Last night I celebrated Diwali with friends and had some of the most amazing, most delicious, most flavourful Indian food I have ever eaten in my life. I resolved privately to myself that I would never cook again until I’ve learned how to cook Indian. You think I’m kidding? Ha! I’ve registered to take an…
Month: October 2011
Magic Fish
To the person who did an internet search for: but i love you, he will say in his soft, bewildered way, stirring the spaghetti sauce but not you, staring into the pan as if waiting for something, a magic fish, to rise from it and say: that is always enough, why is that not always…
Popcorn
Thanks to my sister, I am the proud owner of a newfangled microwave popcorn popping bowl. It’s a bowl, with lid! Look! Look! I’m not kidding: I am NOT pitching for Amazon, but if you check their link you can get more details. I can also tell you this, my sister bought mine at Safeway,…
Turkey Soup
Thanksgiving was but just a week ago, and already I’m craving the soul soothing flavours of a full Thanksgiving dinner. Mom sent us home with little care packets, but those were “gobbled up” (get it, gobbled? as in gobble gobble? *sigh* I know, that’s pretty bad) by Monday last week. I get the treasure of…
Discover BC VQA
Subtitled: The Wines of British Columbia Fall Release Edmonton Wine and me, we’re pals going waaaay back. When I saw a Tweet a few weeks ago inviting food biz people to the Discover BC VQA wine tasting event, I thought, “why not?”. So I RSVP’d with great delight and anticipation about trying new wines from…
Nalysynky (Cheese Crepes)
Nalysynky (nah-liss-neh-key): Cheese crepes. Ukrainian food. Delicious, waist expanding Ukrainian food. Nalysynky is not a complicated food item to make. It just has multiple steps and requires your full attention whilst making the crepes. It’s a great food to make as a couple, however, I am one of those cooks that sends my husband off…