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What do you look or hope for in food when you travel? What google or yelp searches do you lean to? WELL, I can’t say as I’ve really “done” Whistler cuisine, but this weekend having only two or three small ‘snack’ meals available to me I had to stick w my usual google search –…
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I mean, not to brag or anything. BUT I’m not a Ramen person, so it literally was the BEST Ramen I’ve ever had! LOL. Ramen noodles tend to be too heavy for me – I prefer the lighter vermicelli noodle in Pho, but that said, last night I SLAYED on a table for 10, hot-pot-style…
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HAPPY New Years 2020!!Who else is excited for a whole new decade?! My 2019 ended with another e p i c a l l y delicious NYE dinner with fellow cook, El Jefe Chef Fong, and our “sous-chef’s” May and Jenny. The “NYE Cookathon” tradition began when we had small boys at home and didn’t…
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UM, how PRETTY is this Alfred Meakin dinner setting for my big NYE dinner this year?! Found an entire dishware set (incl appy plates) for 8 at one of my Salvation Army haunts. Since I was unfamiliar w the Alfred Meakin England name in china dinnerware, I had to do a quick in-store google, but…
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Things shifted this Christmas, and I’m totally ok with that. With the loss of my beloved Nana, it was also an opportunity to renew traditions that had been on for decades. And this year, that meant my sister and myself taking over Christmas Dinner! Tired of turkeys since Thanksgiving and other meals (including our 50-60+…
Read MoreWE wish you a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from our HOME to yours! It’s been a fun ride the past few months trying out this whole ‘kitchen notes’ journey (I still can’t handle the word BLOG, even though I previously had one for years LOL). I can’t believe how many of you are already…
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Like I needed another “thing” in my Kitchen, btw… What’s Aquaponics, you may ask? That’d be a mighty fine question. One I asked years ago when it was introduced to me and the kiddo’s back when I was still homeschooling w the boys. We all thought it was SO.FREAKIN.COOL.!!! What the heck is AQUAPONICS?! BASICALLY,…
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I serve a lot of dinners for just the fam (of 6), and I often entertain in small dinner parties for 6-12 people, but 4 times a year it’s a literal big group free-for-all in my home. Open invitation to family, friends who think they’re family, and friends who don’t have family locally (typical in…
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Did you know you can dehydrate JUST ABOUT ANYTHING?! Challenge Accepted! I bought this Salton Vita Pro Dehydrator off Amazon and, honestly, it works just fine. A more expensive one might work the food a bit differently, but I’m good for now. My Kid Tt started dehydrating steak as jerky, with all his fancy seasonings,…
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It was the best of times, it was the worst of times… OK, it wasn’t THAT bad, but when trying a new dish – especially a slightly technical one – with guests is always a bit of a dice roll. I DID warn them all that we might end up ordering pizza by the end…
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NEMESIS! ‘An inescapable agent of one’s downfall’. Quail eggs – and my obsessive desire to master them – will ultimately be my downfall, as I can’t see how I’ll possibly ever succeed against these maniacal little beasts… *sigh* I’m not even sure how I was introduced to these insufferable little ovals of madness, but now…
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List of Best Foodie Cooking Kitchen Movies and Recipes
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Guess what? LIFE IS BUSY! I can’t always do fresh ingredients in the moment. Can you? That’s why I love a good BASE – anything I can make in big batches, that can be frozen/canned and used anytime as a base ‘ingredient’ for a quick meal. This Leek + Cauliflower Base is great for massive…
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Limoges is an antique line of china dishware that I’ve been collecting since my friend, the ‘Grand Duke of Shaughnessy’ (he doesn’t have social media, so he’s officially whatever I choose to hashtag him as. You’re welcome, Grand Duke.), started putting dinner parties onto a whoooooole ‘nother level. I originally bought a set of gorgeous…
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Hassan Kadam said it perfectly – Food is memories.Ok, I DEFINITELY watch too many Cooking Movies! (Hundred Foot Journey quote). But it is so very true. I admit it. When I dream of a place and time, I’m probably thinking of the food. I’m reminiscing what I ate as I sat on the sidewalk cafe…
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Do you find you spend more time in the Kitchen while guests are over, than actually sitting with your guests? I often do! I’m constantly trying to figure out perfect menus where I can pre-prep 95% of the meal, and simply finish off and serve once guests start arriving, so I can be sitting, relaxing,…
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A real treat, personally and foodily!!Yeah, ok – that’s not a word… This photo of my elder son, Kid Tt, just watching the Ocean go by as he waits for his crabby catch of the day makes me SO VERY HAPPY! This boy has loved oceans, sharks, fish etc since he was a wee lad.…
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I LOVE entertaining – especially dinner parties with random, interesting humans. Then both my food AND the conversation is elevated!
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Do you love to make Stocks? I freeze food bits for months, then do a “stock day”. It’s the best for great Pho!
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Love travel? Love looking back at your souvenirs and reminiscing? ME, TOO! I just tend to COOK all my souvenirs 😉
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