Circa :

Tasting at Circa Restaurant and Lounge on Granville St, Vancouver

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You have no idea how rough a week it had been for me.  There is simply too much work but yet so little time.  Thank goodness that there are some wins along the way … and thank goodness there are Fridays! Suanne and I were back at[...]

Excessive Or Perfect? Or Both? Moravian Sugar Coffeecake Circa 1987

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My local used bookstore had another one of thos e crazy sales . Different percentages off for different days, and 20% for all of Valentine's Day Weekend on top of that. I am totally weak willed in the face of such deals on books. Helpless.[...]

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Been digging up old files and was happy to find out that I've accumulated a lot of pictures from my wonderful dinner dates with J, my family and friends. As it turns out, I have already been taking pictures of the food that we've been stuffing[...]

Enchiladas~ circa 1908

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4 c Pitted green or black -olives, roughly chopped 3 c Raisins 12 lg Flour tortillas Chilisalya 1 lb Gouda cheese, shredded The original recipe from Mrs. Robert Y. McBride, which appreared in "The Los Angeles Times Cookbook Number[...]

Side braid circa 2009

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So, I was searching through the folders on my laptop for some school related stuff, and stumbled upon this!  I made it in 2009 after Ethan and Anna's wedding.  I realize now that I never posted it anywhere (here or Facebook).[...]

Adirondack Flapjacks - Circa 1950's

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While digging through my mom's old recipe card file I found this handwritten classic, and simple, flapjack recipe. Don't forget the hot maple syrup and whipping cream on top! Ingredients: 4 eggs 2 Tablespons sugar 1/2 teaspoon salt 2 cups milk 2[...]

Texas jail chili (circa 1950)

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1/2 lb Beef suet -- ground 2 lb Coarse ground beef 3 Garlic cloves -- minced 1 1/2 tb Paprika 3 tb Chili powder 1 tb Cumin seeds 1 tb Salt 1 ts White pepper 1 1/2 ts Ground dried sweet chile Pods 3 c Water Texas prison chili got its good[...]

Circa 1950: Orange Marmalade Cookies

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  One of the perks of my job is that I get to handle a lot of historic cookbooks, which I find endlessly fascinating, both from a culinary and a cultural perspective.  If you bake regularly, then this simple little recipe, ca. 1950, qualifies[...]

What Cooking Means to a Woman [circa '1926]

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And I quote [from the Silver Cross Cook Book of Moline, Illinois]... "Cooking means the patience of Job and the persistence of the Pilgrim fathers. It means the endurance, the long suffering and the martyrdom of Joan of Arc. It means the steaming[...]

Circa Restaurant and Lounge on Granville, Vancouver

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Suanne and I were invited to a restaurant launch a week ago.  We enjoy going for these sort of events because we get to learn a lot.  Also, it gives the excuse to check out the restaurant scene in downtown. North Granville. [...]