Wendy writes:
I stumbled upon your blog and I love perusing it! I’m in Paris just now and am staying for two months, and since you’ve been, I wanted to know some of your favourite places to shop (Printemps being one of them bien sur)? Any good open markets for trinkets that are not overly touristy?
Wendy, [...]
Then my friend Surina has a plea for you: submit a reservation request to El Bulli. Now.
The world’s best restaurant only takes reservations in January for the entire year. And these reservations are very, very hard to get.
Which means even if you submitted your request on New Year’s Day there’s no guarantee you’d be eating there [...]
Requires lots of chopping, but little of anything else.
Each of my friends makes it slightly differently, some add feta, others add much more cous cous. I do it like this:
3 bunches finely chopped flat leaf parsley
1 1/2 cups chopped fresh mint
1 cup prepped cous cous
1 chopped firm tomato
½ chopped cucumber
1 red pepper
1 yellow pepper
1/3 finely [...]
Served homemade ice cream sandwiches for dessert last night.
And when I say homemade, I really mean “home assembled” because I bought the cookies, put a scoop of store-bought ice cream between them and then shoved them in the freezer for an hour or so. It’s the kind of dessert I love (thank you, Elisa, for [...]
There is nothing — absolutely nothing — that reminds me of summertime as a child quite like freezies do. Fighting over the red ones, trying desperately to suck all the colour right out of the ice, cutting the corners of your mouth on the plastic edges. That’s summer to me.
This gorgeous photo was taken by Graeme, an [...]
I’ve heard many Vancouverites say they love coming home after traveling because this little city is so pretty. Though I prefer Departures to Arrivals, I do see the appeal.
Of all the tourist destinations in Vancouver, Granville Island has to be my favourite. I practically grew up there — taking dance lessons, playing in the water park, and [...]
than a caprese salad.
If you use baby bocconcini, whole leaves of fresh basil and cherry tomatoes, you don’t have to chop a thing. My sister’s served it shish kabob-style on a toothpick but I didn’t have any so I opted for a shot glass — something I do have plenty of.
If you drizzle it in balsamic [...]
Someone once said a meal’s only worth making if it’s going to be better than good bread and good cheese.
Is there anything better than good bread and good cheese?
Had some friends over to meet Leroy this afternoon. Served them my favourite living room picnic (while the little beast dined on kibble).
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Because of all the amazing restaurants in Vancouver. I’ve included a list of my ten favourites (funky or cheap or authentic or all of the above) after the jump.
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For me, that means raiding the Vintage Mall in Fremont (more on that later), getting cardamon ice cream at Molly Moon’s in Wallingford (I’m not even an ice cream gal – it’s just that good).
And eating dinner at How to Cook a Wolf on Queen Anne Hill (seriously — since when is spaghetti the best dish in the [...]
