Colcannon for St. Patty’s Day: © kaishin | dash of food 2010. Hope all of you had a nice Valentine’s Day, whether single or partnered, it’s a day to be grateful for love, not just in the sense of a romantic interest, but for all those who love, all year round :) With Valentine’s done [...]
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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 [...] 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 [...] 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 [...] 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 [...] 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. The Sunday before last, I ventured over to the opening of the Kitsilano Farmers Market to meet up with my friend, Rachael, as well as Derek from Foodtree. It was nice to see the market bustling with lots of shoppers. I was super happy to find passion flower plants as well as organic alternative flours there, and [...] This last Monday I was the lucky winner of a pair of tickets to Liberty Merchant‘s Rosé Revival Tasting held at Bridges Restaurant on Granville Island, big thanks goes out to VancouverFoodster.com. Due to the last minute nature of winning tickets, I had the help of my friend, Annika of Social Bites, put the the word [...] With the recent opening of our local farmers markets in Vancouver, it got me thinking about how nice it is to see more and more people warming up and embracing the events, though for lots it’s still a bit of a novelty I suspect. This made me want to share a bit about markets I’ve [...] local in-season produce : wholesome goodness: © .kaishin. 2009. I’ve recently gotten into the habit of going to the Vancouver Winter’s Farmers Market, where I can get local, in-season produce and meet the farmers/growers themselves too. I’ve always felt the importance of eating in-season local foods, as what our bodies lack from the lack of [...] |
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