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Category Archives: comfort food
Attempting to Save my Afternoon
I really hoped that Today’s Perfect Moment would be the Toronto Maple Leafs advancing to the next round of the Stanley Cup playoffs. I even took pictures to that effect. Sadly, it will have to wait until Tuesday. If that … Continue reading
Posted in Aspirations, Reflections, Perfection, beer, comfort food, ethnic food, food, food blogging, food shopping, hockey, Japanese snacks, Maple Leafs, Toronto
Tagged chips, comfort food, ethnic food, Guiness, hockey, inarizushi, Japanese food, Maple Leafs, pizza, results, Sour cream and onion, Stanley Cup Playoffs, stax, tofu, Toronto, TV
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The Easter Incident
I got to celebrate Easter and experience an exhilarating moment of sheer panic at the same time. It would be hard to call it Today’s Perfect Moment, but my nephews insisted that I write about it. What kind of uncle … Continue reading
Posted in accomplishment, Aspirations, Reflections, Perfection, cars, celebration, comfort food, driving, Easter, family, food, turkey
Tagged accident, cars, dinner, driving, Easter, family, fibbage, food, friends, get together, hockey, humble pie, NHL, playoffs, tow truck, turkey, winch
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Over Easy
Cooking shows have come a long way since the early days of television. I especially remember Wok with Yan on Canadian TV. It was a much simpler time and so different from things like Hell’s Kitchen, Top Chef, and the … Continue reading
Posted in appreciation, Aspirations, Reflections, Perfection, breakfast, comfort, comfort food, cooking, food blogging, omelette, recipe
Tagged comfort food, cooking, easy, eggs, flipping an omelette, Hell's Kitchen, Iron Chef, kitchen, omelet, omelette, The Great British Baking show, Top Chef, Wok with Yan
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When Shopping At A Japanese Grocery Store
Once, a long time ago, I watched a Japanese TV program that was waxing nostalgic about Japanese summer treats. One of the things they mentioned was Monaka. If I remember correctly, the program was not really talking about the Monaka … Continue reading
Friends
I last wrote this blog five days ago. This might be the longest I have gone without a post since the start of the blog. Even when I was on vacation, I managed to blog every couple of days. I … Continue reading
Posted in Aspirations, Reflections, Perfection, beer, comfort food, conversation, food, food blogging, friends, friendship
Tagged 3 brewers, beer, friends, friendship, meeting, Toronto
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Following Through
I am not sure there is anything more disappointing than a person who promises something and then doesn’t follow through on it. Okay, there are lots of other disappointing things. Your sports team doesn’t win. You miss the bus……I could … Continue reading
Posted in Aspirations, Reflections, Perfection, breakfast, chocolate, comfort food, delicious, ESL, food, food blogging, promises, students, teaching
Tagged bread, chocolate, delicious, eating, ESL, follow through, food, lucky, promise, promises, teaching
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No More “Next Time.” This Time!
Have you ever come across a snack item and thought, “That looks delicious. I should try that.” Then promptly walked away from it. It could be you balked at the price. It could be that you were distracted by something … Continue reading
When It Gets Cold
With the snow coming down and most people thinking about hunkering down for the day–and the Toronto Maple Leafs not playing hockey on a Saturday (a big WTF for me since this has already happened a couple of times this … Continue reading
Posted in Aspirations, Reflections, Perfection, comfort food, cooking, creative, creativity, eating, food, weather, winter
Tagged chilli, cold winter day, comfort food, cooking, eating, food, spicy, warming up
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Some Kind of Soup For The Soul
Today’s Perfect Moment is a simple act of kindness. And through this act, their true nature has been shown. If you read one of yesterday’s posts (here) you’ll know that I have been feeling under the weather since Wednesday afternoon. … Continue reading
Posted in Aspirations, Reflections, Perfection, comfort food, ethnic food, flu, food, friends, friendship, illness, overcome, recover, thanks
Tagged cold, flu, food, friendship, illness, soup, thanks
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I Couldn’t Resist
I have been shopping at a Japanese market for years–though less frequently than in past. On Saturday, I took a friend to experience the place. Despite trying to cut down on my sugar intake (and increase my exercise time) I … Continue reading
Posted in Aspirations, Reflections, Perfection, chocolate, comfort food, cookies, ethnic food, exercise, fitness, food, food shopping, Japan, Japanese, tonkatsu, weight loss
Tagged caloires, chcolate, ethnic food, food, Japan, Japanese, Japanese food, Japanese treats, Jtown, Markham, shopping, Tirol chocolate, variety pack
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