Standing Up For Real Food

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Dishing in the Kitchen has teamed up with the Golden Ears FEAST, Haney Farmers Market, and Big Feast Bistro and Catering in Maple Ridge B.C. to bring Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution Day to our local town. If you love real food and want to help celebrate, check out the Food Revolution Day site here. Local? [...]

Share the Love: A 14-Day Challenge

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In the 14 days leading up to Valentine’s Day, I challenged my Facebook fans and followers to find 14 people (not in their direct families – ‘cos that would kinda be too easy) and tell these 14 people that they loved them and to go further and get specific and tell them what it is [...]

Meat Loaf Among Friends

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What’s a little meat loaf among  friends? For me, it turned out to be part of a new style of collaborating, planning and dreaming. I declare 2013 as The Year of Living a Happy Life From the Heart. I know, right? Sounds sappy, but admit it – the idea makes your great big heart race [...]

How to Make a Revolution

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How do you make a delicious revolution? Instructions here.

Sneak Peek: Food Revolution Day

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Just one more sleep ’til the first ever Food Revolution Day in My Town. Very excited. Of course, Food Revolution Day Eve will be spent at the Big Feast Bistro chowing down on a Farm to Fork feast with fellow foodies and friends. Fun! Tomorrow, a bright and early start to set up the Try [...]

Stand Up for Real Food

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Try It, You’ll Like It Dishing in the Kitchen and Golden Ears FEAST are co-sponsoring the Haney Farmers’s Market Taste & Try, supporting Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution Day. Across the globe people are ‘Standing Up for Real Food’ encouraging food education and support for local producers. Dishing in the Kitchen will be live at the Try It, [...]

#ElectMR: A Happy Ending

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Here’s the thing. I think I have a pretty okay life. Sometimes, even excellent. I look around at the lives of my friends and neighbours and I’d say they have pretty good lives, too. Comfortable homes, plenty to eat, good schools, safe streets…you get the drift. My Town, a pretty typical North American suburb, has [...]

I’m Voting YES on the Happiness Ballot.

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No, there’s not a referendum going on (although I do like a good referendum now and again). In my town, there is a civic election going on. Yes, I am an avid poli-watcher. I think we’re so very lucky to live in a time and place where any citizen can participate in government and where [...]

#ElectMR – Candidates and Social Media

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Because I couldn’t resist… It’s civic election time where I live, and along with pumpkins, golden leaves and umbrellas, local candidates are showing up all over the landscape. And where I’m noticing them most is in the social media landscape. Many are first-time users of the medium, some have been putzing about on Facebook or [...]

Social Media Mindfulness or 5 Tips for the Facebook Frustrated

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As most of you know, I spend a good part of my spare time time moodling about on Social Media – blogging, posting, tweeting, linking in – sharing photos, ideas, recipes, tips and sometimes expertise (ahem)  - and connecting with friends and colleagues in my town and across the globe. I play some Farmville, comment [...]