The word "BLOG" is a familiar one in our house. My hubby Bill, is a prof. in the Faculty of Education, and "blogging" is one of the requirements for his Communications and Computer technology courses. But, I have never been involved in blogs until this invitation...and this sounds much tastier! Thanks for the opportunity :-)

Life is much more relaxed now that we have retired from the restaurant biz.  hwww.hillmanweb.com/soos/soosera.html
Since 2002, I have been teaching half time at our university in the EAP program with international students. This leaves me the rest of the day to cook . . . what else? ;-)

Brandon is a rural city of 44,000. Dining out does not include gourmet meals, tasting menus, etc. Until I found Egullet, a tasting menu was a 9 or 11 course Chinese banquet, complete with a 26 oz. bottle of Crown Royal ;-) My cooking these days involve learning traditional family recipes from my 95 year old mother, pulling out old recipes from pre-Soo's days, and  trying out ideas from Egullet and my overflowing collection of cookbooks.

This week for my blog, will be hectic. My sister and family are visiting from Burnaby, B.C. so lots of food involved there. On top of that, hubby, our kids and myself are performing Saturday and Sunday at the celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Brandon Folk & Crafts Festival. We will have out of town musical guests . . . so more food! Good thing I am on summer vacation this month.