We’re in the height of fruit & veggie season and it’s hard not to be inspired by all of the wonderful local produce. But with only one stomach, I’m limited to how much of the bounty I can delight in at one time. So it’s my goal to try to pack as many fresh ingredients … Continue reading »
I’ve always loved the concept of having a vegetable garden. Beautiful home-grown vegetables, picked at their peak with maximum flavour. When we bought our house, we knew that the south-facing garden would be perfect for producing a bountiful crop. When we finished landscaping the backyard, a good-sized plot was created for to grow our vegetables. … Continue reading »
I felt a lot of pressure to eat well for my birthday this year. Looking back I think that’s kind of funny because as you can probably tell from my posts, I eat well almost every meal, but on my birthday I felt like people were expecting me to step it up a notch. I … Continue reading »
Sometimes I hear about things that are too good to put on the shelf for too long. This time it was about the oysters at Taylor’s Shellfish Farm. Located on scenic Chuckanut Drive halfway between Vancouver and Seattle, this gem is the perfect stop on your way to Seattle, or if you are just looking … Continue reading »
What do you do when a teammate shows up in the dressing room at hockey with 4 live crabs? Well the proper answer on a beautiful summer’s evening would be to call up a bunch of friends and have a crab boil . But what do you do when you have 4 crabs given to … Continue reading »
One of the meals I remember eating from my last trip to Hong Kong 5 years ago was a special spicy crab dish that I had in Causeway Bay. If memory served me correctly, the crab was very garlicky, very spicy and somewhat addictive. When I was planning my food adventures in Hong Kong, the … Continue reading »
