Aloha, bonjour, hei hei- however you happen to say it- hello and happy New Year! How was your holiday? Mine was A-M-A-Z-I-N-G! My friends and I swapped clothing; I ate, I drank and I worked my ass of...
I know its in poor blog form to apologize for the lack of posting- and I have done this before; but I would like to say it again!Sorry.Life has gotten hectic, with 2 jobs and a very active social lif...
This is it; the last of the recipe testing. I’m ready to be done testing; partly because I’m really excited to get this thing out there and partly because I’m ready to stop being anxious about how it...
Hello, are you still there? I must apologize for the dead air, I was on a roll there for a while; but August kind of got away from me, I found myself preoccupied with the new menu at work, and then I...
Testing, testing; all I have been doing lately is testing recipes for the new menu where I work. I have had sandwiches, pastas, salads and everything in between running through my head. It is getting...
100 hundred posts; this is my 100th blog post! I knew this was coming and I actually had a post written and ready to go. Then my computer crashed; and I was caught in the world of malware.As an aside...
Remember last week when I posted about the event I was catering where I was going to prepare a Prosciutto Crostini with Fig Jam, Goat’s cheese and Arugula; well the event went really well, I had an a...
Figs, Figs, glorious Figs! There is something about Figs that get me all hot and bothered; in a gastronomical way, of course. It isn’t the taste so much as the aesthetic. The deep violet skin and the...
I love Julia Child, she was one of the first tv chefs that ever got me excited about food. But, truthfully, any food got me excited; as food does to any chubby kid.I digress, todays Julia video is lo...
My birthday resolution-which is like a new year’s resolution minus the streamers and lack of cabs-, was to put myself out there more. The old Bianca stayed in her comfort zone because, quite frankly,...
I love iced coffee-a lot. Many days you will find me in line at my nearest Starbucks, prepping to order my Grande Vanilla Soy Iced Coffee; and say what you want about the coffee giant, they make the ...
Finally the weather in Edmonton is showing signs of life; this past weekend was 29degrees and 31 degrees respectively! And the sudden onset of what I call summer, got me all fired up to grill-again. ...
A little something to tie you over until tomorrows yummy food post. Hint, its going to be delicious;)
I know this is a food blog; but I would like to pause for a moment to talk about friendship.Food and friendship go hand in hand; many a strong friendship isforged over good food and great wine. Hell,...
I’m going to write a book one day on all the lessons I’ve learned; and Im going to call it “The Hard Way”, because that seems to be the only way I learn things. Remember a few weeks back when I heart...
I know it’s the middle of summer, but last week it rained for 5 days straight. From Monday to Friday there was not one day where this city was without rain. Aside from making me want to pack up and m...
Saturday’s around these parts are what one would call lazy. And this Saturday was no different. Friday I was drinking by 7:30pm; we were going to see a dj, but in order to get in gratis, we had to be...
Last week, Edmonton’s weather was amazing; but you wouldn’t know that from the torrential downpour that was the last 2 days. Here I go again with the weather.Moving on.As previously mentioned, my roo...
I turned 25 this past Sunday, July 11th; hence the day-late weekend update. And what an epic birthday weekend it was!It’s funny, this year I didn’t want any fanfare in regards to my birthday and I ma...
I know, I know; Im being a terrible food blogger; I haven’t posted one recipe this week. Its been one of those weeks where I feel like Im scrambling to find a suitable breakfast; nevermind cooking so...
Need to blanch something quickly? Instead of using a big pot of water, fill a sauté pan with enough water to cover what you’re blanching; and proceed as usual. It takes half the time to boil; thus ha...
I live with 3 other people; and between the 4 of us, collectively, we have become overrun with kitchen utensils. Spoon, spatulas, scrapers, whisks; and that isn’t even scratching the surface that is ...
I had an amazing weekend; so amazing in fact that I barely touched my computer. But I’m sure he’ll get over it. Wednesday I went to an Edmonton blogger potluck party hosted by Valerie, from A Canadia...
I‘m on the internet A LOT. A lot, a lot. Being a blogger I find myself on the world wide web, every day for at least two hours; some weekends it’s less, but most weekends it’s more. You could say I a...
I had something completely different written for this post; but I wrote it when I was having a moment of feeling sorry for myself. Having read it over, once I calmed down a little bit, I didn’t like ...
My weekend was off to a fantastic start. I went to Boonstock; it’s like Woodstock in the boonies. I think that’s what they were going for with the name. Our guy friends were dj’ing and we were VIP th...
I have a confession; I think I’m in love with salad. I know it’s a little worrisome that I could be falling for an inanimate object such as salad; but I am. There are so many version of salad; one co...
It was the first day of summer yesterday; but you wouldn’t know it from the torrential downpour that was last night. I hate to be a meteorologist and talking about the weather all the time; but in Ed...
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