Life without Hockey, and snow in general

I'm back from Canada, a country full of lost, unfulfilled hockey fans.

We had a fun trip - there wasn't an overabundance of snow, but we worked around it, eating our way through Vancouver.

Following tradition, we had dim sum at Flamingo and a feast at Tama Sushi. Geoff's sister and brother are very accomplished cooks so several meals, and leftovers, were consumed at home. We were going to take a day and drive to Mt Baker in Washington State, but the conditions sounded bleak, so we blew it off for the abovementioned yummy Chinese snackfest. Conditions at Big White weren't that great either, but 5 inches of snow the first day pulled it out of the dumpster.

We got home and made a batch of gumbo for the weekend, and tried out the holy grail of stock starters from More Than Gourmet Demi-Glace Stocks & Broths, specifically the Glace de Fruits de Mer Gold - Classic Seafood Lobster Stock. I have to say that it tasted as good, if not better than our home brewed stock and saved a bunch of time.