and decorate. Place on tray lined with waxed paper.

Refrigerate until serving time.

Optional: Roll in chopped peanuts, crushed Oreos, drizzle with chocolate or press in some Smarties.

Friday, February 6, 2009

I skipped out on on a couple of events during my conference in Richmond yesterday, to head to Little India in Vancouver to cook with a lovely family; part of a series of features I'm doing for Chatelaine called Cooking in Canada.

So far I've made chicken soup and enchiladas with some Mexican Mennonites in Norfolk County, amazing chicken and rice, tomato salad and cheese pastries with Pamela, a charming Lebanese woman in Ottawa, next month's issue will feature a couple of the delish Vietnamese dishes that I made with Lilly in Montreal, and pretty soon, some of the gob smackingdishes that the mother and daughter duo of Swaran and Rimple taught me how to make yesterday will appear in the magazine.

Thursday, February 5, 2009

This is what Vancouver looked like yesterday. It was 10 degrees on the winning side of zero, mostly sunny and it felt like spring. Spring at the top of February. Love it!

It also meant that PAJO's famous fish and chips was open for business again for the new season.

We had been enjoying a culinary tour around the historic fishing village of Steveston, which is part of Richmond, which is a suburb of Vancouver. We had brownies and tea at a lovely farm house, locally roasted coffee at a spot that sells gourmet coffee and cigars, we stopped in at an impressive Italian market and