Hi there,

A few delicious recipes and a new podcast to share!

Summer finally arrived in Vancouver, and I am itching to make a paella. There are many different recipes out there, but one of my favourites is from Emily Lycopolus and her cookbook Spain, Recipes for Olive Oil and Vinegar Lovers. I am sharing the 3 recipes for the Paella experience Emily and I used to do online (maybe we will bring this back again). Check out: Paella de Marisco, Emily’s Pan con Tomate and Sangria - summer evening with friends in the backyard is set, recipes here just for this community! They also live on the Recipe section of our community platform…right here.

Eps 39: “Not Your Butter Chicken” Exploring Cultural Heritage with Shiva Reddy

In this heartfelt episode, I sit down with Shiva Reddy—sommelier, food columnist for CBC Vancouver, and host of the acclaimed docuseries Not Your Butter Chicken. We talk about identity, heritage, and the power of food to connect us to our culture and the women who shaped it.

Shiva Shares Her Mother’s Recipe For Dal:

When you hear Shiva talk about her journey with her Mother, it is hard not to get a little emotional. Shiva’s mother has dementia and Shiva realized that she did not have the recipes of her heritage, so she began to try to recreate the recipes with what her Mother remembered and trial and error. I highly recommend you put on my chat with Shiva, while you make her Mother’s Dal recipe. One of my favourite ways to really connect to the stories behind the recipes - Enjoy!

Happy Travels and Happy Cooking!
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