MY Your Best Recipe 2010

Events, Exotic World Recipes

This is my second time participating in the YBR. Now have you heard of YBR yet? No? Well it is a great round-up idea that Spicie Foodie came up with. Every month participants submit what ever recipe on the blog they liked the best for that current month. It’s a...

Daring Bakers: Sorry this recipe was not Stollen

Dessert Recipes, Exotic World Recipes, Traditions

A day late for the wishes, had technical difficulties connection wise at the parents. Opps! I read the tittle and looked at a picture of this month’s challenge. I assumed it was a holiday dessert. Turns out it was a sweet bread. I had planned on making it for...

Taste buds, Molecules and Buona Notte

Cookbooks, Dessert Recipes, Drink recipes, Events, Exotic World Recipes, Food Trends & Gadgets, Instructions 101, Montreal Buzz, Restaurant reviews

I have such a major backlog of food posts you will have to excuse me but I will do a combo here. I recently attended 2 absolutely wonderful foodie events here in Montreal. I feel so privileged to receive such invitations. I’ll go in chronological order! A new...

Ethnic Neighbourly Surprise: Sholleh Zard

Dessert Recipes, Exotic World Recipes, Gluten Free Recipes, Traditions

I was running late a bit for my bus to meet friends for a birthday dinner. As I was locking my door my new neighbor from across the hall came out with a tray of 3 big bowls of what looked like a yellow rice pudding. My new neighbours are Iranian, actually like the...

Exotic Fruits: the Mangosteen

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

Now you all know how I love ADORE trying unknown foods. My favorite activity in Chinatown is to scout out a food I am unfamiliar with – sometimes I don’t even have the name since the tag was in Mandarin or something – and take it home, research it...

Bittersweet Italy in a bottle & Soda Pop recipe

Drink recipes, Exotic World Recipes, Food Trends & Gadgets, Traditions

It seems there are more and more new soft drinks on the market all the time. But before trying those why not try a classic import? This pic has been in my ‘pile of future posts’ for quite some time, since September actually when my friend Susan visited...