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A Simple Breakfast of Yogurt with Fruit

joy — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 00:49:36 +0000

Ok, I’d like to see a show of hands:

How many of you have procrastinated on something this week? Spill! :)

If you can only see me now, my hands and arms couldn’t be any higher! In August, my brain slows down, my discipline goes on vacation and I am stuck with a mid-summer love affair with someone called Procrastination or Cunctation. I call him CunkyPunky. (See? This is beginning to sound more fun than it really is.) I just have to accept that August is CunkyPunky time and I should just breathe and relax. Aside from procrastinating with CP, I’m also trying to balance bank accounts and to keep sane in the midst of paying even more taxes. I don’t even want to think about it, because aside from my already-planned trip to Blogher Food, there’s another event that I would love to attend: Foodbuzz in November. (I call it an injustice that they are both held in San Francisco! Woe is me, who lives across the north border.) Just when I need to “kick ass” in the making-money department, all CP wants to do is drag me to graze in the grass like spoiled cows living in a luscious Hawaiian ranch–that kind of downtime. I have to remind him that traveling involves money, which involves doing something.

Ayayay.

This super simple breakfast post was supposed to be up last week, but CP and I had a week-long rendezvous. I’m sorry. But I hope you’ll forgive me. It is very easy to do anyway:

Just cook berries in simple syrup of 1 sugar :1 water proportion, wait for it to thicken, then set it aside to cool down. Serve generously on top of your favorite yogurt.

In my case, it’s the Fage 2% greek yogurt. That’s it. No theatrics, just plain and simple food. I eat this for breakfast, as a dessert or as a snack. It’s a great way to save berries that might otherwise go bad this summer, especially if you happen to haul big boxes of them from the farmer’s market.

I’m still rallying to have Fage here in Vancouver. I have never seen it here. Hello– Fage?!?!?!

In case you were wondering– No, Fage isn’t a sponsor of this blog. I just happen to love it so much that I milk my parents, who cross the border several times a month, to bring me Fage. It’s that good.

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Are you a fan of Dinner:Impossible?

dan — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 06:51:19 +0000

I would like to deviate slightly from the normal Gourmeted path and share something that I feel needs discussing.

By now, I’m sure you have heard the controversy concerning Robert Irvine fluffing his resume. He has always shocked me with what he is capable of performing. He has an amazing history of leadership and producing fantastic foods from the most unusual circumstances. Why should this impair his ability to perform when the point of the show is wholesome cooking entertainment?

I once believed that the episodes of Dinner:Impossible were staged, but the more I thought about it the more I realized there was more going on than just on the 30 minute performance. He may have had 20 people helping him over a span of 13 hours, but that is 13 hours of instruction, preparing, cooking, leading, and organization. There is amazing pressure to perform these tasks he has been given and he pulls through, almost always within the time given to him.

Pulling Dinner:Impossible will have a substantial impact on Food Network’s quality programming. There was an article released around the new year from the LA times discussing the future of Food Network and how they are faltering with attracting new viewers and retaining current ones. I believe Dinner:Impossible and Robert Irvine makes food preparation worth watching and exciting to follow. If Robert was given a cooking show that was different from Dinner:Impossible, he would bring a show worth watching that would compare to Emeril from so many years ago.

Revoking his command of the kitchen to one of Food Network’s most popular shows just because a few misunderstandings should not be his punishment. His track record speaks for itself. According to his Wiki page, he had a Chefography that was due to play this month, hopefully with this online petition I found here, we can learn more about his journey. Please sign this petition to bring back the glory that he has maintained over the years. Thank you very much for reading. Please continue on our journey of culinary teachings.

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The State of Food Network

dan — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 05:44:02 +0000

A recent article appeared in the LA Times that caught my eye. You may read it here. It brings an interesting light on what Joy and I have been noticing as well, but never really wanted to talk about it. Please indulge me with your thoughts with my post:

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