Not a single person guessed the secret ingredient in last week’s mystery vegetable dessert. Want the scoop? Read on… Maybe you’ve had carrot cake, zucchini muffins, or sweet potato pie. At Vancouver’s L’Abattoir Restaurant, pastry chef Hilary Prince has created a deliciously simple dessert using a more unusual vegetable. Mushrooms. It’s the Candy Cap Mushroom […]
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WanderFood Wednesday: A BeaverTail Tale
When I was a kid, my most beloved stuffed animal was a beaver. His name, naturally, was Beaver. (OK, you can stop laughing now.) I’ll spare you a photo of Beaver. In his aged, worn-out state, I’m afraid he resembles a naked mole rat. You’ll have to take my word that, at one time, he […]
WanderFood Wednesday: San Francisco Treats
Do you remember the jingle for Rice-a-Roni, that mixture of rice and vermacelli that came in a box adorned with San Francisco’s cable cars? I’m old enough that I grew up with their jingle embedded into my childhood brain: “Rice-a-Roni, the San Francisco Treat.” I’ve been spending a few days in San Francisco, and I’ve […]