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Québec is cooking: Scrumptious Turkish meze & salsa

February 4, 2012

  Own-up time: I had multiple posts planned to launch the new year. I wanted to talk to you about eggs, French toast, raisin bread and, best of all, my fave iPad apps (thanks to Monsieur for the Christmas present). Then, family issues got in the way. Forgive me for not expounding, I’m a little [...]

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Québec is cooking: Octopus Salad

January 7, 2012

Our family has a thing for octopus. As in we love it, tenderly so. In a salad or a stirfry, roasted on the barbecue, name it, one look at those tentacles and we are primed for a group hug. From the Sichuan Octopus at Chinatown’s Chuan Xiang Qing (top photograph but maybe closed?) to the [...]

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Maple pecan coleslaw

March 25, 2010

A word from the cook: Yes, I do cook more complex recipes. But this blog is more about the day-to-day challenges of a busy mom who wants to cook home food despite a crazazy schedule. So the recipes to be found here are easy on purpose. _________________ Variation on coleslaw: Québec-style Theoretically speaking, I am [...]