Crunchy Colorful Thai Cabbage Salad & the 4th annual Food Film Marathon

Cookbooks, Exotic World Recipes, Recipes from food films and TV, Reviews, Salad and Soup Recipes

Do you have a jar of coconut oil at home? If so, you are joining and ever growing crowd of fans of this most delicious and versatile oil. I bought my first jar a while back and I must admit at first I did not use it much. I just did not really know how to use it. But...

Kyozon restaurant: the new Asian kid in town

Events, Montreal Buzz, Restaurant reviews

Last week Montreal was witness to a mega restaurant media launch party like I had not seen in a while. Let me introduce you to the newest Asian sweetheart on Crescent, THE downtown “bar-and-club street” :  Kyozon restaurant. Kyozon presents...

Bahraini Chicken Machboos

Exotic World Recipes, Main Course Recipes

I have again a new monthly challenge group to introduce. This one is called MENA, or Middle Eastern & North African Cooking Group, which could not fall any closer to my blog’s topic interests. The goal is to learn more about the selected country, its food...

Bean Vegan Lately? Brazilian Vegan Feijoada & Red Bean Ice Cream

Cookbooks, Exotic World Recipes, Ice Cream and Frozen Recipes, Main Course Recipes, Vegan Recipes

More beans are good for you! Here are two great recipes to add to your recipe rotation: Vegan Feijoada and Japanese Red Bean Ice Cream. For as long as I can remember my mom has been on the hunt for good recipes with beans and legumes. This has influenced me a bit too...

Kaffir Lime Ginger and Gin Ice Cream

Exotic World Recipes, Ice Cream and Frozen Recipes

With the arrival of summer comes my NEED to make ice cream. I am way overdue to include an ice cream recipe. I was shocked to realize my last ice cream was posted just over a year ago. Well good news…I made 3 ice creams last weekend, 2 of which are quite exotic...