Happy Women’s Day!
Posted: 8 March 2014 Filed under: Memories & Events, Uncategorized Leave a comment
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Halloween ‘finger food’
Posted: 30 October 2013 Filed under: Memories & Events, Uncategorized | Tags: Halloween Leave a commentThis year for Halloween I got ahead of myself preparing for it, as I was eager to share something new in my Persian radio program at Radio Koocheh.
The cookies you see in the picture are called Witch’s Finger cookies as I am sure most of you know. I thought calling them “Halloween ‘finger foods’ ” would do it more justice though!
There are many recipes for it on the net. I tried the one suggested by Canadian Living” which I will copy and paste here as their website seems to be down at the moment:
Creepy Witch’s Finger Cookies:
Food Trucks start rolling in Montreal, or do they!?
Posted: 28 June 2013 Filed under: Montreal related, Uncategorized | Tags: Food Truck, Montreal_summer, street food Montreal Leave a commentHow do you like buying a plate of salad and smoked meat sausage for $8.00 off a food truck right outside your workplace in downtown? What if you have to line up for it for an hour or so, and what if the sausage is not made on the spot? Would you still consider it “street food”? The way some of us have come to know taco trucks, pizza trucks, falafel and whoopee pies carts in New York, Seattle, and recently in Toronto, Vancouver and Calgary?
Well, sometime in April 2013, Montreal’s Mayor announced that starting this summer, the 66-year ban on street food will be removed, allowing Montrealers to buy food off the street. …
Montreal Beer Festival
Posted: 5 June 2013 Filed under: Montreal related, Uncategorized | Tags: Montreal Beer Festival, Montreal_summer 2 CommentsI am sure you have heard and probably attended some of Montreal’s fabulous summer festivals: Jazz Fest, Just For Laugh, Les FrancoFolies, Gay Parade, etc. But did you know about Montreal’s Beer Festival?
Montreal Beer Fest, held since 1994, from 29 May to 02 June at “Palais de congress”, starts off the summer and its many colorful festivals. I went to it last weekend (for the first time) and found it quite different and interesting: Not much of “festivity” (i.e. music, dance) surrounds this event; but a LOT of good beers and ciders are there to taste, with a variety of snacks and appetizers: Read the rest of this entry »
“Babak and Shahram”
Posted: 22 May 2013 Filed under: Memories & Events, Uncategorized | Tags: babak_and_shahram Video-colection_afsaneh Leave a commentBabak and Shahram have just arrived and are already up on facebook and Youtube, with two five-minute clips on their awkward, confused and hilariously funny encounters with life in North America!
The sitcom stands out for its wonderful acting, genuine idea, and refreshing & edgy approach to Iranian culture. If you are not a Persian speaker, you would probably identify more strongly with the third, non-Iranian character silently present in both clips; if you are a Persian-speaker, then you would feel all the undercutting nuances, and I am afraid you just got to live with it!
Welcome to Paradise!
Posted: 2 May 2013 Filed under: Memories & Events, Uncategorized, Videos, Welcome to Paradise! | Tags: Bay_of_Women, mexico, travel, video-Collection_afsaneh isla_mujeres Leave a commentTake a ten-minute tour of Isla Mujeres, the “Bay of Women”, in Mexico with me!
Time to grow Norooz seeds, sabzeh
Posted: 27 February 2013 Filed under: Memories & Events, Uncategorized | Tags: norooz_1392, wheat_sprout Leave a commentOnce again “Norooz is around the corner” – that’s right, there is only 20 days left to the beginning of Spring and the Persian New Year, Norooz- this year on March 20th at 07:03:13 AM Eastern Time
Sabzeh (grass), as you might know, is one of the seven specific items starting with the letter “S” which goes in the Norooz table setting. It is also an item which needs to be prepared in advance – just about now, maybe a bit later – let’s say two weeks prior to Norooz.
The common types of seeds to grow for Norooz as sabzeh, are wheat, lentil, cress and green mung beans, with the last three crops growing much faster than wheat. Traditionally, though, growing wheat is the norm and this is the one I always go for. Not difficult at all; only, just like Persian cuisine, growing wheat requires investing time, along with patience and attention.
The People’s Potato, ConU
Posted: 13 February 2013 Filed under: Montreal related, Uncategorized | Tags: The People’s Potato Leave a commentThe People’s Potato is a student initiated grassroots project, and a vegan kitchen at Montreal’s Concordia University, Sir George Williams Building. It serves “free” food to about 400 students daily and relies heavily on volunteers labor and every body’s’ good will.♥
The project was started in 1999 by a group of students dedicated to social and environmental justice and conscious of student poverty. Fifteen years into its inception, the kitchen is now operating during the fall and winter semesters all the day of the week, offering students and community members meals by donation; the project and the food is funded be a levy in (undergrad) student registration fees.
Montreal’s ’98 Ice Storm, through his eyes
Posted: 29 January 2013 Filed under: Montreal related, Photography, Uncategorized | Tags: ice storm montreal 1998, Mohsen_Hozhabri, Montreal_winter, photographer 4 Comments
Smoked meat @ Montreal Schwartz
Posted: 5 December 2012 Filed under: Montreal related, Smoked meat @ Montreal Schwartz, Uncategorized | Tags: food_photography, Hebrew tradition, Montreal, restaurant_review, Shwartz, smoked_meat Leave a commentIf you find yourself in downtown Montreal, passing through St. Laurent in Plateau area, make sure you’re hungry. Because right there is located Canada’s oldest Deli, the world famous Schwartz’s, offering the classic, Hebrew tradition smoked meat. And it is offering plenty of it in one single sandwich!
You simply cannot miss the deli, as no what matter what time of the year, there is always a lineup in front of it. If you are willing to settle for a take out, you would be waiting less, but having the meal inside the tiny, crowded space is a part of the tradition if you ask me. Read the rest of this entry »
My Caldron 