Pucker-Up Peppermint Lip Scrub. Vegan Beauty. Easy. Effective. Tasty! Well over a year or so ago, I was generously sent a review copy by Robert Rose Publishing of The Compassionate Chick’s Guide to DIY Beauty. Since my blogging was pretty much on deep freeze for the past couple years, it sat in my drawer semi…
Hot Garlic Chili Oil
Hot Garlic Chili Oil! A spicy flavourful condiment. Add it to ramen, rice, dumplings or anything else you can dream up. It has been awhile has it not! Nearly two years have passed since I have posted any new content to Culinary Zest. It has been so long I am not even sure I remember…
Adventures in Snacking
It’s been a seriously crazy month or so for me. Crazy. Work and personally. I just haven’t had the time I wanted to put into Culinary Zest. There has been a lot sitting on the back burner, so today I thought I would try to get something out there, cause this is the stuff I…
Granville Island
Granville Island in Vancouver was one of my favourite spots I discovered while on my second trip out to BC some 14 years ago. On my last visit this past summer, it was on my list of places to visit again. I didn’t have nearly the amount of time I wanted to just wander and…
Dim Sum In Chinatown
A trip to Vancouver, BC, is never complete without a trip to Chinatown. I ventured there on this visit on my last day of vacation. It was a hurried visit, there wasn’t really much time to spend wandering about in shops and interesting places. But one of the things I always want to explore is…
Vikram Vij’s Rangoli Restaurant
Bittersweet. That’s what yesterday was for me. So close, yet so far. On my last trip out to Vancouver, BC, nearly 15 years ago, Vikram Vij’s restaurant Vij’s was on my radar of must hit up places to dine. It didn’t work out that visit. they don’t take reservations so it’s a first come first…
Vacationing In The Maritimes
Last Summer I spent a week vacationing in the Maritimes in a little Acadian seaside fishing village called Cap Pele, New Brunswick. We’re big on the fisheries down around these parts 🙂 Shediac, New Brunswick, known as the lobster capital of the world is just 20 minutes away by car. I’m lucky enough to live…
Experiences In Blogging – WordPress
Today we continue from my earlier posts on Domains and Hosting, with Experiences In Blogging – WordPress When deciding to set up my own self-hosted blog, it was pretty easy to decide to go with WordPress as my Content Management System or CMS. There are other choices out there, but WordPress seemed like the best…
Finding Props For Food Photography
The weekend turned out a great one for me, it was my weekend off from work, Payday was Friday and I got to indulge in one of my fav things to do…hitting up the thrift shops! I usually go through the books section and stroll through the kitchenware areas, just to see if anything catches…
