Mmmm, who doesn’t love a cup of steaming hot chocolate on a cold winters day? We enjoy hot chocolate quite frequently in the Christmas season and until spring arrives. There are many ways to make hot chocolate or some will call it hot cocoa (but we really don’t want to be calling it that), so … Read more
This weekend we went to Vinci’s Caffe & Gallery for lunch. It’s located near Olympic Village on 3rd Ave and Columbia in Vancouver. Vinci’s is run by a mother-daughter team and has a very “hyggelig” (Danish interpretation of Cozy) feel to it. It’s like a home away from home. Inspired by Italy, the food is … Read more
Today I made chocolate treats and oh my, how I love making anything that includes chocolate. The best thing about making treats with chocolate is to test the samples as you go, sort of a quality control. You can’t serve anything to other people that you haven’t yet tested yourself, so I really make an … Read more
It is that time of year, the snow is falling (at least today it was), cookies are baking, nuts are roasting, chocolate is being melted to make treats and shapes are cut to make gingerbread houses. Christmas is a wonderful time for us because it means more “hygge” (coziness) and more yummy food and treats. … Read more
The Hot Chocolate Festival in Vancouver is on again and it is the time of year where you really crave something hot, sweet and comforting to make you forget the cold and rainy outside and just want to snuggle up inside. I think more and more cafe`s join every year, so during the four weeks … Read more