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That looks great, Eddy! I'll have to come in for dinner sometime soon!

I like pecans and bananas more, but you idea sounds dee-lish! Maybe spike the whipped cream with rum...

I made a chocolate sauce for the venison. The pics are up in the Cooking thread if anyone wants to see.

I hope these work... Slices of rare venison topped with a chocolate sauce (with reduced stock), nugget potatoes roasted in duck fat, and morels Duck rillette on black olive bread (from Terra Breads in Vancouver) the rest of the bread was served with garlic, olive oil, and anchovies for dipping For dessert I made creme brulee and we had some chocolates.

I want them to make nutella kolachy.

Free-form tarts are much better than the frozen shells. I'm not a particularly experienced baker but I do free-form ones all the time. I'm sure you'll do just great.

Also Lounge? That place in Richmond? I've heard that the food was pretty awful there, and not from people who are particularly picky about food. It's more of a drinking place, is it not?

I try to get coffee from Caffe Artigiano and JJ Bean now (with the occasional Starbucks for convenience). I like JJ Bean a little better, for the same reasons posted by edm. btw, I think the new cafe on Davie at Burrard is Cafe Rio. I've had their coffee too, but I don't like it as much as JJ Bean or Caffe Artigiano.

I had leftover whipping cream from my holiday baking, so last night I made creme brulee. I ate a cold one this morning.

Hamilton Street Grill--Chef Neil's (nwyles) restaurant is in Yaletown.

I'm in for the cassoleut recipe too, but I'll probably be making it sometime later in January since I still have a few holiday dinners this week and I'm going away for a weekend soon.

percyn that steak looks divine! Great colour on the outside, and nice and rare on the inside. Oh yum! peppyre he drizzled the bacon fat on the salad? Sounds like a keeper! Tonight I had: -veggies (asparagus, cauliflouwer, broccoli and corn...not all cooked together) -roast beef and gravy -a huge plate of seafood pasta -chicken wings And for dessert: PARTIALLY-FROZEN DURIAN....

Didn't Tom Greene do that on TV once? ← I don't know, but I wouldn't be surprised if he did. Last week I had tai, salmon, tuna, and hamachi sashimi at Samurai. Yesterday I had an assortment of goodies from Granville Island, including my first coffee (well, Americano) from JJ Bean (four shots!) and my first donut from Lee's (it was a cream-filled one). Also had a piece of foccacia from Terra, and it was delicious as always. Yesterday night we went to Brass Monkey by Denman for a birthday party. I had 2 martinis (a regular one and one with cassis) and shared 3 bottles of wine--one was the Burrowing Owl merlot, and then there was a Gewurtz from BC and another white wine from Spain. Drunken debauchery ensued. I ate edamame (which came covered in butter and coarse salt) and some other things, but I was too drunk to remember what they were. We left when the birthday girl started throwing up outside on the street.

a water bath helps a lot (however, I don't quite understand whether the egg custard you are talking about is a drink or a dessert, since you mentioned your grandma's custard to be "tasty to drink")

scrapping off the homemade caramel on my chocolate caramel cheesecake

New Year's Eve is coming up so I thought I'd pull up this thread. I went shopping on Granville Island today and got duck confit, venison, morels, hen of the woods (I got this free!) and cactus pears (just b/c I've never had them before and they look unusual). I'm probably going to use the confit to make that fantastic duck appetizer we ate at Hamilton Street Grill. I decided not to do the foie gras at home since I might mess it up...but I'm still planning to get a truffle and use it in something...maybe truffled potatoes? edit: I'm open to suggestions on what to do with the venison. I like venison with cherry sauce but my bf doesn't like the fruit and meat combo.

Christmas Eve: -this weird Asian fruit salad with SHRIMP that always shows up on special occasions(I hate fruit and mayo together) -prime rib, turkey, roast chicken -stuffing (it was weird...it had SHRIMP in it!) -scalloped potatoes -baked yams, brocolli -pecan pie bars and a chocolate caramel cheesecake (these I made) -strawberry mousse cake and a chestnut cake (these were bought) -fruit salad with strawberries, pineapple, honeydew Christmas Day: -turkey -sausage, artichoke, sourdough bread stuffing I made (it contained 4 lbs. of sausage--now THAT'S what I call a stuffing!) -this mushroom dish with shiitake, enoki, and straw mushrooms -some sort of pork dish my mom made -2 kinds of veg, one topped with braised shiitake -some sort of Chinese soup -homemade cookies (gingerbread, shortbread, lemon bars, pecan tarts, custard tarts) Today: -leftovers

fresh...like straight off the cow? BLEAH.....

What a beautiful turkey! Merry Christmas to you and your family!

I had pecan pie bars, gingerbread men, and an assortment from the tin of Belgian chocolate cookies.

I love chantrelles, morels, and enoki.

I know what Prairie Oysters are...my dad's from Alberta (and we're Chinese). I don't think I could ever eat one of those bad boys though.

omigod...a testicle party Has anyone had prairie oysters before?

lemoncurd, that cake looks really professional! Are you a pastry chef?

So far I've received countless boxes of cookies and chocolate from my students. I am steadily plowing through them. I know that one of my gifts this year is a French press coffee maker. I don't think I'm getting any other food-related gifts.