I had the most amazing culinary experience at The Dirty Apron! Located in downtown, Vancouver, The Dirty Apron is a cooking school where David Robertson, previous chef of the acclaimed Belgian restaurant, Chambar, now devotes his time sharing his exceptional culinary skills. My friend, Lily, and I took the “Ooh La La: The French Class.” … Read More
Artisan french bread was BOGO at Safeway so I had an extra loaf to make the Pioneer Woman’s Cinnamon Baked French Toast. If you haven’t checked out her website, she is an incredibly witty blogger who loves food and takes beautiful photographs. She’s one of my favourite bloggers. This french toast is super easy and … Read More
This is one of our favourite meals. Hainan Chicken and Rice can be found at most Chinese, Singaporean and Malaysian restaurants but I find it expensive. Now that the kids are getting bigger and are pretty much sharing a whole meal between the two of them when we go out, this is definitely a money … Read More
Bee-bim what?! Bee-bim bop is a traditional Korean dish. It is rice topped with a variety of vegetables and usually beef. According to the book that the princess borrowed from the library, bee-bim bop means “mix mix rice”. We loved reading Bee-Bim Bop! by Linda Sue Park. At the very back, she even includes her family recipe … Read More
I had a tub of lemon yogurt that was about to expire and there was no way I could possible eat all that yogurt. So, I found this lemon yogurt cake recipe in Ina Garten’s At Home cookbook (amazingly, there is no butter in this recipe). It turned out so moist and lemony. I’m a … Read More
I’ve been making a lot of pizza lately. I haven’t ventured much into making bread doughs yet so I buy my fresh pizza dough from Duso’s on Granville Island. The princess loves potato pizza and the boy loves Hawaiian and neither are huge fans of tomato sauce. So I’ve been making pesto to spread for the sauce and … Read More
I’m not sure when this actually happened but many years ago I started reading labels. I stopped purchasing packaged foods (e.g. ready-to-use sauces, cake mixes, baked goods) that contained words I couldn’t pronounce. I concluded that I was going to stop putting things into my body that I didn’t understand. And I started to cook … Read More
Four women of Chinese descent, got together to make dumplings from scratch. What I most loved about this, was the banter between the four of us in two Chinese dialects and English. One is from Northern China, another from Southern China and two born and raised here in Canada. Yet, from different backgrounds, we connected … Read More
