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If there was a category on our blog for “drool” this would fall under that category. Cupcake Bakeshop by Chockylit is my new favorite resource. It is full of amazing looking cupcakes and even the recipes to go…
Posted by: Steph Tekano on Thursday, May 11th, 2006
Categories: Meditations | Tags: Chockylit, coffee, cupcake, dessert, Vietnamese | No Comments »
With countless budget cuts in air travel these days, one is lucky to get a free pack of peanuts let alone a full meal. With this in mind, the people over at Conde Nast’s excellent site concierge.com challenged chef…
Posted by: Kevin Broome on Tuesday, May 9th, 2006
Categories: Meditations | Tags: airline food, Chicago, Conde Nast, Gene Kato, Japonais | No Comments »
Everyone knows that tea goes quite well with cupcakes, but how about in them? I recenly acquired the 125 Best Cupcake Recipes book which included a few recipes involving matcha, earl grey and chai. So naturally, living…
Posted by: Steph Tekano on Monday, May 8th, 2006
Categories: Meditations | Tags: chai, cookbook, cupcake, dessert, earl grey, matcha, recipe, tea | No Comments »
As any good marketing student or devoted food explorer will tell you, local knowledge is key. When you’re looking for a good meal in a foreign city, this is doubly true – often the best places can only be…
Posted by: Jer Thorp on Friday, May 5th, 2006
Categories: Meditations | Tags: Budapest, egg, Hungary, quail, restaurant, Stex Haz | No Comments »
Everything is better when it is smaller… well not everything. But definately pies.
Here is my recipe for mini pies (or one regualr size pie).
Posted by: Steph Tekano on Thursday, May 4th, 2006
Categories: Meditations | Tags: crust, dessert, mini, pie, recipe | No Comments »
Last year, local chef celebre Rob Feenie literally made front page headlines when he won in Kitchen Stadium against Iron Chef Morimoto. Tonight, Canada is once again well represented with Toronto’s Susur Lee…
Posted by: Kevin Broome on Wednesday, May 3rd, 2006
Categories: Meditations | Tags: Food Network, Iron Chef, Masaru Morimoto, Rob Feenie, Susur Lee | No Comments »
Some people are just blessed. Our good friend Michelle makes the best salads ever. I mean it. You can’t make a salad to touch hers – they’re from another dimension or something. Or maybe she has magic…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Tuesday, May 2nd, 2006
Categories: Meditations | Tags: recipe, Salad, starter, vegetable | 1 Comment »
When having dinner in the South of Croatia, it’s not uncommon to find yourself in the company of a four-legged friend. On this particular night in Hvar Town, I sat down with a Weimaraner and enjoyed a particularly…
Posted by: Jer Thorp on Thursday, April 27th, 2006
Categories: Meditations | Tags: Croatia, dog, fish, Hvar Town, Seafood | 2 Comments »
A little while ago I was researching Ikan Bakar (grilled fish) online and came across this most fantastic blog, Masak-Masak. Boo_licious, as she dubs herself, lives in Kay-El, Malaysia and takes every opportunity to…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Wednesday, April 26th, 2006
Categories: Meditations | Tags: fish, grilling, ikan bakar, Masak-Masak, Mayalsia | No Comments »
Gotta love Donna Hay. Five years ago I bought Off the Shelf: Cooking from the Pantry which is filled with decent recipes all accompanied by her trademark high-key photos. Ever since then I’ve been meaning to make…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Wednesday, April 19th, 2006
Categories: Meditations | Tags: cookbook, dessert, Donna Hay, milk, pudding, rosewater, syrup | 3 Comments »
Over the weekend I was invited to attend Grocery Showcase West, an industry event featuring a massive number of food and food-related manufacturers and importers. Most were sampling their latest packaged food products…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Tuesday, April 11th, 2006
Categories: Meditations | Tags: dessert, Grocery Showcase West, ice cream, T&T, Tropical Treets | No Comments »
This can of Pork and Ham is way better than just the plain Pork. I love shopping at T&T.
Posted by: Andrea Busse on Friday, April 7th, 2006
Categories: Meditations | Tags: fun, ham, meat, pork, T&T | No Comments »
If you’re in Vancouver this weekend stop by the Purdy’s Chocolate Factory for their Annual Easter Open House. If you have kids, they’ll love it. If you don’t have kids, you’ll love it despite…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Friday, March 31st, 2006
Categories: Meditations | Tags: chocolate, easter, Purdys, vancouver | No Comments »
I had a blast the other night. I decided to finally break out the pasta maker that my parents gave us for Christmas. It took a long time for me to build up the courage, but I had some alone time (rare) and decided to give…
Posted by: Andrea Busse on Friday, March 31st, 2006
Categories: Meditations | Tags: instruction, italian, Pasta, pasta-maker, recipe, tortellini | 1 Comment »
As I ate the oysters with their strong taste of the sea and their faint metallic taste that the cold white wine washed away, leaving only the sea taste and the succulent texture, and as I drank their liquid from each…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Wednesday, March 29th, 2006
Categories: Meditations | Tags: french, mignonette, oyster, Seafood | No Comments »