Culinary Caravan

Chef Deb's Tour de Fez: Morocco's Gastronomic Capital of the Universe!

Join Culinary Caravan's world traveller for a trip down memory lane... or should we say "medina." Let Chef Deb share with you the secrets of Riad Ibn Battaouta's "brioutates"—feather-light phyllo pastry stuffed with beef and Moroccan spices. Next, sample a tajine of chicken, olives and preserved lemons served over a bed of couscous dressed with world-renown argan oil. For dessert, apricot and almond phyllo pastries are sure to satiate one's sweet tooth. Welcome to the Kasbah!

Culinary Caravan's Gastronomic World Tour!

Join Rogers TV's Daytime cuisinier, "Chef Deb," as she revisits her favourite global haunts; a restaurant, kitchen, and foodie outlet. Start the evening at Riad Ibn Battaouta with "brioutates"—feather-light phyllo pastry stuffed with beef and Moroccan spices. Then, it's off to zia Nilda's kitchen in Maniago, Italy for decadent four-cheese cannelloni made with fresh crepes. Finish the cooking class at Place de la Madeleine in Paris, France for, what else, Fauchon's madeleines!

Comfort Food 101

Personal Chef Deb Rankine demonstrates how to create simple, mouth-watering comfort food. Start with her signature roasted butternut squash soup. For the entrée, Deb will create succulent vegetable-dusted pork tenderloin with port wine reduction and herb-roasted baby reds. End the class with a mouth-puckering lemon-coconut tart with raspbery coulis.

It’s All Greek to Me

Join Chef Deb for a culinary caravan through Greece. Learn how to make classic Greek salad and authentic tzatziki sauce to accompany marinated pork and chicken shish kebabs, oven-roasted potatoes and lemon-herbed rice. And, for dessert, classic individual baklava. Can you say OPA!

Culinary Caravan's Hands-on Appetizers: 2-hour class

Join Rogers TV's Daytime cuisinier, "Chef Deb" for a fun-filled evening making freezer-friendly savoury appetizers using phyllo, puff, and choux pastries. With step-by-step instructions, you'll learn how to make spanakopita triangles, red and green pesto pinwheels and herbed cheese puffs. Learn the correct techniques for clarifying butter and achieving the proper texture for perfectly light and airy profiteroles. Class limited to 16 participants.

Culinary Caravan’s Signature Cooking Class

Join Chef Deb as she travels the globe in pursuit of earthly delights. The first port of call is the Far East where you will sample Asian spring rolls with Thai dipping sauce. Then, it's off to Italy for decadent four-cheese cannelloni with two sauces. Finish off the cooking class in the City of Light, Paris, France with choux pastry swans!

"I Wonder What the Queen is Eating?"

Join Chef Deb, proprietor of Culinary Caravan, for breakfast, lunch and dinner!
Forget about cold cereal, watery canned soup, and boring tuna casserole. Enjoy breakfast in high style sampling majestic smoked salmon eggs Benedict with dill-infused hollandaise. Then, lunch like royalty on tomato, bocconcini, and olive tapenade salad—Napoleon-style. Supper on a feast of Danish potato salad and grilled, spicy chicken brochettes. For dessert, head-turner strawberry-blueberry shortcakes fulfills the royal decree!

Cooking 101

Whether you’re a student heading off to college, a newlywed, or a 6-figure power broker with no time to cook, this class is for you! Join Culinary Caravan for a fun-filled cooking class of delicious 30-minute recipe ideas that anyone can whip up after class or a long workday. Watch as Chef Deb takes one basic sauce and a batch of 'magic mix' and conjures up charming chicken pot pie, seductive wild mushroom soup with thyme chantilly and bewitching lemon scones with berry compote and Devonshire cream. Smoke and mirrors optional.

Pub Night at the Rover's Return

Join personal chef and diehard Coronation Street fan Chef Deb for an evening of classic Rovers pub fare. Find out the secret ingredients for Betty's classic hotpot and learn how to make authentic English-style fish and chips so delicious you'll never order take-away again. End the class sampling melt-in-your-mouth lemon scones with strawberry conserve and double cream. Yum!

Mediterranean Madness

Inspired by her culinary travels, Chef Deb returns with warm memories and recipes to share with her students. Start the evening sampling phyllo wrapped boreks; stuffed with a mélange of tuna, sun dried tomato, chopped egg and freshly snipped dill, these little cigars are a Chef Deb style Turkish delight. An entrée of Moroccan chicken with preserved lemon and olives set atop a fruited couscous nicely rounds out the dinner course. Incredibly decadent baklava promises to satiate everyone's sweet tooth.

Dead-easy Mid-week Meals

Chase away the winter blahs with quick and easy mid-week meal ideas. Join proprietor of Culinary Caravan and Rogers TV cuisinier Chef Deb, and learn how to make creamy mushroom soup with thyme Chantilly, hardy 30-minute chicken burritos, and for dessert, yummy lemon squares with raspberry coulis.

Postcards from Paris: A Summer Remembered

Chase away the winter blahs with a virtual trip to the City of Light. Join Rogers TV cuisinier and proprietor of www.culinarycaravan.com, Chef Deb, for a sunny trip down memory lane. Tonight Deb will recreate some of her favourite Parisian dishes she learned last summer while on culinary caravan through Europe. Start the evening with classic French onion soup crowned with a garlicky crouton and gooey Gruyère cheese. Next, learn the secrets to making Croquet Monsieur Paris' national sandwich! For dessert, how about homemade crepes with strawberries and whipped cream? Everyone say oui, oui!