"Succulent sweet, feminine nuances. A tender, exciting touch. Nuzzling, caressing fragrances." ~ almond, apple, apricot, caramel, cereal, cinnamon, cocoa, coconut, cream, fig, gingerbread, heliotrope, honey, jasmine, lavender, lemon, marshmallows, marzipan, milk, musk, oatmeal, orange, peach,...
"SUNDAY BRUNCH MEME" BLOGGING-EVENT & ROUND-UP Finally, the round-up has been released! When I created this event, I never thought that it would be so popular. There were so many entries (52 all in all) that I got overwhelmed be the amount of work it represented. In a sense, I was somehow a "victim"...
As it is the case at the end of each month, time has now come for me to once again blog about my recent "Daring Bakers" challenge taking and my experimentations as a member of this expanding community of passionate bakers... May's recipe was very promising as well as intriguing, but it held it's...
Well right off the bat before I say anything else.. Ya'll are AMAZING! The quality of recipes that landed in my email inbox pretty much blew me away and I truly cannot wait to try each and every one them out myself! Thank you so much to everyone who participated.. the variety in this round-up will...
Studying Hopi Prophecy Part 1 Though most people think of the Grand Canyon as a fairly pedestrian tourist destination, most do not know of the many mysteries associated with the Canyon and its environs. As sacred as the Canyon is to the American tourism industry, the place that the canyon holds in...
It’s so hot lately!!! I mean, granted, it’s summer, but c’mon, God, can’t you turn down the heat?? I went with JJ, David S., Jessie and Devin (not my ex-someone Jessie and Dave know) to Karaoke at Outlaws and it was SO fun!!! JJ and I got to sing more than one song because it wasn’t as...
Dear readers, I have been to the river and I've been baptised. I have glimpsed Shangri-La, Nirvana, and bloody Brigadoon all rolled into one! Mecca, my foodie friends, is Montreal's Jean-Talon Market in full swing at the height of its summertime glory. Wherever you are, whatever you're doing, drop...
by Meeta Khurana Photo by Meeta of What’s for Lunch, Honey? Spring - the first signs of it makes me rush out of the house, to feel the radiating warmth of the sun rays on my face. I am engulfed by the new life and specks of fresh color all around me. As I grew up in Qatar, we only had two types of...
Breakfast this morning was one of our favorites, Biscuits and Gravy. I grew up eating my mother’s made-from-scratch biscuits, and sometimes she made gravy to go over them. She always made sausage patties; I crumble the sausage up and use it as the base for the gravy. But we both agree that Jimmy...
Earlier this week the new issue of Bon Appetit arrived and in it was a recipe for an eggless pasta. I was ready to try my hand at pasta again, but as usual, I wasn’t happy just leaving the recipe the way it was. I decided that I would use BA’s recipe for pasta dough (which was supposed to be...
I cracked open my first coconut a little while ago and after making some coconut ice cream I still had some grated coconut to use up but wasn’t sure what I wanted to do with it. I rifled through some cookbooks, checked out epicurious, read some blogs… You see, I have a problem with making...
My brother, sister in law and nephew have been visiting for the week so I’ve been fairly busy, but still cooking. Or maybe lazy, but still cooking would be more accurate, I’m not really ever that busy, am I? Potato, pot-ah-to. We decided to have an Asian inspired dinner one night, the Quiggies...
I have somewhat contradictory fears: I'm afraid of not getting enough sleep and, on the other hand, of sleeping too late. While it seems perfectly alright to bow out of an evening early, I’m terrified of missing morning: the sweet slowness in my limbs, the ritual first meal of the day, the...
Oh November, November, November. What on earth am I supposed to do with you? You’re so confusing. I don’t know whether to cheer for you (Thanksgiving! Fuzzy slippers! Hot cider with cognac!) or hide under the bed (Chapped lips! Sunset at 4:46 pm! So! Much! Work! To! Do!). November, you’re a...
Megan and I have been lounging it up hard in Delhi the past few days, idly waiting for her parents to arrive, idly waiting for my friends to call and inspire us to move with a good offer to play. We wake up at noon. Our biggest accomplishment of the day is eating a ton of food. Today, we ventured to...
My life seems to be divided into two modes these days: getting ready for the farmers' market each week and then COLLAPSING FROM EXHAUSTION for a day or two afterwards before it all begins again! But last week, I cut back a lot. My first summer session class ended, and psychologically, I guess I just...
I can't be the only crazy foodie in Christendom that makes her travel plans around regional eats, can I? You already know about my regular forays into Montreal and the surrounding areas of Quebec. At the other end of the spectrum, there are whole vacations devoted to cuisine, such as when I went to...
Mostly I've been making the same old-same old for the market each week. But there have been a few new items by special request that I've been meaning to blog about. (Whoo! Two posts in two days? Somebody must finally be on va-cay!) First, a little story, as is my way. There is this sweet old man who...
Pretty much every time I browse my favourite foodblogs – daily then - I see something that looks gorgeous, seems reasonably easy to make and the recipe tiltillates my tastebuds. I often leave a comment saying that the dish looks tempting and make a mental note to myself to go over to blog A and...
What is balsamic vinegar anyway? Balsamic vinegar is a reduction made from grapes, but it is not considered a wine vinegar because the grape juice used is unfermented. The unfermented white sweet grape juice that is used is called “must” and comes from Trebbiano grapes. First, the grape juice is...
