I rarely cook rice at home. I haven’t even used my rice cooker since November 2014! And I’m of Chinese descent. As a child, I ate rice nearly daily – always at dinner as I ate western-style breakfasts (eggs and toast or cereal. Sometimes, a very unique version of oatmeal my grandmother made consisting of […]
Jong – eaten during the Dragon Boat Festival is a tradition in Chinese culture. Called zongzi (or simply jong in Cantonese), it is often served savoury with ingredients such as duck eggs, sticky glutinous rice and nuts (usually peanuts) and wrapped in bamboo leaves. It resembles tamales from Mexico. Since episode 14’s dessert ingredients included […]
And the Internet access I’ve had has been through my phone’s hot spot, thus racking up my cell phone bill thanks to data usage. This completely sucks. We thought we would be getting better and faster service. But NO, that was NOT the case. Instead of getting faster service, we ended up having NO service […]
The ingredients for the main course last week were as follows: hare, sage, watermelon lollipops and bok choy. There was, as usual, a time limit, but this post isn’t about that, so I will will take my time and braise the meat in the oven. It’s a fantasy meal, anyway – something that I will […]
The main course ingredients for the twelfth episode of the third season were as follows: mint peppermint patties, capers, ground goat meat and black bean flour. As soon as I heard there were peppermint patties and meat, the first thing I thought of was something with a mole sauce. Can’t be that hard, can it? […]
I don’t usually get too personal on this site, but there have been things I’ve asked myself about. Most readers know I’m a child of immigrants. Most readers know, or at least, have guessed that I grew up fairly comfortable, economically speaking. But despite that, and despite being very comfortable about who I am, my […]
The mandatory ingredients for episode 11 weren’t all that difficult – especially the main course. Halibut, maple sandwich cookies, baby fennel and aji pepper paste. I like halibut and I like maple, so why not create a sauce out of cookie filling and paste? One doesn’t even need a food processor – just a bit […]
I was at the opening day event on March 23 and saw many old favourites as well as new additions. Delicious goat cheese from Crosswind Farms (Booth B31 and they also have a separate booth focusing on their skincare products at I34) to fashion (Melissa Népton (Booth P40) is back with her super-comfortable pieces. Her […]
So the contestants only had 20 minutes to complete the appetizer round on episode 10. I say screw that. I’m going to take my time if I were given the following ingredients: mountain tea, graffiti eggplant, salmon sausage and barbecue sauce. I’m going to make pizza. Because I said so. And because this is a […]
LaMarque made its Toronto Fashion Week debut on Tuesday with a gorgeous, wearable collection of looks which have a bit of classical, elegant inspiration, yet still very contemporary. These classic looks are versatile and wearable, unlike many designers who seem to aspire to shock (but at the same time are showing pieces which are not […]
