Blue Dragon

Exotic World Recipes, Food Trends & Gadgets

I was so looking forward to attending the Blue Dragon product launch but I had to cancel as I was sick. I asked if I could still get samples to try out, which they were happy to do. But imagine my surprise when I opened my apartment door in the morning to go to work,...

Exotic Dragon Fruit Flan

Dessert Recipes, Evelyne's Unusuals, Exotic World Recipes, Food Trends & Gadgets, Fruit Recipes

Funny how a recipe can travel around the world and take different shapes, take the crême caramel for example. Of European origin, crême caramel was found in most European restaurant’s menus during the 20th century. Sometimes a crême caramel is...

Wordless Soda Wednesday

Exotic World Recipes, Food Trends & Gadgets

Brought to you by Jarritos…and no I have not lost my mind, just having fun with the props. Lucha Libre anyone? Really sexy shot of me

Crazy Cooking Challenge with Mashed Potatoes

Exotic World Recipes, Vegetable and Side Dishes Recipes

Phew, 2 cooking challenges in one day! This has happened as you know in the past and usually I manage to hit two birds with one stone. But since these 2 challenges must be published at a specific time I had no such luxury. But I could make sure the 2 challenges could...

Secret Recipe Club: Green Chutney

Exotic World Recipes, Sauce and Condiment Recipes

My the time is just going by way to fast, another month has gone by already and it is Secret Recipe Club time again. And this month was a real treat for me. What is the SRC? Basically you are assigned a fellow participant’s blog by the organizer and then you...

Lemon and Raspberry Tarts

Dessert Recipes, Instructions 101

I have a couple more entries to share before the deadline, that just got extended to November 20th, to submit a recipe  for the Backpackers Recipe Guide. This cookbook will be sent out to 20,000 youth hostels worldwide with a selection of cheap, easy and...

5 Star Makeover: Tail Gating with Lobster Sauce Crab Poutine with Oka Cheese

Main Course Recipes, Traditions

Tail what?  Tail gate was the clever theme our wonderful hosts Lazaro and Natasha settled on for this month’s 5 Star Makeover. Clever and confusing! See I am not a sports fan at all. And I am not alone because the announcement of the theme caused a lot of...

Express Harissa “Broth”

Exotic World Recipes, Sauce and Condiment Recipes, Traditions

Harissa claims its roots are in Tunisian but it is very popular everywhere in Northern part of Africa. The key ingredients in a traditional harissa are bird’s eye chili peppers, serrano peppers and other hot chilis and spices such as garlic paste, coriander, red...

Cinque Terre Memories and a 5-Star Pizza Recipe

Exotic World Recipes, Main Course Recipes, Traditions

Quick announcement, my article Reviewing Restaurants – You Be The Critic was published today on the Food Bloggers of Canada site. Please go visit the site after reading this post. I am sitting here on my couch leafing through the 2 photo albums from my fist...