Ketler Kitchen

D: This week, in an attempt to use up some of that God-awful Tequila, we chose to do another Tequila drink. And since I pretty much always have Rye in the condo, another Rye-based drink. So this week we’re doing a ‘Berry Blaster’ and a ‘Manhattan’. Oddly enough I’ve never had let alone made Manhattans, so it definitely should be an experience. It always comes across like an old man drink to me, like something you picture people in the 50s drinking; but Rye and bitters is always delicious so why not! HER DRINK: [Berry Burster] Ingredients: 1 kiwi (sliced)...…

S: After the attempt with the NOPI recipe book, we’ve gone back to basics. The hubster and I have been fans of Chef Michael Smith for a long time. [D: <3 Chef Michael Smith] Me personally, I’ve watched his cooking shows since he joined foodnetwork. I’ve watched the Foodnetwork since the early 90s… man does that ever make me feel so old. Most of the Chefs on that channel aren’t on there anymore. I could bet many wouldn’t know who they were if I were to name a few now. ANYway, as we both do have full time jobs and...…

D: Long story short, we’re starting a new thing titled This Is ~~Why~~ What We Drink. We’re going to go through various drink recipes, whether bar, blender, maybe even just do beer etc reviews. We figured it’d be something interesting to change it up a little, and get something up in the middle-ish of the week. We’re going to do a His and Her’s drink, mainly because I don’t really want to drink girly drinks >.> [S: So he says now. I can guarantee that he’ll want one at some point.] so it will be on average, 2 items; something...…

D: So we were browsing Chapters for new recipe books to check out, and we came across NOPI. Flipping through it, it looked interesting, a lot of asian fusion stuff going on. Seems to be largely fancier dishes, and maybe a bit more work than some other options; but we thought we’d give it a try. So this is our first attempt at a recipe out of NOPI – Yotam Ottolenghi and Ramael Scully [S: and probably our last for a while. It’s more of a fancy smancy kind of recipe book. Probably will use it with a couple of...…

D: We were looking for interesting sides, and came upon this cornbread recipe. I figured, you can’t go wrong with cornbread; and yeah, it does have a bunch of stuff in it, but worth a shot. Cornbread is delicious, so we gave it a go. [S: the photos don’t look so appetizing… but I guess that works with how the rest of this post goes.] [Serves 6 to 8] Ingredients: 6 slices bacon 1 stick (4oz) unsalted butter, cut into chunks 1C canned cream corn 3/4C buttermilk 3 large eggs, beaten 1C shredded cheddar cheese 1/2C finely grated Parmigaiano-Reggiano 1/2C...…

S: So this week we decided to skip out on doing a recipe, and went out for dinner instead. Rosedale Diner - we have been to for brunch [D: hnnngghh chicken and waffles], but had never gone for dinner before. After the Blue Jays game on Saturday, we figured since we took the car, and the Diner was on our way home, we’d finally give their dinner menu a go. I didn’t get a chance to take a photo of the inside of the Diner this time, but it’s adorable. Maybe I’ll get one next time, and we’ll do a...…