http://www.jemangelaville.com i eat the city Tue, 13 May 2008 15:40:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Day 6: Sooke, BC, along E Sooke Road Yesterday we arrived in Sooke and drove around. Very cute. Went to the Whiffen Spit Park and explored and stuff. Found the B&B where we were staying and then went out and had a wonderful, casual meal. Of course, I forgot my camera ... http://www.jemangelaville.com/2008/05/13/hpotd-day-six/ Yesterday, we kind of took it easy. Saw a play in the Fernwood Neighborhood and made dinner in the room. Some pasta, chicken and a HUGE salad. Going to Sooke today and spending the next four days traveling around the island -- Errington/Parksville area and then Tofino. I hope to have ... http://www.jemangelaville.com/2008/05/12/hpotd-day-five/ You know, just walking around Old Town and Darth Vader is playing violin with a Yoda puppet. jwa poses with Darth and the puppet. Last night we went to the Wild Saffron Bistro for dinner. That place was really good. I had a green salad and some roast chicken and jwa ... http://www.jemangelaville.com/2008/05/11/hpotd-day-four/ Day Three: Victoria, BC. We got to Canada (thanks Coho Ferry!) and our room just fine. Where we are staying is above a bakery and an Italian restaurant. The room smelled awesome when we arrived -- like tasty pizza. We also get $20C worth of baked goods and coffee drinks ... http://www.jemangelaville.com/2008/05/10/hpotd-day-three/ Tyler Street Coffeehouse, Port Townsend, Washington Honeymoon: Day Two. At the reception dinner, Will told us stories of an elusive pizza scone at Tyler's Coffeehouse. Sadly, they only bring the scones out on weekends :( We had to make due with croissants and tarts. So tragic. Thursday, we also had an adventure at Les ... http://www.jemangelaville.com/2008/05/09/hpotd-day-two/ Port Townsend, Washington. May 7, 2008. I haz a honeymoon!!! Our room in Port Townsend is awesome. So, my plan is to post an image each day from the previous day. This plan will obviously not work if I can't find wireless each day. But, I should be able to...if not, ... http://www.jemangelaville.com/2008/05/08/honeymoon-picture-of-the-day-day-1/ A couple of weeks ago, I made a recipe that required a few sheets of phyllo dough and then I was stuck with an open roll in the fridge. What to do? What to do? Well, this for one... Now, you can make this recipe as written, making one galette of ... http://www.jemangelaville.com/2008/04/30/leftover-phyllo-project-fun-with-apple-galettes/ This is super simple pasta. I first came across the recipe in like, 1997 or 1998 on, of all places, the 4AD mailing list. I know, wacky! I couldn't find the original recipe when I set out to recreate it but what I could remember was: cottage cheese, milk, diced ... http://www.jemangelaville.com/2008/04/25/rigatoni-with-hazelnuts-tarragon-and-tomatoes/ Image from Wooden Shoe Tulip Farm's Website I have been putting off calling the farm where we are purchasing bulk tulips for a crazy-awesomely low price, as I was scared all of the tulips had been killed off in our Freak April snow and 20 degree lows. I wanted to call ... http://www.jemangelaville.com/2008/04/22/hooray-the-tulips-are-alive/ Here's a super, tasty soup recipe, especially if your weather is crappy (like ours has been). Or, if there are some sniffles and complaints of sore throats around the house. Oh and last weekend, when it was uh 80 degrees and sunny out, I took the flannel sheets off the ... http://www.jemangelaville.com/2008/04/20/great-for-cold-rainy-weather-asian-chicken-coconut-soup/