Just recently Chef and I had a re-evaluation of our steak dish (again). This is a dish that we tinker with the most probably. We had been using a very thick, meaty cut of the sirloin that is known by its French term, a ‘coulotte’ steak. After much taste testing…
But soft, what light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun. Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon, Who is already sick and pale with grief That thou, her maid, art far more fair than she. Ahhh…Romeo and Juliet; a story that does…
Way back in the summer, I started writing in this blog again. I have periodically returned to it, perhaps not as often as I would like. Moreover, in hopes of picking up the threads of my old home-cooking blog that was the very genesis of the Beech Tree restaurant, I…
How extraordinary to find outstanding new-style British cooking on an unremarkable stretch of Kingston Rd., at the four-star Beech Tree….. Read the rest of the article here.
An article about Beech Tree owner, Robert Maxwell, from Montreal-based Baron magazine. Read here.
It’s that time of again; time to bid another year adieu. They seem to come faster and faster it seems. Nevertheless, there is much work to do, food to be eaten, champagne to be sipped etc. So with that said, we would like to present our ‘draft’ Four Course New…
Snap’d media was there to capture some moments from the Beech Tree One Year Anniversary Party. A notorious video will follow. Check it out here
The Ontario Royal Agricultural Winter Fair, a.k.a ‘The Royal‘, held annually in Toronto since 1922 has proven to be an integral component of my food education. It has now become a tradition for me and the family. I have written about The Royal in past iterations of the Beech Tree…
I suppose the hangover was a small price to pay. November 1st marked my 42nd birthday. It was also a week shy of the Beech Tree’s first birthday (we technically opened on November 7th, 2013). We are both a little bit older, and hopefully a little bit wiser. This past Saturday,…
Not quite a year, actually, but very soon. At this time last year, we were wall-papering and trying to hook up appliances. How far we’ve come. On November 7th, 2013, the Beech Tree opened its doors for the first time. Our first customer, a local school teacher came in for…
