Arms flailing and thrashing to keep my dizzy head above crashing waves of deadlines, presentations, and life in general, I was tempted to abandon the task of making dinner altogether and make an SOS call for pizza. I picked up the phone...and set it back down: I couldn't. I knew I would feel terrible as,… Continue reading Fad Thai
Category: Savoury
Heart Beets
It's almost Valentine's day, and the six hundred different tints of pink are starting to rose up my cheeks! I suspect it to be the young afternoon breeze warming up to the arrival of spring. Or maybe it's because the petals of my heart are awaking to seventeen years of toddler's slumber. Call me naive,… Continue reading Heart Beets
Verde
Recent micro events have brought me to a relieving conclusion; that the best things are always the simplest. It's a comforting thought, and simultaneously humbling. Comforting for having the burden lifted from my shoulders to build lavish works of strenuous complexity. Humbling in that all my efforts are as dust next to that which has… Continue reading Verde
Panais Frites
I've been, for the longest time, on the hunt for the perfect fry. Of course, my perception of perfection might differ from yours, which I sincerely respect. However, as with any commendable dish worth writing about, it needs to be, well, addictively delicious, photogenic, quirky, and lest us forget, wholesome. It may be that my oven… Continue reading Panais Frites
Shiozake Fried Rice
British Columbia's coastline - where I live - is abundantly blessed by a multitude of seafood species that, anywhere else on planet Earth, would cost a fortune. Though I am no fisherman, I thank God for putting candy-cane-legged spot prawns, cream-fleshed oysters, and defensive dungenesses on my table. I quite friendly towards cows, boars, and… Continue reading Shiozake Fried Rice
Sanpei “BB” Calamari
I swear, they did not look so wee bb before I cooked them. Without exaggeration, these little squids started each with five-inch long bodies, and fifteen minutes later, when I lifted the lid...poof be gone they were! They became these thumb-sized miniature creatures that lost their original limpness and instead gained a plump, taut physique… Continue reading Sanpei “BB” Calamari
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