Category: Eating
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Costco – A Shopping Paradise
Is there anywhere else in Canada as wonderful to shop at as a Costco? I’m mean really, it is a shopping paradise. Especially on a hot summer afternoon and your kids are cranky from the heat and bored of every single toy they own you feel like you are about to lose your mind. Costco.…
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The Minute Rice Giveaway Winner!!
The winner of my Minute Rice giveaway is 183!!! Congratulations to the winner – I will be emailing you shortly.
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My Minute Rice Giveaway
To help celebrate the Minute Rice webcast that I “attended” last week, Minute Rice have provided me with a couple free boxes of their instant rice to cook and taste at home. They have also agreed to provide one of my blog followers with a case of Minute Rice!! There are just a few simple…
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Grains of Truth about Minute Rice
If you are like me and so many families I know, and you feel pressed for time and you need a quick and healthy meal for your family then you really should consider Minute Rice. On Thursday evening I was invited (via webcast) to see Chef John Higgins, Director of Toronto-based George Brown Chef School…
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The New Kid on the Block – Zomato
There is a new kid vying for your attention in the Social Media Community – that new kid is called Zomato is actually not all that new, it is just new to us in North America. I think of Zomato as the Facebook for food. It has restaurant reviews, restaurant hours, menus, pictures of the…
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Pallet Garden Update
My pallet garden is growing! I was worried that the seeds had been washed out because when I watered it for the first time a lot of water cascaded off the front. As. It turns out, he seeds held fast. More updates later.
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Local Omnivore Pop-up Restaurant
The guys from Local Omnivore YVR hosted a pop-up restaurant on Friday night in an old restaurant space at 337 E Hastings St. I had their cheeseburger with bacon and a side of fries. First let me say, the fries were hands down the best fries I’ve had in Vancouver. Crispy beyond belief…
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Celebrate Earth Day Everyday
Today being Earth Day I figured it’s a good time to give you a some tips on how your food choices can help save the earth. One thing you can do is to eat a vegetarian meal more often than you currently do. If you eat a vegetarian meal once a week, make it twice a…
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Local Omnivore Food Truck
I was at Yellow Dog Beer, a Port Moody craft brewery when I happened upon a new food truck; The Local Omnivore – a very cool food truck that makes sandwiches, burgers and fries. These fun-loving dudes serve up great tasting food with a mind towards how the food is produced. Their certified organic beef…
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The Indian Wok – Burnaby
On Kingsway just barely east of Royal Oak Ave is The Indian Wok – a restaurant serving delightful Indian style Chinese food. The proprietor and her husband were born in China and raised in India and developed their food style from their Chinese upbringing in India. The first dish we had was a plate of…