Tag Archives: feast
Pepper pot.
A friend and I once took a Caribbean cooking class through the Vancouver School Board’s Continuing Education program. I had taken other classes through the same program and they were all taught by professional chefs and I learned some fabulous … Continue reading
Filed under Chicken, meat, Recipe, vegetables
Peach and raspberry streusel cake
The reality of how little time we have left is starting to hit us now that Month 7 is upon us. I have not been making much food at home because suddenly there is urgency to experiencing every patio and … Continue reading
Tamale pie with black beans and red peppers.
Nick’s birthday was last week, and to celebrate we went out to the Tiki Bar at the newly renovated Waldorf Hotel. It was snowing, so I drove so I could still wear cute shoes and eschew a warmer, frumpier coat … Continue reading
Choucroute garnie à l’Alsacienne.
It’s our anniversary! Our second one, but Mondays are boring and also our laundry day, and for some reason I was awake at 4:00 this morning, so to celebrate we did a load of towels, had a nap, and Nick … Continue reading
Happy Thanksgiving!
It’s Thanksgiving here in Canada, and we’re all over the place, feasting as if we’ve never feasted before, and wearing pants with elastic waistbands. I met friends for dim sum in the morning, and then headed home to goad Nick … Continue reading
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A Clambush at Desolation Sound.
On Friday, Grace, Laraine, Paul, Nick, and I hopped a couple of ferries and headed to Powell River for what shall henceforth and forever be known as The Ultimate Seafood Feast. Grace planned the whole thing (and included handouts), and … Continue reading
Filed under fish & seafood
Deep frying and sriracha even makes eggs better.
We didn’t get to the burdock, again. Today was immensely satisfying – as I write, I am munching on popcorn, watching Seinfeld in my underpants. I finished my big, all-consuming project at work today, with time to spare, and when … Continue reading
Filed under cheap, quick, Recipe, vegetarian
Turnip? Rutabaga? Whatever, just turn it into dinner.
Sunday was our first wedding anniversary. Time flies – that’s now two years of togetherness, though Nick says he’s sure it must have been longer. Nope. Two years, almost to the day, and one year of marriedness, and we spent … Continue reading
Filed under pasta, Recipe, vegetarian
When it’s rainy and windy and there are boxes everywhere and if you live in Vancouver, go to The Three Lions Café.
It was Nick’s birthday, and we are in the throes of moving. I got him this. There are boxes everywhere, and I am not buying much in the way of groceries until we get to our new place. So for … Continue reading
Filed under restaurant
I pretty much just like saying “Wellington.”
I mentioned something the other week about my life exploding. It does that, from time to time, and I’m not sure if it’s an outward explosion as much as it is the disaster in my own head leaking out like … Continue reading
