If you have a recipe you want me to test out (I can't promise that I'll, you know, not accidentally destroy it or something...but that's part of the fun!) send it to jordan@ramshackleglam.com.
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Canadian Date Squares
I don't have a particularly big sweet tooth, but these date squares - replicated using a Canadian grocery-store recipe pamphlet called "Company's Coming" - are nice and crumbly, and would even make a yummy (if not particularly well-balanced) breakfast.
BetterTV Shoot #5: Restaurants
For our very last shoot, we headed over to Lotus Restaurant, where I discovered that I am really not very good at the cooking technique pictured above (I believe it's called teppanyaki style...the showy, flippy thing they do at Benihana's). I basically pushed some vegetables around, and then gave up and handed it over to the master. I did, however, learn a totally simple recipe for vegetable fried rice.
BetterTV Shoot #3: Martini Bar
For our third - and final - shoot of the day, we headed over to the Martini Bar at Barcelo to learn how to make the perfect margarita.
Miso Soup
Miso soup doesn’t seem to be particularly popular in Moncton (where my family is from) yet, but at the Farmers Market I saw a stand where a young woman was handing out samples (and selling DIY ingredients) to passers-by.
