To those of you who know me in person, you are most likely well-aware of the crazy cravings I've been having. Spring fever, maybe? Yes, I'll blame it on that. It's been what, like three weeks since I first began to avoir tellement envie de pommes frites. Not the actual deep-fried fries, but the baked ones, because… Continue reading Wedge
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Petits Pois
Petits pois, petits pois, que vous êtes ronds! que vous êtes verts! Deux pour toi - le reste pour moi, mais tout mon monde j'te le donne ma chère. Thanks for your love, mum and dad! Ingredients for the soba with avocado pesto: 8 oz. buckwheat soba noodles 1/2 bunch fresh flat-leaf parsley, torn 1 ripe avocado, chopped 1 garlic… Continue reading Petits Pois
Aubergine
From lavishly spiced curries to thick creamy baba ganoush, eggplant concoctions never fail to deliver. But that's exactly the problem, they're eggplant dishes; they rely on the humble eggplant, too modest to stand up for itself, while giving it very little credit. One almost never hears the phrase "Oh, the eggplant is simply sublime", instead, we… Continue reading Aubergine
Au Four
Growing up at the fringes of a Taiwanese table, personalized dishes were a rare occurrence. Quite naturally, this rarity made me cherish small dishes and single-serves perhaps slightly beyond the level I ought to. To me, having my own plate gives me an illusory feeling of being a VIP, and also a heightened sense of care and innateness that went… Continue reading Au Four
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
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