Tweet Home. There is no place like it. Powell River always draws me back, with its beautiful shores, surrounding mountains, and knowledge that I have …
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grilled salmon with vegan balsamic mushroom sauce — home. oh home.
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fotografia foodie: the cookbook. oh the joy.
Tweet Fotografia Foodie: The Cookbook by Samantha Lowe | Make Your Own Book I’ve finally done it. Officially. Here is my cookbook. You can buy …
chunky guacamole and thick salsa — the perfect dips for copious amounts of food.
Tweet There is nothing more pleasing to the eye than fresh vegetables. Well, looking upon the delightful faces of my friends might rival the colorful …
cream cheese brownies — a dessert with friends.
Tweet One of my favorite things to do is to give free reign of my camera to my delightful friends. Who, in turn, take marvelous …
beef wellingtons — the first cooking class of the year.
Tweet Beef wellingtons (which I was calling ‘duke wellingtons’ for a while) were a request left over from the year 2012. And, as such, we …
vegetarian tofu pot pies with coconut oil pastry — the last meal before a sendoff.
TweetVancouver. Will I never stop loving your slightly damp and rainy demeanor? Your way of making light soft when meandering your streets? The people who reside …
poached ling cod with mint pesto sauce — the most unusual biscotti accompaniment.
Tweet Elephant garlic. One of the best ways to describe these massive cloves that often are as large as a whole head. They literally dwarf …
rich dark christmas cake — in preparation for the year to come.
Tweet The days after Christmas still show the holdiay’s lingering effects on our lives through culinary means. Hot chicken sandwiches become the standard lunch, and …
cranberry-pomegranate roast chicken with rice stuffing — the gift of christmas dinner.
TweetChristmas. Full of the meaningful, and the wacky, gifting. And the gifts that come from a labor of love. And those that will be hung …
stollen french toast — a blessed morning wake-up.
TweetChristmas morn. The loveliest of mornings. There is usually a gentle drizzle outside, the sweet smell of pine needles slowly grows as the Christmas lights …
miso-ginger salmon — fishing for christmas spirit.
Tweet Just through physical proximity to my hometown, I had the incredible urge to use ingredients that I grew up with: miso, from the Vancouver …
bruschetta on breaded pan-fried eggplant — a grown up appie for kid-like tendencies.
Tweet Monopoly – the game of childhood. I remember playing with exuberance as a kid, with my very faint competitive side rearing its ugly head. …
brie phyllo cups with cranberry orange chutney — individual appies for each friend.
Tweet Chutney. One of my favorite words. It makes me think of exotic curries, spicy dishes, and simple fruits undergoing a butterfly-like transformation through a …
seared ahi tuna with creamy avocado cilantro sauce — an insatiable urge for the ocean.
Tweet Whenever I come home, I take advantage of our greatest natural culinary resource — fish. This, in particular, is no ordinary seafood — ahi …
almond biscotti — brightening up any morning.
Tweet I adore my hometown. Evidently God does as well. Crepuscular rays (which is not an ethereally beautiful name for such a stunning sight) are also called the …
low-fat spaghetti alla carbonara — trimming the tree, and the waistline.
Tweet The tree was lit. And our living room was suffused with an ethereal soft white glow. The only problem with putting the tree up …
pistachio biscotti with white chocolate drizzle — a cookie to please the masses.
Tweet Making biscotti is usually a simple and quick process. During baking times, I can do other things, multitask. However, purchasing in-shell pistachios, I must …
pork cordon bleu — setting the tables for togas.
Tweet Our (almost) weekly gatherings have become an end-of-tiring-seven-days highlight. This one in particular was more spectacular due to a wonderful friend visiting. The request …