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Beef Stew with Split Peas a la Lime (Gheimeh)
In the Gilmore Park Church Community Kitchen, we had a new member to demonstrate a Persian recipe. Azar is an Iranian and she enjoys the community k...
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Carrot, Orange and Poppy Seed Bake
Frank, Paul and June teamed up to make a side dish called Carrot, Orange and Poppy Seed Bake in the South Arm Cooking Club for seniors. This recipe ...
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Fettuccine with Roasted Pepper and Sun Dried Tomato Sauce
For the main course, Minoo and Mona made Fettuccine with Roasted Pepper and Sun Dried Tomato Sauce in the South Arm Cooking Club for seniors. This i...
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Lentil Soup
The South Arm Community Kitchen was in the local newspaper a week and a half ago. The article was published on 30th Oct. The article covered both...
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Japanese Squash (Kabocha) and Tapioca Dessert
Ade made a wonderful dessert with Japanese squash and tapioca pearls. Japanese Squash is also known as Japanese Pumpkin or Kabocha.Japanese Squash ...
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Cranberry Fruit Compote
We had another great cooking session in the South Arm Community Kitchen. Membership has risen this year from just a few people to more than ten peopl...
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Exploring Local Food - Fig Preserves
(photo courtesy Over A Tuscan Stove) This past week in my 'Exploring Local Foods' course we were talking about honey and tasting mead, but as part o...
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Tapioca Pearl Tart
Heidi made a Tapioca Pearl (Sago) Tart for dessert. The Tapioca Pearl Tart is best eaten cold as the tapioca will be more chewy when chilled.The tra...
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Thai Flavour Pork Cheek Salad
Heidi shared two recipes in the Gilmore Park Church Community Kitchen. Heidi made a salad and a dessert. It is always a pleasure to have Heidi demon...
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Cranberry Sweet Potato Soup
The soup which the seniors made in the South Arm Community Kitchen is called Cranberry Sweet Potato Soup. Soup is just great for the colder fall weat...
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Southern Apricot Chicken
The South Arm Community Kitchen for Seniors met again for another cooking session. This week, the seniors made three dishes, a chicken dish, a soup a...
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Ma Lai Ko Cup Cakes
The next dessert which Ming made is Ma Lai Ko Cup Cakes. I had blogged about two versions of Ma Lai Ko here and here but Ming's recipe is slightly d...
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Exploring Local Food - Danish Apple Bars
This week in my Exploring Local Foods Course I welcomed three guests:Kristen Jordan of Sea Cider Farm and Ciderhouse, and Ann Aylard and Cathy Rasmuss...
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Little Bowl Cake (Seow Wor Tou)
Ming made two desserts in the South Arm Community Kitchen after Andrea finished with her German dishes. The first dessert is Little Bowl Cake or Seow...
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Spelt Salad
Andrea made a Spelt Salad to complement her Kidney Bean Casserole. It is another German dish. Andrea brought this Spelt Salad to the community kit...
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Making Clarified Butter (Ghee)
The last thing we learned from the Dairy Making 101 workshop was Making Clarified Butter (or Ghee in South Asia ). Clarified butter has a higher smo...
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Making Cheese Curds
The next item in the Dairy Making 101 workshop is making cheese curds. Cheese curds is compressed, processed and stored to form cheese. In Indian cu...
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Dairy Making 101
I was able to attend another workshop organized by Arzeena who is the outreach coordinator of the Richmond Fruit Tree Sharing Project at Garrat Wellne...
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Cooking for Priests
I was called back to do a couple of shifts for the priests and I was hunting for the perfect dessert. Some over ripe bananas on the counter were the...
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Gibson's Iron Bar comes to Calgary
On Friday evening, Amsterdam Rhino hosted the Gibson's Iron Bar competition - the quest to find the official cocktail of the 2008 Grey Cup. Fou...
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Urban Mixer Blog |
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Cream of Broccoli Soup
Minoo and Tanni teamed up to demonstrate in the Gilmore Park Church community kitchen. Two person demo makes the job lighter and less stressful. Thi...
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New FoodTV.ca Posting - Coombs Old Country Market
My latest posting on the FoodTV.ca website is up and running. You can view my story about the Coombs Old Country Market by clicking here.If you've n...
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Vermicelli Soup
The Vermicelli Soup is not really a soup but it's like vermicelli in thick broth. This is great by itself as a vegetarian dish or you may add some m...
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Bamboo Fungus Chicken Roll
Peggy made Bamboo Fungus Chicken Rolls in Vermicelli Soup in the South Arm Community Kitchen. This is the first time Peggy demonstrated in the kitch...
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Easy Vegetable Quiche
Minoo demonstrated an Easy Vegetable Quiche recipe in the Gilmore Park Church community kitchen. Quiche is a pie which uses egg as glue to hold thin...
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Quinoa and Black Bean Salad
Quinoa is 100% whole grain and is close to being a perfect food source. Technically it's not a grain but the seed of a leafy plant related to spinac...
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Chicken Paprika
The main course for the Seniors' Cooking Club meet is Chicken Paprika. It is made with skinless and boneless chicken breasts or thighs meat which is ...
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Six Minute Chocolate Cake
The Richmond Cooking Club resumed its activities in September 2008, just like schools heading off for a new school year. I'll start off the recipe se...
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Oat Bran Carrot Muffin
Caring Place Community Kitchen kicked start the first meeting for the fall season of 2008. Minoo made a healthy muffin in the Caring Place Community...
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Famous Hakka Restaurant in Richmond
We met up with a Christina and Ed for the first time over lunch a few weeks ago. We got to know them because, like us, they are also food bloggers f...
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Contest - Win a Magazine Subscription!
A contest! If you listened to my latest podcast you'll know theprize is a magazine subscription to La Cucina Italiana. This magazinehas been around ...
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FREE! …Well, now that we have your attention
Want to make Urban Mixer even better, and win cool stuff in the process?? It's easy!Urban Mixer is all about give and take relationships. We give you ...
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Steamed Pandan Cake
One of chowtimes reader asked for the recipe of steamed pandan cake and I decided to try to make some adjustments to the Chinese Sponge Cake recipe to...
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Fried Banana Fritter (Kuih Kodok)
Fried Banana Fritter or Kuih Kodok in Malay is a common street food in Malaysia. I had not eaten this for 9 years since I immigrated to Canada. I mi...
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Pork Liver Soup
This is a small interruption to the Washington DC travel series as Ben is away at Chicago right now. Here is a simple soup recipe which Ben enjoys w...
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All You Can Eat - Crab Expedition, vol. 53 (and a contest!)
This edition of All You Can Eat features my crabbing expedition on Salt Spring Island. To listen click here. (if you're looking for the contest, it's ...
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Vancouver Bartender Wins a Mixology Challenge
Below is a press release describing Shaun Layton's recent victory at a mixology contest. Layton is a bartender at George Ultra Lounge in Yaletown. I...
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Recipe: Fresh marinara
Last night, I made fresh marinara from this recipe on Epicurean.com. The recipe calls for white wine, and I used Kiona Vineyards Winery's 2007 Chenin ...
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Fish On Rice on Kingsway, Burnaby
We are beginning to run out of a place to eat in Richmond. Since the boys wanted AYCE (All-You-Can-Eat) Sushi, we took a long drive to Burnaby. Th...
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Sunday Morning in Stanley Park
This post had been lying on my draft folder for ages. It must had been 3-4 months already. I am digging up all these old posts which I neglected t...
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Pork Ball Spinach Soup
When I run out of idea of what to make for dinner, I will scour my freezer for items for emergency use. Chinese meat ball is one of those item. It...
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In Malaysia, this is called 9 layers cake as it sh
In Malaysia, this is called 9 layers cake as it should have 9 alternate white and pink layers. This cake is very common in the morning or night mark...
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Steamed Pork with Preserved Cabbage
Steamed Pork is another regular home cooked dish. It is simple to make and steaming is my preferred cooking method for a more healthy living. Steami...
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Water Spinach Stir Fry with Chinchalok
Water Spinach (Ong Choy in Cantonese) is a very common vegetable in Southeast Asia. It grows wildly in waterways. I remembered when I was young, I...
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Blackberry Bistro in Richmonds London Landing
George and Ease recently invited us for dinner. It had been a very long while since we had met up. It must have been something like over three yea...
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Stir Fry Cabbage with Pork
Nanzaro is very fussy over vegetables. He only likes to eat tender leafy vegetables like spinach, baby bak choy and water spinach. When I serve bak ...
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Ginger Omelette
Ginger Omelette is one of my favourite home cooked dish. I enjoyed this dish during my confinement month where I had to consume lots of ginger.The ar...
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Chilled Fennel Soup, Killer Fish Cakes
It was hot the other day by Vancouver standards that is. I wanted to make a simple soup, with some seafood and salad. THis is what I came up with....
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Dilled Beans Pickles
I was invited by Arzeena to attend another workshop at the Garrat Wellness Center again. This time, it's Savouring Spring longer workshop. The works...
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Chow Times |
active:21 weeks 2 days ago |
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I seriously suspect I missed the deadline on this,
I seriously suspect I missed the deadline on this, but I will post anyway.(as it turns out, I am actually the early bird!!!!)Jasmine and Jennifer orga...
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