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Spicy Tomato and Arugula Pasta
This pasta is my without hesitation answer to the question “If you could only eat one thing for the rest of your life, what would it be?” I am fully aware of my proclivity to throw the word “favourite” around when describing food but this spicy tomato and arugula pasta really is my ultimate desert…
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Baked Eggs in Ramekins with Serrano Ham and Scallions
Last December I made a resolution to eat breakfast every single morning beginning on January 1st, before I went to work and on weekends. I can now resolutely say that I have been underestimating the power of a good breakfast since the end of my elementary school days. Before then my mum would always have…
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What to do with Arugula and a Fried Egg
For lunch today I sat outside and ate this arugula salad made from some of the items I bought at the farmers market yesterday. I tossed together about 2 cups of washed and dried arugula, a sunny yellow tomato, half an avocado, pickled red onions, a glug of olive oil, cayenne pepper and a fried…
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Kitsilano Farmers Market
Heirloom tomatoes and little peppers. Also purchased: some peppery arugula, radishes and 2 basil plants. On the way home I bought a bottle of Vinho Verde and I intend to spend the afternoon on my balcony reading cookbooks in search of the perfect tomato salad recipe and drinking ice cold Portuguese white wine. And listening to samba…
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Lovely Butter
Dinner tonight was easy and routine: scrambled tofu and eggs with vegetables, toast and salsa. This salted butter from Quebec transformed very ordinary whole wheat bread into something entirely special. Buttercup yellow, sweet, creamy and ever-so-slightly salty. And something fairly heavenly to accompany a rainy Tuesday evening dinner… [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HqGSCoUxxk] Johannes Ockeghem – Qu’es Mivida, Preguntais