2011 has been an eventful one. We've experienced some amazing highs, some moments of frustration, and moments of sadness. Like my father always says, "You can't appreciate the good if you don't experience the bad".JanuaryBalancing family, the farm, freelance jobs and teaching ESL proved to be more difficult than I thought. Thankfully, I have some very supportive family … [Read more...]
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International Cuisine Night #1
Some friends and I decided to have International Cuisine Nights every month. It's a great chance to get together and socialize, catch up, and enjoy some fabulous food!Since I'm teaching ESL again (after being home with the baby...who isn't a baby anymore), we decided to kick start International Cuisine Night with dishes from South Korea. I also incorporated the evening into our … [Read more...]
Okonomiyaki: Bringing a bit of Japan to the Island
My husband, the farmer, used to be a meat and potatoes kind of guy. He always had freshly baked bread with every meal and he always had dessert after every meal. Then he married me. Now, he never knows what he's going to be eating for supper. He loves food and loves the fact that now he gets to sample fare from different countries. He has acquired a taste for … [Read more...]
Save Time and Sanity
...get a rice cooker!!!When I Hubby and I were dating, I noticed that he didn't have a rice cooker in his house. I was shocked. What? I thought all households had rice cookers! Coming from an Asian household, every Asian (Chinese, Filipino, Japanese, Korean...) I knew all had rice cookers.My non-Asian friends would always tell me that they never even heard of a rice cooker and … [Read more...]
A New Restaurant in Town
Just kidding! The new 'restaurant' is none other than our home. The cook? Yours truly. What else is new? ;)When our ESL students come to Canada, it's not unlikely for them to go through the stages of homesickness and culture shock. One of the ways to help them through this is for us to offer them a little bit of home far away from home. The student we have now hasn't gone … [Read more...]