That’s not a recipe! It’s a shopping list.
I signed up for the “Foodie-file” e-newsletter from Canadian Living with hopes of receiving a few good recipes to try for Christmas dinner.
Today’s recipe was for fried sweet ravioli. Sounds good, no? What’s not to like about fried pastry with a sweet filling? I’ll tell you what … the recipe! It’s not a recipe.
The recipe I used has apples, orange and lemon zest, chickpeas, dark chocolate, walnuts, raisins, sugar and whiskey, all ground together. I have no exact measurements for this recipe; you mix it and add ingredients until it tastes right.
WTF? Shouldn’t someone who writes a food newsletter be able to provide a recipe? Maybe measuring as she went along so we’d at least have a place to start? How will I know when it tastes right if I’ve never had it before?
Ridiculous.
Sorry you were disappointed with this post. The Foodie-file is a blog about food in Canada, food events, and occasional recipe post but it’s not a recipe newsletter. I also have alot of give-aways for my readers, the latest cookbooks, tickets to festivals etc.
I also have a newsletter that I write for Canadian Living called “Food For Friends” that always has links to timely and seasonal recipes. Perhaps that was what you waned to subscribe to. I’ve included the link below in case you want to try it out.
http://www.canadianliving.com/my_cl/?mod=signup&action=newsletter_new
Thanks for reading!
Thanks for replying.
Yes, I realize that the Foodie-file is not a recipe newsletter. However, when a post mentions a recipe, I kind of expect to get the entire recipe. For the ravioli, you gave the recipe for the pastry and a list of ingredients for the filling. Since I’m not a chef and I’ve never even tasted fried sweet ravioli, I have no idea what they should look or taste like. Without a recipe, I still don’t. And today’s post did the exact same thing only this time it was with scallion pancakes.
I’m not asking for every recipe to be typed out in it’s entirety but a link would be nice.