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I love that the Japanese not only make sweets taste great but also look beautiful. Ping Mag has a great article on the technique and style of Japanese cakes. If anyone knows where I might find some of these mold styles in…
Posted by: Erin Kampf on Tuesday, March 28th, 2006
Categories: Meditations | Tags: cake, dessert, Japanese | No Comments »
Today is Norouz which is the Persian New Year. I only know this because daily dose posted a beautiful image of the Haft Seen this morning. This involves a beautiful arrangement of seven items on your dining room table…
Posted by: Kevin Broome on Monday, March 20th, 2006
Categories: Meditations | Tags: Haft Seen, new year, Norouz, Persian, tradition | No Comments »
Check out these crazy old school illustrations featuring demonic kids and food. Actually, the scariest photos are the ones of food. If I was a kid, I’d probably go insane if force fed the likes of luncheon meat…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Friday, March 17th, 2006
Categories: Meditations | Tags: 50's, illustration, kids, kitsch, marketing, signage | 1 Comment »
Dinner and a movie takes on a whole new literal meaning on Fraser Street. Just down the street from one of Andrea’s favourite beauty salons is Fraserview Meats & Video. You heard me. Fresh marinated chicken,…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Wednesday, March 15th, 2006
Categories: Meditations | Tags: Fraser, Fraserview Meats & Video, indian, meat, vancouver | No Comments »
This four page PDF from my favourite food magazine, Cook’s Illustrated, features common food measurement equivalencies that may come in very handy when trying to translate certain recipes. A couple examples: 1/2 cup…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Wednesday, March 8th, 2006
Categories: Meditations | Tags: cooking-tip, cooks illustrated, measurement, recipe | No Comments »
Every now and again at IBC we award The Great Boo Award to our favourite drink. It is in honour of Mark’s Great Uncle Boo, who was a narcoleptic. He slept long and late, sometimes for days so when he finally woke…
Posted by: Paul Wallace on Friday, February 24th, 2006
Categories: Meditations | Tags: alcohol, award, drink, tradition, vodka | No Comments »
In Vancouver and into food? You should check out Edible British Columbia, organizers of unique culinary experiences. Aside from the need for a new logo, this group seems to be doing terrific food and drink-related events…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Wednesday, February 15th, 2006
Categories: Meditations | Tags: British Columbia, Edible BC, unique, vancouver | No Comments »
After many batches of cupcakes (no cupcakes were harmed or discarded) and many different variations of ingredients I have found the most delicious and moist cupcakes (Thanks to cafemama.com for the direction). Try out the…
Posted by: Steph Tekano on Monday, February 13th, 2006
Categories: Meditations | Tags: chocolate, cupcake, dessert, recipe, Valentines Day | 1 Comment »
I have been on a sort-of cupcake bender lately, trying to create the perfect cupcake recipe to add to our kitchen blog. Along my search I came across Johnny Cupcakes, one of the coolest brands I have never heard of. The…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Monday, February 13th, 2006
Categories: Meditations | Tags: cupcake, dessert, food designer, Johnny Cupcakes, recipe | No Comments »
Take a bite of that savoury meat, cheese or tomato…is it yummy? It’s not sweet, right? Not sour? Not bitter? Not salty? None of the four accepted tastes, yet somehow so very delicious. Welcome to the world of…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Saturday, February 4th, 2006
Categories: Meditations | Tags: flavour, Japanese, monosodium glutamate, umami | No Comments »
This holiday season we decided instead of just making restaurant reservations for our company holiday dinner, Ben and Mark would cook a gourmet nine course French meal paired with a carefully selected wine flight. A good…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Wednesday, January 25th, 2006
Categories: Meditations | Tags: bourdain, holiday, Les Halles | No Comments »
1 6-inch horseradish root or ¼ cup processed horseradish 1tsp butter ½ cup butter 4 4-oz New York steaks 1/8 cup olive oil salt and pepper to taste ½ cup medium asiago cheese, grated
Posted by: Mark Busse on Monday, September 26th, 2005
Categories: Meditations | Tags: cheese, Meats, recipe, steak | No Comments »
Serves 4 The acid from the lemon and lime actually cooks the fish. When you see it turn from translucent to opaque, you know it’s ready. You can ceviche prawns, squid, octopus, and lobster, or be creative! 12 large…
Posted by: Mark Busse on Monday, September 26th, 2005
Categories: Meditations | Tags: ceviche, citrus, foam, mint, recipe, scallop, Seafood, watermelon | No Comments »
2 servings Robust and versatile, this pepper-laced vinaigrette is excellent on a simple scallop salad, or it can easily stand alone as a dipping sauce with bread A ripe, sweet tomato is essential to the flavour balance of the dish.
Posted by: Mark Busse on Monday, September 26th, 2005
Categories: Meditations | Tags: recipe, Salad, sauce, Seafood | No Comments »
INGREDIENTS : 4 small or 2 medium-sized Mackerels – kept whole and cleaned 1 cup coconut milk 1 tbsp sugar juice of 1 lemon salt 3-4 fresh limau kasturi (kalamansi limes), cut into halves (Substitute: kaffir lime…
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Monday, September 26th, 2005
Categories: Meditations | Tags: BBQ, fish, Malaysian, recipe, Seafood | 1 Comment »