Gourmet meals in crappy little kitchen recipes. Size matters.

Living the good life in Vancouver might mean squishing that great life into a tiny condo in downtown Vancouver. And that condo might have a crappy little (emphasis on little) kitchen.

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How to enjoy fiddleheads

Fiddleheads, a sign of spring we can count on, have turned up on vegetable counters.

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• Wake up your tastebuds with bitter spring greens
• Change your eating habits with the seasons
• Foodie vocabulary and trend update

Summer Berries with Chilled Icewine Cream

This recipe was developed for Inniskillin Winery using the Riesling icewine. For extra icewine flavour, you could soak the berries in additional icewine.

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Tasty macarons combine crunchy outside, chewy inside

In patisseries across France, delicate sandwich cookies in every colour of the rainbow take their place beside elegant eclairs, tarts and other works of pastry art. French macarons -- not to be confused with chewy coconut macaroons -- are tiny dome-shaped pastry shells filled with ganache, buttercream or fruit mixtures. They're gently crunchy on the outside and light as air and chewy inside.

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• Fantastic flourless cookies
• How to make perfect meringue
• Food trends for 2010; Cheaper dishes, healthy food and a bit of fun
• 24 hours of great cheap eats in Paris

Barbecue season: Raise a glass to summer

It is the first week of summer and I am hoping to clean out my bulging ideas folders in search of stories with legs, but in the meantime, I will share a few of the more interesting notions as some of the stories build.

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• 8th Generation Vineyard Riesling 2009
• Salut! A celebration of B.C. wine
• Gismondi: Left coast wine -- Pay more, get less
• GISMONDI: Tax minister bungles the numbers on wine
• Spanish armada brings a fiesta of flavour
• In praise of a lighter, brighter Chardonnay

Enjoy the short season of spot prawns

A definition for the word delicacy is: something pleasing to eat that's considered rare or luxurious. That sounds like spot prawns to me. These succulent crustaceans are only available fresh from late spring to early summer, and I luxuriate every time I feast on them.

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• Bisques and chowders
• Sustainable Fish and Seafood
• Peel and Eat Beer-Broiled Prawns