Kerry Beal

Anyone hoping to take an EZtemper home from Vegas? I'm just trying to figure out how many suitcases I'm going to need with the freebies from a number of different companies that support our workshop.

I've been reading her blog today and really enjoying it. Think we need to introduce the two of them to our own @gfron1 - I see a popup with elk's blood bonbons.

I was trying to recall all the items in my travel bag (which is not yet unpacked after my return from Saskatoon late last night) - and had a flashback to having mentioned it on eG way,way back. A little research led me to this thread. So my little zippered bag hasn't changed - still has cutting board, paring knife, serrated knife, forks, spoons, pepper grinder, corkscrew and can opener. And I bring teapot, cup, water boiler - this trip I brought a bag of milk in an insulated lunch bag. Hotel had a great little kettle so boiler stayed in suitcase. My suitcase has Ziplock bags in it all the time. A trip that involves chocolate has a much bigger list.

✷✷WARNING✷✷ : picture contain canned peas - eyes may need to be averted! Rice and peas.

I suspect you are right - it probably was the talk you had before the stage. Anyway - they seem to be doing nose to tail in the extreme - starting with an entire animal - using the skin, tanning the hide, making soap from the fat! Apparently in some quiet times staff get to paint egg whites onto violets and dip them in sugar to candy them. If I lived in Saskatoon I'd be in there like a dirty shirt!

Had to vacate my room at 3 - plane leaves at 6:30. Decided to wander about and find a bite. Lots of panhandlers - I'm not a big fan of handing over cash but always happy to feed someone so grabbed some wonton soup for the fellow sitting outside the Chinese restaurant who was hungry. In a last ditch attempt to part me from some cash for 'coffee' later he insisted on showing me his partial foot amputations bilaterally - caused by frostbite when his sister threw him out on New Years. I could just picture how that played out - not an unfamiliar story in the world of the guys I care for. I had my eye on the bahn mi shop next door - but while there were still people inside the door was now locked - no good deed goes unpunished I guess. so lunch from the Smokes Poutinerie

Indeed it was!

Funny - she talks about a huge long interview where you asked her a whole lot of difficult questions!

Still sitting at the bar chatting with the bartendress who's sister is in med school at McMaster and likes to cook - we shall be seeing her soon I'm sure! i've had the Cook's tour of the back room where the illegal gambling used to take place - seen the hides that Christie and her hubby have tanned - what a wonderful old property!

For @Irishgirl Christie could not say enough good things about you and what you did for her career.

The Grape Drink made by the bartender to go with my 'flight of desserts' - port, cognac and champagne float - bit of simple Pistachio semifreddo with sous vide rhubarb and Saskatoons, caramel pot de creme, chocolate pate with peanut butter schmere and toasted marshmallow

Bone marrow luge - suggested by the bartender - sherry poured down the remains of the bone marrow She suggested this when I admitted I was ready to lick the plate no matter who looked!

Bone marrow love that hat she hasn't got carried away adding way too many layers. Just marrow with a great crumb crust and some stuff on the side

Smoked olives

I have jammed a business card under one side of the table - no more wobble

I am here at the Hollows - @Irishgirl's suggestion. It's located in an old Chinese restaurant - still decked out as before. love the eclectic collection of glasses Feeling Fino to start

Nah - rather disgusting looking breakfast sausage

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Made with pate sucre instead of pate bris

Yeah - there were 4 categories all together. The need to organize I guess!

Indeed - I think you could! There is a Rocky Horror Chocolate Show, Purdy's is apparently going to be opening (Rachel is dragging them in to the 21st century pretty nicely - but they will never be an artisan chocolate shop), there appears to be a vegan, organic 'raw' shop on the market and a shop making traditional belgian chocolates since 1984. So a shop placed down where all the new restaurants are based (an area currently being gentrified), selling artisan, modern chocolates and bars would likely do very well!

Yeah – they delisted it about a year and a half ago, just before I went looking for another bottle. I had hoped it might come back for Christmas but no such luck.

Cafe cano and cheesecake

Shoyu ramen

Just me!