I have to start this post by conveying how devastated I am, how crushed to the very dust, because I am unable to attend the Island Chefs’ Food Fest this year. It’s pretty much my favourite food festival on Vancouver Island – the best food ever, all local, prepared with seasonal flavours by the uber-talented members
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May 31, 2011
Defending Our Backyard with the Island Chefs’ Food Fest
May 25, 2011
Rhubarb Custard Bars
Rhubarb season just got even more delicious. All because of this great recipe. Rhubarb Custard Bars are awesome: such a crisp nutty crust married to a sweet, smooth, sliceable custard, and filled to bursting with tart pieces of rhubarb. Excuse me while I drool. I’d love to claim this recpe as my own. But,
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May 14, 2011
Spot Prawn Curry
I prefer a green curry with seafood, but this is what I had on hand the other night when I came home with my impulse purchase of fresh, amazing, local spot prawns. Stop me before I go on and on about spot prawns. The local season is so short that I go a little off
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May 10, 2011
Mango Salsa
Last week, I treated the participants of my Taco Party cooking class to a little Chef Heidi Special – a recipe that I was trying out for the first time, perhaps for inclusion in a new class. The pros: participants get to try a new recipe, eat an extra dish in the class, and are privy to my
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May 2, 2011
Green Birthday Parties
My oldest son turns the big one-o today. Double digits already! Why did I not realize this would happen so quickly? I actually feel slightly ridiculous – I was warned many, many, many times that childhood goes by just exactly this quickly. Every new parent has heard this, or variations of it: “Enjoy it – it goes by
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