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...

Matsuri Japon, Montreal Japanese Cultural Festival with foodies

Events, Exotic World Recipes, Food Trends & Gadgets, Montreal Buzz

Last Saturday, August 13th 2011, I had the pleasure of discovering a small festival I had never even heard about: Matsuri Japon.  Taking place in the backyard of the Japanese Canadian Cultural Center of Montreal, this great little festival is presented in the...

Thai Garlic Scape Soup and Garlic Scape Pesto

Evelyne's Unusuals, Food Trends & Gadgets, Salad and Soup Recipes, Sauce and Condiment Recipes

I am away for a little bit to frolic in the country…..enjoy this scheduled post and I look forward to posting upon my return. Recently I was invited over for dinner at a friend’s place. She had gone to a farmer’s market that day and her purchased...

International Incident Party: BBQ Sichuan Pork Ribs

Exotic World Recipes, Main Course Recipes

I love Asian food but except for Thai don’t ask me to identify the specific style of cooking. So when I found out that this month’s theme for the International Incident Party was Sichuan (or Szechuan) I was quite excited to plunge into a subcategory of an...

Aloe Leaf? Aloe Candy!

Dessert Recipes, Exotic World Recipes

In my ever continuing search for unusual ingredients, today I bring you the Aloe Vera plant. I have lathered my body in the past with many Aloe Vera enhanced creams and lotions in my life, even broke of a leaf from a house Aloe plant to help ease a burn…but I...