Brunch at Cafe Medina

Brunch at Cafe Medina. Delish :): © kaishin | dash of food 2012. On my first day of unemployment, or ‘in transition to something better’, after having gotten laid off, I decided to treat myself to a lovely breakfast to kick start job hunting on a positive note :) Why not celebrate momentous occasions right? [...]

Pardonnez-moi s’il vous plaît

Hi Everyone!! I miss sharing with you all. Hope to find you all well this Friday. For my American friends, I hope you are well stuffed with hearty wholesome goodness, and are enjoying some much deserved R &R time.  Sorry for my absence. It’s been a busy couple of months with starting a new day [...]

RIPE a Harvest Dinner Celebration

What can I say. It was wonderful. A true collaboration of local food producers/growers’ products used by local chefs to create some really flavourful food. It was such a great coming together of local food supporters. Put on by our Vancouver Farmers Markets society, it drew a sold out crowd. I’m guessing there was about [...]

Vancouver Farmers Markets – RIPE: 2nd Annual Evening of Local Food and Libations

Come and join me and fellow food lovers of Vancouver and celebrate a harvest of sorts :) Vancouver Farmers Markets – RIPE: 2nd Annual Evening of Local Food and Libations.

More reasons to buy local: Imported food nutrition info is often wrong | Vancouver Sun Blogs

More reasons to buy local: Imported food nutrition info is often wrong | Vancouver Sun Blogs. Wow. Def. supports my beliefs in purchasing fresh produce/foods from local growers and preferrably organic or close to it and cooking your own meals. Kind of scary to know what gets by and how much we don’t know with [...]

Day 4 Going Local!

Sorry for the late posting in catching up. I had attended a conference on the Friday and Saturday, which meant it left me no time to post for the day prior. Then I had realized that Saturday there was very little I could do for meals, since stuck in one building, so I skipped one [...]

Day 3 Dinner | Pair Bistro

Day 3 started easily enough, kept on with same breakfast items and had the left overs of the roasted vegetables. With dinner plans for eating out with a friend, I was fortunate enough to be able to choose the restaurant.  I took the opportunity to see if I could find another restaurant other than Raincity [...]

Day 2/3 | Going Local! Local Food Challenge

During day 1, in the evening, I prepared a bunch of root vegetables for the next day’s roasting. This dish fed me for Day 2 evening, along with some left over sausage I had, not local, but from Ontario, Then for Day 3 lunch as well. Ingredient List: Cut up to equal sizes: Beets, radishes, [...]

The reasons behind the challenge, Going Local!

As some of you may be aware, I have taken on a 7 day Going Local! food challenge. There were a few reasons in which I had made the decision to do so: 1. to help raise funds for a project I believe in, Growing Chefs! where programs are set up in schools where kids [...]

Day 1 : Aug 15 | Going Local! Local Food Challenge

If you’d like to support me in this challenge or want to be part of the cause, please donate: Growing Chefs! Going Local! Morning Caffeine: Saltspring Coffee and one of my fav. beans, Sumatra. Great for espresso, Vietnamese press, French press.