BA in Vancouver

I attempted to make ‘beer’ cookies this weekend. Let me tell you a little backstory on this one. As a kid, my family and I would go on these organized charter bus tours…that were…umm…ethnically-friendly. That’s all I’m going to say on what kind of tour group it was. But I went on a lot of […]

Okay, a little melodramatic I know, but what a great day! The Olympics are over! Hahahaha! It was capped off by an unbelievable, nail-biting, euphoric win by Team Canada over Team USA. I watched the action at home, right where I wanted to be! Without further ado… This week’s featured recipe, as illustrated above was […]

Like a bolt of lightening, it struck me. Inspiration! The latest “It” chef of the moment has to be David Chang of the Momofuku restaurant group. Chang has definitely become the hottest commodity in the New York food community, and with the publication of his cookbook – the hottest commodity in the foodie community internationally. […]

Continuing on my Kitchen Resolutions path, I decided to attempt a recipe I haven’t tried before. On one hand – inspiration can come very easy, whether it’s a new recipe in the latest Martha or Bon Appetit or discovering frozen blueberries in my freezer. But sometimes, it can be like pulling teeth. This occasion was […]

Mmmm…look at those babies. Here are some photos related to the previous post about dim sum.We made pork dumplings as well – kudos to the gals for the awesome wrapping job! I put myself in charge of rolling out the wrappers. Look at them all lined up…so cute and ready to be fried and then […]

A couple of Sundays ago, I had a couple of girls over for an old fashioned dim sum making party. Okay. Perhaps dim sum making parties were never really ‘the’ thing to do on a Saturday night, but I have a very Joy Luck Club image in my head of my grandmother having a couple […]