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Curried Pumpkin Stew

Have you ever seen someone out on the streets in your neighbourhood and wondered what their lives were like? Maybe you’ve seen them a few times before, each additional time you see them you feel like you are getting to know them. But you don’t know them, you are merely observing them in public. Sometimes […]

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Mom’s Spicy Jambalaya

What? Still pregnant? Yes that’s right….it’s still in there and it’s never coming out. Please don’t ask me if I’ve had the baby yet, or when it’s coming. Please don’t give me any of your well-meaning advice on how to get the baby out, I know them all and I’ve tried just about every one

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Chicken & Barley Soup

I would like to introduce you to one of my most favourite of kitchen tools, the ULU knife. A very versatile and handy knife, you can use the ULU for almost anything. Personally, I prefer to use it for skinning things, especially the flesh of animals. The curved blade allows for an easy rocking motion

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Lamb Stew

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

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Manhattan Cioppino

Sometimes I set out to make one thing, and I end up making a completely different beast. This is just one of those times. This weekend, I set out to make a delicious Manhattan clam chowder. As a child, when traveling on the widely despised BC Ferries in order to leave this rock, I would

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