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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

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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Christmas on Gingerbread Lane, Hyatt Regency

on December 24, 2011

Gingerbread Lane

Hyatt Regency Hotel

655 Burrard Street, Vancouver

If you’re still looking for Christmas time activities for the kiddies or if you’re a Christmas…

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Italia Bakery: Baci di dama and Cannoli Heaven

on December 18, 2011

Italia Bakery

2828 East Hastings Street, Vancouver

If you’re running out of ideas for Christmas presents for co-workers and colleagues, what’s better than a big ol’…

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Vancouver Christmas Market: Grilled Bratwurst, Waffles and Hot Gluehwein under the Christmas Tree

Vancouver Christmas Market

The Plaza @ Queen Elizabeth Theatre

650 Hamilton Street, Vancouver

Nobody does Christmas like the Germans! Or at…

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Dragon Boat Dumplings

It’s Dragon Boat Festival! This is an annual festival falling on the 5th day of the 5th month in the Chinese Lunar year calendar. This year, it happens…

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Ode to the Cadbury Creme Egg: Happy Easter!

on April 19, 2011

My fondest and most vivid childhood memory is from Mrs. Dalton’s 1st grade class, I was clutching a…

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Happy Chinese New Year!

Believe it or not, the best thing about Chinese New Year is not the little lucky money…

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Quick & Easy New Year’s Eve Party Appies

on December 31, 2010

If you’re throwing a New Year’s Eve party, the last thing you want to be doing is slaving away, all sweaty and dirty in the kitchen. What you want is to prepare some quick and easy appetizers that look sophisticated and also taste great,…

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