I know today feels like Saturday… but it’s not. Sorry. Bubble burst I’m sure. But no worries! Here is a round up of the Culinary Word A Day’s from this week!!

Cappelletti – small triangular hat shaped dough filled with meat or cheese.

Lox -  smoked salmon, usually brine, salt or sugar cured. Normally eaten with bagels and cream cheese.

Sour Cream – cream that has been deliberately fermented with bacteria in lactic acid.

Cutlet – a thin, tender cut of meat taken from the leg or rib section of the animal. Usually flattened and breaded.

Shad – A fish of the herring family that spends much of its life in the sea, typically entering rivers to spawn.

Rind – the hard / tough covering or skin on fruits such as oranges and melons. Once removed it is called the peel.

Coulis - a thin sauce os strained, pureed raw or cooked vegetables or fruit. Used as a flavourful garnish.

A short list of things worth wasting time on during a beautiful spring day:

Ten reasons to eat breakfast.

Are you awesome? A chick? Do you like beer? Want to hang out with some other awesome chicks who like beer? Check out Barley’s Angels!

If I was a comic I would be Jim Gaffigan. Pale, a little pudgy and always talking about food. Enjoy!

Ok… so this week was a bit of a struggle! The weekend was spent in beautiful Prince Edward County (one hell of a post to come… scratch that… I don’t want you to have really high expectations. A pretty decent… a respectable… a post to come!! ) where I completely forgot about the world outside the county and forgot to post my Culinary Word A Day’s. But I’m all caught up now and here they are – culinary terms that might be new to you, some of them are to me! Hominy?? What??

Grappa – an Italian brandy made from the fermented residue of grapes that have been pressed while wine making.

Snickerdoodle – a sugar cookie with a cracked surface made with cream of tartar and rolled in cinnamon sugar.

Cheshire – a mild yellow cow’s milk cheese with a crumbly texture from Cheshire England. It’s particular taste comes from salt deposits in the pasture where the cows graze.

Jimmies – see Sprinkles.

Peach Melba – dessert of peach halves with vanilla ice cream and raspberry sauce. Created by French Chef Escoffier.

Hominy – hulled yellow or white corn with the bran and germ removed. Most often coarsely ground and boiled with water or milk to make grits.

Timbale – a mix of poultry, seafood, veggies and noodles in cream sauce that is baked in a drum shaped mold of the same name.

Food fun that is better than work on a Friday afternoon –

This isn’t quite food related unless you count the pot brownies.

The kick ass Bethany from Second Ferment talks about the wines of Prince Edward County during our Indulge PEC trip – happy to know there are responsible bloggers who took notes and stuff. I, on the other hand, have a “woo spring break” style of writing.

Jamie McDonald is a competitive eater who is devouring Chicago’s food challenges one plate and stomach ache at a time!

One of my favourite all time jokes:

St. Patty’s day this Sunday!! Remember to drink responsibly. By which I mean drink something worth drinking and don’t do anything I wouldn’t do. Myself?? I’ll be spending the weekend in Prince Edward County where good wine flows like water!

Let’s get to the round up – here are this week’s Culinary Word A Day words:

Naan – a flat oval or round white flour bread cooked in a tandoor oven.

Ginkgo – a large shade tree native to China that produces seeds with edible ginkgo nuts.

Robusta – a species of coffee plant that grows beans of the same name.

Gemelli – a type of pasta made of two strands of pasta twisted together in short pieces.

Radicchio - Italian for red leafed chicory. An herb with crisp, slightly bitter leaves.

Daube – a stew of meat, braised in red wine, veg, herbs and spices or the pot in which such a stew is cooked.

Reduction – The action or fact of making a specified thing smaller or less in amount, degree, or size. In cooking it is normally referring to liquid and is achieved through simmering.

As always – here are some awesome foodie time wasters to make your Friday awesome!

What does your favourite beer say about you??

The wicked funny Jim Gaffigan’s late night snack suggestions.

The cool folks at FoodiePrints have awesome wine suggestions for under $10.

As always something yummy from The Gouda Life! Here is hoping that Maple Porter Chocolate Cake lifted your spirits Kelly!

NYC soda ban has been rejected… seriously, if I want to drown my sorrows in 50 litres of Pepsi, stand aside.

This is by far the funniest story about a grapefruit I have ever seen:

Julienne – A portion of food cut into short, thin strips.

Ricer – Utensil with small holes through which soft food (boiled potatoes) can be pushed to form particles of a similar size to grains.

Brunoise - knife cut in which the food is first julienned, turned a quarter turn and diced again, producing small cubes.

Dice – to cut in cube shaped pieces (like playing dice). Size varies from 1/8 to 1/2 inch.

Kosher – a variety of foods that have been prepared, grown, killed and processed in accordance with Jewish laws.

Compound Butter – a chilled mixture of butter and flavour ingredients (such as herbs, zest or spices) that is used  to colour or flavour a dish.

Blenny – a small, scaleless fish found in rocky coastal areas and coral reefs.

Something interesting, something sad and two wicked funny things.

A culinary trip around the world with the wicked awesome Susar Lee.

What if babies were giant subs?

An absolutely heart breaking story about Massimo Marti a local baker from Preston Street who has had his wife and kids deported. Cruel is the only word that comes to mind.