Hey members! Today is the second day of our Sweets and Tea event! Come by MASS (Meekison Arts Students Space) at Buchanan D to purchase a piece of delicious cake for only $0.50 a slice!  All members are welcome, even if you are not attending the actual event itself.

6 o’ clock tea

Welcome to the new year and the fresh start of a new semester. Many of you might have New Year’s resolutions that include boosting that GPA, getting in shape for the summer, or even to finally stop procrastinating. Before all the stress and busyness of school and life takes up all your time, relax and enjoy some tea and dessert with UBC Food Society. UBC Food Society proudly presents “Six O’clock Tea”, our dessert tasting event! This year, not only do we have delicious desserts from all over Vancouver, but also tea to accompany your stay with us! More details below!

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Between September and December, most stores will not stop selling pumpkin pies. They’re the perfect dessert to bring when invited to someone’s home for Thanksgiving dinner; one follows a meal quite nicely at any time in Autumn; and some people even consider it festive enough to celebrate with at Christmas. But why buy pumpkin pies if you could make your own?

Halloween was almost a month past – and everyone sane had already thrown away their jack-o-lanterns, if they had carved one – yet nonetheless we were determined to learn this recipe, if only to prepare for the Fall of 2012. Members of the Good Thing In Pairs miniclub met at Christine’s house on November 27th, armed with many supplies, to bake pies completely from scratch. We mixed dough, and rolled out enough to fit two pies for each member. We cut, cooked and pureed squash to make up pie filling – FYI, butternut squash makes a good substitute for pie pumpkin. And as the squash purchased were abnormally large, every member had enough leftovers to take home several crustless pies.

Slices of pie were served with vanilla ice cream and a cup of hot buttered rum. The only thing that could have made the experience more memorable would have been the capture of additional, distinct photographs (and perhaps some photos of the members at work, too!)

Our lone other photo can be found in the album on the UBC Food Society Facebook group.

Soon we will be meeting for our next session, and you’ll just have to wait to see what we’re making then.

Seafood Pasta (V.Chiou, 2011)

I had passed by The Pink Peppercorn restaurant many times while driving down Kingsway, but I hadn’t really paid attention to it…that was, until a friend told me about their fantastic seafood menu. After that, I decided to check it out for myself! I went with a group of my friends to try the seafood at The Pink Peppercorn.

Before I give a review of my visit there, I will tell you a bit about its interesting history. This story is based on word-of-mouth information that I heard from a friend during a group gathering, and alcohol was involved so there may be some discrepancies:

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photo credit: Kimberley Goh

The first thing one usually thinks as they disembark from the bus to go to a fine dining event is not I very possibly might get mugged right now. However, as I got off the bus near Queen Elizabeth park, that was exactly what was on my mind. At night, the park can be a daunting place for one small pedestrian girl in a nice dress and no car to take her up the long hill to the Seasons in the Park restaurant, where our club would be dining. Also, wasn’t the rest of the club supposed to be on that bus? (more…)