Monday 25 February 2013
I was lucky to have two cool things happen to me this week. The first one was this site being nominated for Edmonton's first ever #Yeggies Awards, or The Edmonton New Media Awards in the Food section. I doubt heavily that I'll win, simply because I am up against some fantastic food blogs, but just to have been shortlisted is an honour, and its wonderful to get local recognition as well.
The second, super duper exciting thing that happened... is below!
Yep! Yours truly was featured over two pages, the front and second page of the Edmonton Journal's Food Section. This is a truly remarkable honour for me and I am still pinching myself, I am so excited! I had a blast with Liane Faulder, the Journal's food columnist who wrote this feature, and the photographer, Greg Southam gave some fantastic photo tips. All in all, I had a really great week, and I am still in a bit of a daze. A nice one though!
Monday 18 February 2013
New Series on The Tiffin Box - My Masala Dabba (or My Spice Box)
This
series is something I've been thinking about for a while, ever since
I wrote the Exploring
Ethnic
Cuisine,
over at Food
Bloggers
of Canada. I finally got around to it after one of my readers
commented on my post on homemade
chaat masala where I agonised over what a spice was, only to find
it sitting in my spice cupboard under a different name.
So
I thought it may be time to do a series on all the spices I use for
my everyday cooking, and perhaps introduce you to new ones as we go
along. Along with My Masala Dabba, I will also do a Herb Collection,
but to be honest, that will probably be quite a shorter series.
I
would very much appreciate your feedback on this series, as its
something that is very new to me. What kind of spices would you like
featured? How much information would you like? How would you like
them presented? I'll start off with the spices in my own cupboard,
and slowly move to the more exotic ones that may not be as familiar
or easy to source, but I'll try my best to make sure you can find
them. After all, the ethos of The Tiffin Box is that I should be able
to find what I need here and you should be able to source them too,
without needing a trip to India, otherwise all my recipes are
essentially redundant, so to say :)
I
am not aiming to be Wikipedia here - I just want to share my
knowledge of the spices I use and how I use them, along with
pictures. This is not a comprehensive dictionary of spices or their
use. And sometimes I may well be wrong in what I write, so please
don't hesitate to jump in and correct me or add your own thoughts to
the post. Tell me what you know, and what I've missed and I will add
it to each post. I welcome all criticism and feedback and its what
makes me and this site better.
(Green and Black) Cardamom
Saturday 9 February 2013
Yay! We have a winner!
Aditi picked Comment Number 2 as the winner, so congratulations to Peggy Doyle. I will email you shortly, please respond to me latest by 9. 30 AM.
And to see how Aditi chose the winner, check out the video :)
What better way to celebrate the arrival of a new computer than with a glass of wine... or two, or three eh? So enter...
Yay! Winefest!
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