Ms.Huxtable

I drink daily.

You totally should have worn a 10 gallon hat and gone horseback riding for your birthday. Your mustache is totally cowboy! Happy birthday Stapes. All the best.

Oh and speaking of pork belly, the reason we bought it to begin with is to make Braised Fresh "Bacon". We saw this recipe in our new cook book called Think Like a Chef by Tom Colicchio. The picture in the book is UNBELIEVABLE and the recipe was voted "Meat dish of the year" by GQ magazine. I can't wait to make it.

No, ours due get soggy within a few days, but we do use them quickly as a result.

China town. That market at Bayswater and Somerset.

Sometimes the urge to make soup strikes me (you understand don't you d_jango?) I throw on tunes, open a few beers and can chop and stir for hours. Today I'm making: Beef Barley Split Pea and pork belly Vichyssoise That should do us for lunches for the next couple of weeks!

Cut those babies open and they'll reveal a really nice marble pattern. I've baked them, but they are so sweet and tasty that my preferred method is just to par-boil or steam them and put them on a salad. OR (and this is bouche's favorite thing I make)fry up some chorizo and garlic, throw in some bow tie pasta, the steamed beets and "sauce" it up simply with olive oil, lime juice, cilantro, salt and pepper.

Most grocery stores have them in the veggie section in plastic containers.

We haven't got any turnips or rutabaga. Might they be yellow beets?

Hux had 3 of the biggest oysters I have ever seen last night. The shell was HUGE and the meat itself was the size of my hand, maybe bigger.

i'll send you his brother's email and you can ask him asshat. Ollie, I'm thinking between 2 and 3. I definitely want to get a game or 2 in. (posted by bouche)

Saw this and I'm thinking of going? Anyone else? I like Chinatown, I like art and I like free food. CHINA TOWN REMIXED (this is a FREE event ) (COMP FOOD & Snacks at every Location - compliments of CHINATOWN REMIXED & Participating businesses) presents : FIRST ANNUAL ART FESTIVAL on Somerset Street West EXPLORE Chinatown ! over 30 ARTISTS in over 25 NON - TRADITIONAL GALLERY SPACES. VERNISSAGES for ALL ARTIST - SATURDAY MAY 2nd , 2 pm - 5 pm. CHINATOWN REMIXED COLLECTIVE is pleased to present the works of over 30 contemporary artists. A. James Brummel Adrian Göllner Andrea Stokes Andrew O'Malley April Tuttle Barbara Davis Carl David Ruttan Charlene Walker Cynthia Obrien Daniel Martelock Deborah O'Malley Donald Kwan Elizabeth Sweeney Guillermo Trejo Letechipia Howie Tsui J.G..Robertson Jakob Weintrager Jenn Farr Jennifer Buter Jennifer Whalen Jinny Slyfield Jordan Marshal Kenji Toyooka Maria Gomez Maria Lezon Matthew Murnaghan Melissa Nigi Meaghan Haughian Mimi Richard - Golding Natasha Beaudin Pamela Lawler Paul Wing Pixie Cram Rebecca Lyn-Cragg Ryan Mccosham Sam Jan Shawna Homlund Stuart Kinmond Tom Evans Theo Pelmus Yvon Villarceaux Participating VENUES include : Ben Ben Restaurant Bubblicity Cafe Orient Capital Book Store Chinatown Bakery Co Cham Submarine Fuschian Vietnamese JadeLand Ju Xiang Yuang Koreana Laurier Optical Mee Xim Mekong Restaurant My Sweet Tea Northern Han Oriental Charm Raw Sugar Saigon Boy Noodle House Shanghai Restaurant So Good Restaurant Seoul House Sushi 88 Umi Cafe Vietnam Palace Vietnam Noodle House Wakiu Grocery Store Yang Sheng CHINATOWN - Percy St. westward to Preston St. will be showing the art through the month, from May 1st to the 31st. Meet the artists and explore the culinary wonders of Ottawa's Chinatown. Just for the occasion, local drag entertainer CHINA DOLL will serenade the public with endearing karoake croonings along Somerset St. CHINATOWN REMIXED is the first event of its kind in Ottawa; this artistic mix-up of culture, art and food promises something for every taste. It is high time to celebrate our city's cultural endeavours. Time to inject into this world a new vitality. SIDEWALK ACTIVITIES INCLUDE : Face & Body painting by Melissa Nigi Live Street Poetry Chalk Drawing by artist Sam Jan Spring Wonderland Chalk Art by Jordan Marshal & Umi Cafe Paper Lantern WORKSHOP by Lumiere Festival Performance by Theo Pelmus. For more information, contact: Grace Xin, Somerset St. West BIA director 5-299 Bronson Ave. Ottawa, ON K1R 6J1 Tel. 613-230-4707 Email: info@chinatown.ca Web: www.ottawachinatown.ca

WOAH! I'd like to be invited to that dinner. 33 Oysters a piece! Oysters for me tonight as well and I'm pumped. going here for dinner.

Ummm Dinghy, for gawd sake lets plan a BBQ in the next few weeks at my house. LONG overdue.

Thanks for the invite Phorbesie, but we made plans to celebrate Huxie Poo's birthday tonight.

Found this site interesting. Still Tasty dot com

I say send one of your cows to the liquor store and keep the other one at home for company.

Phorbesie, That Burger site is terrific. I spent the last hour on it and NEED a burger for dinner tonight.

BWAH ha ha. Excellent bouche.

Happy birthday to the guy that thinks its okay to miss band practice just cause it's his "special day". What are you turning 6? Just kidding, still buds. Love ya like a brother man.

I work for a company in downtown Ottawa and would like to offer our employees a lunch time yoga session. I'm thinking this will be held twice a week for about 45 minutes and it will be held on our roof top sundeck. We may bring it inside and continue it year round if people are into it. If there are any instructors out there who are interested and able to take on this job, please contact me with your rates. Thanks.

Holy jeez, that was awesome. My favorite was the flip off the tree. Unreal!

Zero, you should try to dig up his performance from Austin City Limits. It is stunning.

If you weren't good at oral I wouldn't have married you. Let's go see the Slip!

That was terrific.