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Dorman’s Dairy Dream: Ice Cream Sundae Beacon in the Heat →

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on August 13, 2014

Dorman’s Dairy Dream

189 New County Rd, Thomaston, Maine

Across the street from our hotel was a quint little ice cream shop called Dorman’s Dairy…

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Fresh coconut water by the Mermaid Sculpture →

If you love shopping like I do, you’ll love Playa Del Carmen’s famous 5th avenue shopping district in Mexico. The entire street is closed off from…

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Foodie Pages: Online Farmer’s Market →

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on December 6, 2012

I’m a sucker for a good gift basket. And a bigger sucker for cool, small Canadian food producers usually found at farmer’s markets or underground food…

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Ferrero Rocher: Make Your Moments Golden (Contest and Giveaway) →

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on November 15, 2012

As the holiday season approaches, it’s time to stock up on chocolates! My first choice: Ferrero Rochers! I know there are many varieties of the chocolate nowadays (coconut, fruit, almond…

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Pumpkin Squares for Thanksgiving →

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on October 9, 2012
in baking, dessert, holidays, snacks

We made pumpkin squares to serve for our third Thanksgiving dinner of the weekend. Pumpkin pie is so boring! Although, as a short cut, we did opt to use canned…

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Pumpkin Cupcakes for Thanksgiving →

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on October 6, 2012

Pumpkin pies are so overrated. This year, we decided to make some pumpkin cupcakes topped with cream cheese frosting and little pretzel sticks for stems.

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Peninsula Boutique Egg Custard Moon Cake →

The Peninsula Boutique
M/F The Peninsula Arcade, Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong

It’s my favourite time of year again: Moon Cake Festival! For a complete…

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Bellaggio Cafe: Mother’s Day Lunch →

Bellaggio Cafe

Vancouver Convention Centre

26-1055 Canada Place, Vancouver

Skipping the crazy crowds at dim sum and the overpriced Mother’s Day hotel restaurant buffets, mom…

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The Way to a Girls Heart is Bacon →

on February 15, 2012
in holidays, poetry, reviews

Dear Prince Charming,

I can only assume your Bacon Banana Bread Candy Gram was a direct response to my

Nian Gao: Chinese New Year Cake in the Year of the Dragon →

I’ll confess that as a kid, I was petrified of the dragon in the dragon dance. It wasn’t so much the ginormous eyes and teeth of the…

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