I Am... Bourbon Peach Julep Fizz Recipe
It's still Peach Week, and it's Friday so it's time to get your drink on! I'm not much of a drinker (mostly because I'm a complete lightweight) but I do love a well balanced alcoholic treat. My favourite drinks tend to be quite girly—I like things that serious drinkers scoff at: fruity liqueurs, shandies and anything pink.
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I Am... Bourbon Peach French Toast Recipe
It's peach week! I love peaches and I love french toast, so it was inevitable that I would combine the two. Peaches and French toast go together so perfectly. Add some bourbon sauce in the mix and you have a winner.
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I Am... Peach Panzanella Salad with Mozzarella and Mint
Have you ever gone fruit picking? Every summer, when I was young, my parents would take us on a fruit picking road trip. We'd all pile in our maroon minivan, me in the middle seat and my brother in the back. We'd hit up all the Okanagan valley orchards, buckets and ladders at the ready. After a couple of days of sleeping under the stars (in a tent of course — after all, we are Asian!), instant noodle breakfasts cooked over a campfire and literally pounds and pounds of fruit picked, we'd head on home where we would redistribute our fruity treasures.
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I Am... Triple Fried Chips Recipe
Most people fall into either the french fry category (thin and crispy) or the chip category (thick and potatoey). I happen to love both. I'm an equal opportunist when it comes to golden, delicious deep-fried potatoes. Thin, thick, crunchy, crispy, I love it all. What I don't like is deep-frying my own potatoes. I don't have anything against the deep-frying part, I'm just impatient when it comes to getting deep-fried goodness into my belly. Most french fry or chip recipes take a solid chunk of time and I'm sorry to say that this recipe does too. But trust me — taking the time to triple fry your chips is worth it.
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I Am... London Burger Bash
I have a mild obsession with burgers. I think that —when executed right—they are a perfect food. Juicy, chargrilled beef; soft, yielding buns; and savoury toppings come together in a glorious explosion of flavours and textures.
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I Am... Spicy Carrot and Chicken Pasta Recipe
Maybe I don't know where to look for spicy food in Europe, or maybe my idea of spicy differs from the palate here, but I've noticed that there's a decided lack of spicy heat on this side of the pond. I haven't turned into one of those spice monsters that travel around with ghost chilli pepper flakes in their pocket, but I do appreciate that tingly burn you get when digging in to a perfectly spicy dish.
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I Am... Mushroom and Pea Orzo Risotto Recipe
San Sebastian is where I've had the best food I've had in all of Spain, maybe even all of Europe. It was delicious, innovative, accessible, and best of all, in small plate format. How can you not love a tiny version of a perfectly composed dish? I could barely stop myself from ordering entire menus…okay, I admit it: it happened once. But it was a small menu at least!
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I Am... Brown Sugar Bacon Ice Cream Sandwich Recipe
Like most kids, I lived for sweet treats. Not so much anymore, but I still like to throw it back sometimes and relive my childhood. A perfect evening back in the day was a bike ride at dusk with my older brother. We'd both get a dollar from my mom — I would tuck mine safely in my Strawberry Shortcake white wicker bike basket and we'd head off into the just starting to cool off night. We'd "pick up" our neighbourhood friends along the way to the corner store, ringing our bells and barely pausing for them to catch up.
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I Am... Oxtail Pho Recipe
If you've never had pho, you're missing out. Slippery, thin rice noodles, flavourful meat, savoury stock and a bunch of fresh herbs make a bowl of pho something to covet when you're looking for something filling, yet light. It's simple enough to head out to a Vietnamese restaurant for a quick bowl, but if you're looking for a particularly morish bowl of noodles, you should make the stock yourself. Yes, it's a two day process, but this stock is like all good things: all the more sweet because it was worth the wait.
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I Am... Mini Scotch Quail Eggs Recipe
I can't remember my first Scotch egg or even why I decided to try one, but after the first bite I was hooked. How could I not fall in love a perfectly boiled egg wrapped up in a sausage coat? A Scotch egg is all good things about breakfast rolled up into one awesomely hand holdable ball.
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I Am... Best Banana Bread Recipe
I'm a purist when it comes to banana bread: no nuts, no chocolate, no dried banana chips. I like my banana bread to taste like bananas. I love how something magical happens when bananas are baked; the sugars caramelize and intensify, making the bananas taste even more banana-y.
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I Am... Parsley Pesto Pasta with Broccoli and Salmon Recipe
Do you ever just wander around the grocery store until inspiration strikes? Sometimes that means I'm in and out of the store in five minutes, but sometimes it means I'll wander aimlessly for hours.
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