works of wanderlust

Category: tucking in

  • Strip this Pan, Part Three

    Time being limited and linear, it’s taken me over a month to get around to tackling the twenty-inch reversible grill reseasoning project. For reference, check out parts one and two wherein I presented my options to deal with the pitting that was destroying the five-year-old seasoned surface of my Saturday morning pancake flattop and tried

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  • Friday Frights: Cast Iron Versus Magic

    There are countless great arguments to switch to cooking with cast iron, but a socio-political one was outlined recently by the HBO Comedy show, Last Week Tonight, as they profiled a report on the effects to both our health and the environment from the types of chemicals used to make other non-stick frying pans. You

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  • Recipe: Classy Cordon Bleu

    The recipe has a different name in our collection, but as the kid pointed out half way through her portion last night “this is basically just fancy cordon bleu, right?” She pronounced it with an impeccable French tongue, too. I guess ten years of French Immersion school has finally paid off. But she’s not wrong.

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  • Sourdough Science Saturday

    My starter is a little over two and a half years old and as I alluded to in my previous post I’ve baked about two hundred and fifty-ish loaves of bread with it, pre- and during pandemic. You would almost think I would understand it better. About an hour ago I pulled my Thanksgiving loaf

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  • Short: Long Weekend & Floury Friday

    In Canada, we celebrate our Thanksgiving in October. The right way. And as we prepare a large meal for Sunday evening, my wife is out shopping for a fresh turkey and I’ve spent Friday evening getting my sourdough started. While making sourdough has become fairly routine around our house, I find myself usually making sandwich

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