 Sep 2015 21:34:38 -0800 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Culinary Seductions: A good, home cooked meal could be the key to opening her heart, and closing the bedroom door... http://www.culinaryseductions.com/articles/how_this_website_works.php http://www.culinaryseductions.com/articles/how_this_website_works.php Articles culinary seduction dating love romance sexy food Sexy Foods Tue, 01 Sep 2015 21:34:38 -0800 Chipotle, South St. Burger Co. and Mendocino Farms are carving a path with real food. http://www.culinaryseductions.com/articles/fast_food_paradigm_shift.php http://www.culinaryseductions.com/articles/fast_food_paradigm_shift.php Articles chipotle Fast food paradigm shift Mendocino farms South St. Burger Co Mon, 07 Jun 2010 12:18:58 -0800 Give her only the best if you can afford it and can get a reservation! See the new best restaurants in the world list! http://www.culinaryseductions.com/articles/danish_restaurant_noma_named_b.php http://www.culinaryseductions.com/articles/danish_restaurant_noma_named_b.php Articles best restaurants in the world El buli Fat duck Tue, 27 Apr 2010 06:03:17 -0800 Merrymaking Mushroom-Çrusted Sole to Naughty Turned Nice Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Icing. I want some! In a crowded space of mundane cookbooks, Bite me by two relatively unknown foodistas/chef sisters Julie Albert & Lisa Gnat stands out. It’s a self-published work of passion that is fun and playful, containing simple and delicious (mostly comfort food) recipes with sexy and hip graphic design. Bite me reminds us how fun cooking is supposed to be. It starts with entertaining and descriptive recipe titles and indexes. Salad recipes are under UNDRESS ME and soup recipes under SPOON ME. Also interesting quotes/trivia from varying sources called BITE ME BITS and eye-catching photos (not of just food) fill the pages. It’s very visually pleasing! Originally, I purchased this book as a gift. However, as I write this review it makes sense that I add Bite Me to my collection. It’s a very sassy cookbook that I highly recommend. It’s available in Canada at Indigo/Chapters and at select Border’s bookstores in the United States. For more information visit Bitemecookbook.com ]]> http://www.culinaryseductions.com/reviews/food/bite_me_its_a_cookbook_title_s.php http://www.culinaryseductions.com/reviews/food/bite_me_its_a_cookbook_title_s.php Food Bite me cookbook Tue, 19 Jan 2010 07:41:50 -0800 King Crab Will Sweep Her Off Her Feet! http://www.culinaryseductions.com/articles/the_deadliest_sexiest_catch_wo.php http://www.culinaryseductions.com/articles/the_deadliest_sexiest_catch_wo.php Articles Alaskan King crab crab king crab The Deadliest Sexiest Catch Tue, 19 Jan 2010 07:28:53 -0800 Simple Feast For Two http://www.culinaryseductions.com/articles/mexican_harvest_fiesta.php http://www.culinaryseductions.com/articles/mexican_harvest_fiesta.php Articles Fiesta feast for two mexican food Mexican Harvest Mon, 05 Oct 2009 08:16:36 -0800 Check out their website for locations. 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It was the grand opening of the highly anticipated grocery at Don Mills and Lawrence, and I was excited by the prospect of new gourmet delights brought to me by a Toronto-based celebrity chef. “Gourmet food is on the rise,” I thought to myself as I chugged my iced coffee, pumping myself up for the big day. North York will be home to another much needed alternative to corporate eateries and sterile foods. I entered the prepared food section of a bustling and modern food market and was greeted by two large LCDs listing the fresh eats of the day. I read the screens and thought to myself… wouldn’t it be cool to show a tantalizing food video or a recipe demo rather than just using them as digital chalkboards? My thoughts were interrupted by the subtle sound of sensual trance music in the background. How hip? How cool? How… is that Wonder Bread? The recipe for a half-baked gourmet market is born. “Make it the best it can be” is the McEwan motto. Is Wonder Bread really the best? What about Old El Paso? I think not. These are just some of the basic grocery brands intertwined with pretentious products such as a $36 bottle of “McEwan’s Ice Pressed Olive Oil”. What is ice-pressed olive oil? Don’t get me wrong, I love basic grocery brands and expect to see them in most grocery stores, but it ticks me off when people overcharge for them. Save your money and pick them up for less at another market down the road! So what about the higher-end items, you ask? If you can set aside the pretentious olive oil and rather underwhelming produce section, McEwan’s does have a couple things going for it. 1) It does an okay job with the prepared foods, although there isn’t a true salad bar, 2) The cheese section is better than most other options in the area, and 3) The meat counter is quite impressive. This is actually the best part about the whole market. They have gorgeous cuts of aged USDA PRIME meats and all sorts of lovely looking swine and cattle. I was also impressed by the selection of BBQ sauces to accompany the meats and was pleased to see hard-to-find favourites such as Stubbs and the Red Head Pantry. But these positives bear a hefty price tag. It would only be on a rare and special occasion that I would save up to buy a tiny morsel of steak or cheese. Even then, I’d probably be more willing to splurge at Whole Foods. I prefer its philosophy of high quality and good health to the rather confusing “high-low” concept at McEwan’s. Whole Foods also has better produce, better prepared-foods (including a salad bar), and a nice bulk food section (which you also can’t find at McEwan’s). For daily shopping, I prefer Longo’s because their products are reasonably priced and of great quality. They are home-style gourmet, satisfying everyday shopping, and have the best produce section in the city (prices and product). They also have a great seafood counter, bakery, deli, and salad bar. Overall, I have to give McEwan’s gourmet grocery a “not sexy” rating. Too expensive for Wonder Bread and ice-pressed olive oil, but the meat counter is magical and worth the price for a special occasion! ! Check out my review of McEwan’s North 44 restaurant. ]]> http://www.culinaryseductions.com/restaurant/toronto/mcewan_toronto.php http://www.culinaryseductions.com/restaurant/toronto/mcewan_toronto.php Toronto gourmet grocery market McEwan Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:48:51 -0800 Check em out! ]]> http://www.culinaryseductions.com/articles/married_meals.php http://www.culinaryseductions.com/articles/married_meals.php Articles married meals Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:19:06 -0800 The sixty second screw! http://www.culinaryseductions.com/videos/the_naked_wine_show_coopers_cr.php http://www.culinaryseductions.com/videos/the_naked_wine_show_coopers_cr.php Videos coopers creek sixty second screw the naked wine show Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:54:15 -0800 The Seafood Depot in Woodbrige, Ontario is like an all Italian Ikea and Costco in one. It’s a wonderful warehouse of fresh and frozen fish, seafood, live lobster and Italian groceries, furniture (not a lot) housewares and giftwares. It’s the largest Italian grocery I have ever been in. The quality is decent (for the most part) and the prices can be cheap. I was happily surprised to discover this about the Seafood Depot because I came just to purchase a few pounds of frozen Mahi Mahi. I had no idea there was anything else other than seafood at the Seafood Depot. I was so overcome with joy that I bought a terribly cheesy Van Gogh serving dish. It was on a sale for $5 and I love it! I also bought six white cereal bowls (they were three for $1). However, the frozen Mahi Mahi I purchased to make fish tacos was excellent. The two pounds of fish come in individual vacuum sealed portions. Take out a fillet or two when cooking for your sweetie and keep the rest in the refrigerator for another day. I highly recommend a visit to the Seafood Depot. I will be a frequent visitor! ]]> http://www.culinaryseductions.com/restaurant/toronto/seafood_depot.php http://www.culinaryseductions.com/restaurant/toronto/seafood_depot.php Toronto seafood depot Tue, 16 Jun 2009 07:37:12 -0800