Love is all you knead

It might not always come through, but The Kitchen Front is no one-man show. In fact, this blog and my love for cooking probably wouldn't exist at all without my partner in cuisine and life, D.

Fasta pasta

In a near-perfect world, my evenings would unfold something like this. I'd bike or stroll home from my personally fulfilling and financially rewarding job to our spacious modern apartment. There, I'd survey the array of fine fresh and local ingredients and assemble dinner in my state-of-the-art kitchen. We would enjoy this fine repast, along with a bottle of good wine,  while leisurely taking in our magnificent views from our floor-to-ceiling windows and trading bon mots over our vintage harvest table.

Lull

After all the cooking I did in late December, I find myself significantly less productive in the early days of 2011. Normal life and our first real coating of snow have stifled my creative energies.

The Holidays Unwrapped Part Three: A Family Thing

Here's the last of my 2010 holiday recap. Regular programming to resume...sometime.

Christmas is supposed to be about family, which is why I'm starting my little 2010 holiday retrospective with the only meal we shared with my own flesh and blood. Brother S. was passing through town a couple of days after marking the holidays with the rest of the clan out west and dropped in for dinner, so another festive meal was in order.

The Holidays Unwrapped Part Two: Duck!

Our first Christmas together (in the "just-the-two-of-us" sense) was, in a word, quiet. With no family commitments and few friends to distract us, it was just us, the couch, a few good books and The Trip.

The Holidays Unwrapped Part One: 'twas the Night Before

My seasonal spirit peaks the night before Christmas. Maybe it's the German in me, or maybe it's just that I like the build up. Or maybe I just like tourtière.

2010: A Look back in hunger

Happy New Year! I'm getting an epic post together about the holidays, but in the meantime, here's a look back at my favourite posts from The kitchen Front and my old blog from the last 12 months.