Daily Life

Always a treat visiting Daphne’s beautiful garden! Lots of flowers blooming at this time of the year. Love this color!! 

Another summer must: Brunch at Daphne’s 🙂 Brussels sprouts.  

We always love a great summer BBQ with Chef Daphne! We are trying a new thing this time: Tsukune (Chicken Meatball)!! Not an easy task! The key is to precook some of the ground chicken first and mix it in

Giant bunnies! It is an exhibition called Intrude, by Australian artist Amanda Parer. There were 3 giant bunnies at the Bank of American Plaza in Bunker Hill area, Downtown LA. Each bunny is sewn in white nylon, inflated, and glow at

The first time I had the Cassis (black currant) maracon at Laduree was in Paris in 2009 and it was soooo good! Ever since then, I visited Laduree every time I was in Paris or New York, but haven’t been

For this Christmas in Vancouver, Brian cooked the most delicious dry aged ribeye we got from Windsor Quality Meats. Sooooo good!!! Windsor Quality Meats on Main Street.

Sukiyaki at home! Ingredients: Napa cabbages, beef, shitake mushroom, enoki, tofu, fish cake, udon, and sukiyaki sauce. The key is to arrange the ingredients in the pot.

It has been 2 years since I stood in front of the mirror in our closet and thought, “I need to stop lying to myself and pretend I look fine for my age.” I stepped onto the scale and watched

A tour of Daphne’s beautiful garden! Nice growing in the home garden. 

Today is yakitori day! Prep work started in the afternoon and location is Daphne’s beautiful backyard! Prepping Steak with bell peppers home-grown rosemary.