My name is Corey, I’m a student in Business Management. Before coming to AU I worked in the food industry. I graduated from NAIT’s Culinary Art’s program in 2007 with a diploma in cooking. I have my journeyman certificate, Red Seal, and Blue Seal. I have worked in restaurants, hotels, golf courses, and coffee shops. These days I’m a stay at home parent to three kids, 10-year-old twins and a 6-year-old. My wife works as an RN and program manager at the Stollery Hospital.
I’m sure I’ve mentioned before that we, like many others, planted a garden this year. Well, now in August, the garden is starting to give back. We’ve had so many colossal zucchini’s, and my zucchini recipes are somewhat limited, so I guess we’re working on more recipes. The only recipes in my repertoire are Ratatouille… Read more »
I have wanted to do a cedar plank recipe for a while, and, recently, I finally got to make it. I enjoy writing recipes because I feel pressure to make them before I write and make sure I get some pictures, it gives us at least a couple suppers for the week. For this recipe… Read more »
What a great snack popcorn can be, it’s universal. It’s at the movie theatre, hockey games, county fairs, community events, and more. I’ll bet most of you still cook up a bowl of popcorn before you watch a movie at home or a zoom call. It’s also a healthy snack: 100g of popped popcorn contains… Read more »
This past week my family and I camped in Dinosaur Provincial Park in southern Alberta. It was a great trip and was capped off by a two-night stay in Airdrie (a small city just north of Calgary) where my friend Chris, who I’ve known for almost 30 years, lives with his family. While visiting their… Read more »
I was much older when I first tried hummus and found that I really enjoyed it. So, one day I was at home with my then three-year-old, and I thought we should try falafel. We looked up a few recipes to give it a try. We immediately loved it! It was crunchy on the outside,… Read more »
A few years ago, we were visiting my wife’s aunt, Louise, in the Shuswap. She has a cottage on the lake and had invited us to stay. One night for dinner she made us some roasted cauliflower as a side dish, and I will never forget how great it tasted. Ever since then we’ve been… Read more »
We recently camped with some friends near Smoky Lake, and when it came time to make dinner, we had realized none of us had a pot large enough to boil the corn for our crew. Enter ingenuity! We had just roasted our potatoes in the coals and I realized I should just put the corn… Read more »
We’ve been under a new normal for a few months now, and the number of people who have decided to garden has been understandably increasing, why not start a new hobby? My family and I finally got around to turning our weed patch into something useful. We planted carrots, corn, onions, peppers, cucumbers, zucchini, chives,… Read more »
I love camping; it’s one of the reasons my kids are in Scouting. I remember camping as a Cub Scout, and a Scout leader showed us how to make bacon and eggs in tinfoil over coals in a firepit. I have talked about this experience up a few times to my kids, and, recently, I… Read more »
It’s almost Canada Day, and I was reflecting on Canadian desserts. Some tasty Canadian treats include the Beavertail, Nanaimo Bars, Butter Tarts, Sugar Pie, Flapper Pie, Sweet Bannock, and, of course, Saskatoon Berry Pie! Last year we went berry picking at a farm near Sherwood Park (a suburb of Edmonton for those who live elsewhere). … Read more »