One of the problems I’ve run into with trying to cook for just me and my husband is the size of recipes. Most recipes are designed for families or larger groups, and scaling these recipes can be a bit fiddly. (For example, how do you add 2/3 of an egg?) We make use of our [...]
Folklorama is over for another year! It was a blast as usual (although I’m still wondering what happened to the First Nations pavilion this year. Were they not able to get a sponsor? I really hope to see them back next year, as they are always one of my favorite pavilions.)
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I’ve been to a lot of restaurants, but there are very few which make me sit back and go “wow.” It takes a unique combination of environment, service and food to knock my socks off, but when it happens I can’t help but think, “We are so coming back here again.”
We first visited Sydney’s at [...]
Sometimes, you don’t want to do anything fancy.
As much as I love cooking with fresh ingredients, there are many times when it just seems like a huge chore. Sometimes I’m too busy. Sometimes it’s too hot. Sometimes I’m just feeling lazy. Fortunately, the cave man invented a device called a “can opener,” which - when [...]
A few years ago, I visited a health food store and picked up a bag of TVP. The cashier rang it up. While she was putting it into a bag, she paused and said, “What exactly do you do with this stuff?”
Texturized Vegetable Protein (aka “TVP”) is a soy replacement for ground beef. You used [...]
