The holidays approach and along with our regular deliciousness and butter laden delicacies, we thought we’d bring you a few ways to make your turkey dinner, or turkey sandwich, a little more interesting with a condiment or two, starting with Tangy Fresh Fruit Chutney. Chutneys are a cold weather standby at our house made with...

Last month culinary competitors from around the globe met on the streets of Las Vegas for the world’s biggest food fight.  Invited champions squared off at the World Food Championships, all vying for a piece of the $300,000 purse; meet Canada’s food sport elite. Coming from all walks of life, east to west, Canada’s food...

Finishing 5th last week in the World Burger Championships, there were things that we did right and things that went sideways.  Now that the dust has settled here’s my top five lessons learned at the 2013 World Food Championships in Las Vegas. In retrospect, I wish I’d taken more time on plating and had found...

Well kids, time to put the game face on and lock and load for the World Food Championships.  Food Gypsy is now live from Las Vegas in a tired, but affordable, hotel off the strip where connectivity is questionable.  (I’m sure CSI was shot here… trying not to leave fingerprints.) Thank you to the small...

Join us Friday November 1st, 2013 for fun, food and fundraising at Ottawa’s Culinary Conspiracy for Pop-Up Food Gypsy and try my signature burger for next month’s World Food Championships in Las Vegas.  It’s a conspiracy of TASTE! Patrick McQuaid, owner of Culinary Conspiracy, is lending me his beautiful new kitchen for a one night...

The chef in my life looked curiously at the package that arrived this spring “your Mother sent you potatos for your birthday?!” “Yup, it’s the year of the spud!” I declared. This season the Gypsy Garden was largely left to fend for itself as other priorities took precedence.  Random  flowers found a place the borders outside our heritage...

Exploring my Roma roots with some good Gypsy comfort food, hearty Romanian Style Goulash.  A rich beef and tomato stew heavy with Paprika, it’s slow food to warm your soul as nights get longer and the chill of fall fills your days. It is in my nature to wander, if I’m in one place for...

Il Clou Di Clavesana Dogliani Superiore 2010, a fresh Italian from the north eastern hills of Italy’s Piedmont region with a the tang of sour cherry, and a lash of spicy leather.  Smooth, clean and very well priced, it’s a ripe pick on this Wino Wednesday. While I favor the French, I still love a beautiful...

Maximum Mexican — Mexican Blackened Chicken with Jalapeno Black Beans & Rice and Caramelized Pineapple Salsa finished with Cilantro & Lime.  When I pine for long white sand beaches of Mexico, I recall a flavour and make it my own.  Jalapeno heat with cumin-chili rubbed chicken and the sweet tang of pineapple, cilantro and lime....

Our local grocer’s shelves are positively loaded with pineapple, that combined with a craving for flavours of the Yucatan and next thing I know, I’m chopping pineapple for a tangy, tasty Pineapple Salsa. Fresh fruit salsas make such a nice twist on a theme, spicy and sweet with a dash of heat.  I have been...

Crowdfund your favorite Gypsy and support our entry into the World Food Championships invitational in Las Vegas this November so we can represent a GREAT Canadian burger! This summer we found out that my Taste of Home Canada Magazine ‘Burger Off’ win qualified me for the World Food Championships in Las Vegas, November 7 – 10,...

Deliciously chocolaty and terribly addictive Nutella Crackle Cookies are crisp on the outside and soft and chewy on the inside.  I apologize in advance for causing you to sneak into the kitchen under the cover of darkness for another after you told yourself two was enough.  Two is not enough. Whatever you do, do not...