Day 343
 

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There’s an old saying in Tennessee — I know it’s in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can’t get fooled again.”

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Day 198
 

Eaten gingerbread forest

When I crave Korean food, I must have Korean food.  And after all the gingerbread I’ve been eating (the picture above is what remains of our gingerbread forest – don’t worry, I had help logging it), I was suddenly overwhelmed by the desire to find bulgogi.

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Day 165
 

If Haroo were a man, I’d marry him.  I’d learn to knit just so I could make him sweaters, and wake up early each morning to make him bacon cheddar biscuits.  Why?  Because I love Haroo.  I love Haroo SO MUCH.

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Day 115
 

It’s the time for warming bowls of soup and pumpkin patches.  I sought out the first out yesterday at Hanppy Tofu Pot House, and while I haven’t yet made it to an actual patch o’ pumpkins, I do have a very Autumnal recipe to share.

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Day 086
 

I’d like to say I discovered a new gem, but I didn’t.  Some readers did.

I’ve been to Aberdeen quite a few times now, but I usually scurry up to the food court, into Daiso to buy yet another item for my kitchen, or to one of the various restaurants skirting the outer walls.  I hadn’t given much thought to the grocery store located in one of its far corners, tucked away from the mall’s vibrant, fountain-filled centre.

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Day 070
 

Julia Child would have been 100 years old today.  A lady and a legend, she brought French cuisine to the processed food-filled kitchens of North America in the 1950′s.  Hers was a life that still provides endless inspiration; she travelled the globe working for the American Strategic Services, married the love of her life, built an iconic career from the ground up, and had a wicked sense of humour through it all.  She’s kind of my hero.

To celebrate a century of Julia, Les Dames D’Escoffier British Columbia have organized over 40 celebratory dinners at restaurants and cooking schools across the province, and I’ll be heading to one tonight!  It’s at the Fairmont Vancouver Airport Hotel, and I am quite excited.  

But what of today’s post, you ask?  How did I celebrate Julia’s love of French cuisine?  I ate Korean, of course.

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Day 062
 

Happy belated BC Day everyone!  If this is your home, I hope your long weekend was filled with BBQs, beach time, and adoration of this fair province we live in.  I must say, even with the number of times I’ve moved away from it, I always come back to this tall stretch of land hugging both the Pacific and the Rockies.  I think you’re pretty rad, British Columbia.

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Day 019
 

 

“It looks like we have a hubcap in our table.”

Welcome to my first experience at a Korean BBQ restaurant.  A few days ago I was thinking about what kinds of food I haven’t yet tried in Richmond, and realized Korean was one of them.  I’m not well-versed in this cuisine, though I do have friends who’d swim across an ocean just for a jar of kimchi, and I figured my friends’ good taste + my curiousity are the only pre-requisites I need.

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