Welcome to 2010! Wow, what a year it’s been and what a year it will be. To me, the familiarity surrounding the year 2010 comes from the constant droning on on local news channels about the upcoming 2010 Vancouver Olympics. I am neither for or against the Olympics, merely a neutral observer. I do like […]
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Ah, the holidays are almost over. I hate this time of year. All the hoopla, parties, festive attitudes and joy are gone again for another year. There are only a few days left of the year and the decorations will all come down soon. The tree will be gone, the candy canes bagged, the santas
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Merry Christmas Eve everybody! Today, I hope your spending lots of time with family and friends, drinking way too much egg nog or Tom & Jerrys by the fire and gorging yourself on overly indulgent chocolates and cookies. It’s all a great warm up to tomorrow’s big feast! But hey, maybe you do all that
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Has anyone ever done something amazingly nice for you, totally out of the blue, that you weren’t expecting? That’s what happened to me this past Friday night. I was hanging out with some girlfriends at a friend’s house, cooking up a big pan of my amazing lasagna (recipe to come eventually), when my husband called.
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Well, I finally had to do it. I had to add watermarks to my pictures. Why? Rampant theft and violations of clearly stated copyrights. It’s sad isn’t it? I’ve found people taking credit for my recipes from Tokyo to Russia and everywhere in between. The worst is finding my recipe AND the accompanying pictures being
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Now that I’m “with child”, I am finding that I want to spend less time in the kitchen. I want to enjoy every minute I can with my son right now, while it’s still just the three of us. Soon he’ll be sharing every moment with a little, crying, squirming stranger. Although he shows lots
Making sushi rolls involves a little creativity and a lot of patience. Depending on how many you are making, the act of tamping down the rice, inserting filling, rolling and finally slicing can take a fair amount of time. My sister calls it her “Zen” time. No one helps, and it does take her a
For the second part of my three part series on Sushi or, if you prefer, Japanese food, I give you my all time favourite dish: Spicy Grilled Tuna. Now on this I have to give my sister ultimate credit, for she managed to figure out the seasoning and dipping sauces just by ordering this dish
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This post marks the beginning of what will be a three part series on Japanese food. First we will see Sunomono Salad, then Spicy Grilled Tuna Steaks, and finally rolls. Where did this sudden burst of exotic flavour come from? My sister. An avid sushi restaurant junkie for years, my sister soon learned her favourite
The perfect roast chicken. I’m sure you see that a lot, but what really makes a roast chicken “the perfect” variety? Crispy skin? Moist, succulent flesh? Flavourful, juices to make delicious gravies? I guess it’s really all relative. Some people will say crispy skin, which I agree is something of a delicacy, in which case
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