This recipe was adapted from the one by Rose Murray from “Taste of Canada: A Culinary Journey” I wanted to celebrate Canada Day with a day of Canadian cuisine. I had some beautiful BC smoked salmon at brunch and tender Canada Prime ribeye for dinner. But I needed dessert and nothing screams Canadian dessert more […]
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The Melting Pot (Edmonton)
I need to make a confession… I am a cheese-a-holic. I love cheese, I love all cheese (well… except blue cheese and even then I keep trying it hoping that my tastes have changed). I was once asked in a session, “What can you not live without?” and amidst electricity and water, I found myself […]
Low Calorie Brunch Recipe (inspired by Bon Appetit)
I love weekend brunch it’s probably my favourite meal of the week. When I started counting calories, I realized most of my weekend brunches averaged 400-500 calories if I was making them at home and 800-1200 calories if eating out (particularly if you’re like me and love eggs benedict)! When you’re only allowing yourself 1200 calories […]
Adventures in Calorie Counting
“30 lbs?! THIRTY POUNDS?!” Let me preface this first “Calorie Counting” post by saying that ever since I met D, I’ve said no to stepping on the scale at least once every two weeks. D is an avid scale-stepper-onner. He goes on daily, mentally tracking his ups and downs. I remember about 3 months after we […]
Community Supported Agriculture
One of the books I’m currently reading is “Relax Honey”, a cookbook by Vancouver’s celebrity chef Vikram Vij and his wife and partner Meera Dhawala. In this book, Vij gives a recipe for using up the veggie that him and his family receive through their share in a CSA farm program. Hearing about this program was very […]
About Me
I’m a food-lover who was born and raised in Vancouver BC. For career reasons, I moved to Calgary in 2003 where I lived for eight years. I received one of my life’s biggest lessons in the beginning of my Calgary years – food cultures vary greatly from city to city AND my food habits weren’t […]
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foodkarma: Hey Cat, thanks for the comment. Over the past 12 years I've really come to love the Calgary food community,…
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Tres Carnales – “Tacos for the People” Indeed! | foodkarma: […] reviews from family and friends who try them based on my recommendations. One of those places I’ve written quite…
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