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@magistrascaevola: BPs, as we call it up North, is actually a chain that started in Alberta in the 60s. To me it's funny that Americans dropped the Pizza part from the name. Also, I don't know a single person who considers it great pizza - it's just kind of there as a passable neutral dining option for groups.

Easy, and super tasty. Hard not to scarf the whole thing in a sitting.

I had to replace the white whole wheat flour with regular whole wheat flour. Probably because of that, found the muffins a little dry. Tasty, however, and I'll play with them to get it moist enough for my desert-ish climate.

I'm cooking with a lot less meat. And farmer's markets in the summer.

I did a Indian cooking class at a lady's house once, and she taught butter chicken one week, and then a bone-in chicken curry the next. Butter chicken was great, but the chicken curry was out of this world. So so good.

This was really good. I added some goat cheese at the end because it was in the fridge, and added some nice flavour. Cooking the squash in the broth worked perfectly.

I made this, though I had run out of whole cumin so I had to use ground. It tasted ... bleh. Sadly not a keeper recipe for me. It tasted far more like an interesting sauce that a soup.

I'm a huge rum fan, but prefer dark (Lamb's Navy for the win). However, all my friends drink spiced, and so I've tried just about all of them. I love Kraken - the super cute logo is a nice bonus, but the flavour is so much more complex than say, Captain Morgan.

Easy to find in Calgary, too...

Etihad Airways, from London to Abu Dhabi, 2008. Real plates and silverwear, printed menu, tasty options... Really good for airplane food, and not bad for a cheap meal, even. Kicked the ass of the British Airline flight I took back from Oman to London.

Brownies. Not sophisticated, but always a go-to dessert.

Guinness, of course!

La Viena - a little italian joint in Calgary. Cheap, delicious, and friendly staff who have been there for as long as I can remember.