Tag Archives: hot
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
Sriracha buffalo wings.
I don’t really get chicken wings. Like, I get that they are a vehicle for sauce and dip and that sauce and dip are two of humanity’s greatest triumphs, but as a vehicle they are clunky and difficult. There are … Continue reading
Meatless hot and sour soup.
In the aftermath of yesterday’s chaos, Nick spent today on the couch, fielding phone calls from everyone in the world and suggesting today was the day I take charge of his correspondence. No luck with that, so every 30 minutes … Continue reading
Filed under cheap, quick, Recipe, soup, vegetables, vegetarian
Feuerzangenbowle!
A few weeks ago my mom and I went on our annual holiday outing to Christmas shop and eat and generally be merry, and we went to the Vancouver Winter Market beside the Queen Elizabeth Theatre downtown because the ad … Continue reading
Stout hot chocolate.
We put up the tree a week or so ago, and the cat is just thrilled. It was cute at first, the way she’d clamber up the middle and make a nest of her own legs and tail in the … Continue reading
Orange granita that tastes like Creamsicles.
I have had three cold showers today. Outside is lovely, bright and beautiful and exactly what I was hoping for, but inside – my goodness. Everyone is flat. And covered in a sticky, glossy film of the kind of sweat … Continue reading
If, like me, you ate a kilo of Mini Eggs this weekend, a little bit of stewed rhubarb is probably exactly what you need.
You see that terrible disaster? It’s the first thing on my to-do list this week, and I’m a little overwhelmed. We’ve just had a three-day weekend of constant going and doing, and I don’t even recall cooking anything, and somehow, … Continue reading
Filed under cheap, quick, Recipe, vegetarian
Burdock pickles.
Right now, at this very moment, I am making the brightest-tasting tart ever to be enjoyed in February, but there’s a lull in the process as my crust and my custard are cooling. I’ll tell you about it tomorrow. I … Continue reading
Filed under canning, quick, Recipe, vegetables, vegetarian
Bribe Santa and warm your little bones with Mexican hot chocolate.
There was fog this morning, and I almost thought it was snowing. It was dense in parts, but clear in others, and maybe it wasn’t fog as much as it was the fluff of a low-slung cloud, but for the … Continue reading
