It's that time of year again! Time for Vancouver annual Hot Chocolate Festival! From January 18th to February 14th, 24 local participants will be offering over 60 flavors. At roughly two hot chocolates a day, I think that's eminently doable. Last year, Akemi and I managed to sample about half the hot chocolates being offered…
March 16, 2013: Gelato 101!
The other night, Akemi and a few of our closest friends were fortunate enough to attend a Gelato 101 class hosted by the award-winning James Coleridge (winner of the 1st “Maestro Gelatiere Award” at the Florence Gelato Festival, and considered one of the world's top artisan gelato makers) at his Bella Gelateria in downtown Vancouver. James,…
October 14, 2012: Ice Cream Football Sunday! Birthday Cupcakes! And some winners!
Before you ask - no. Sadly, my Snow Monkeys did not win this weekend. Ah, what might have been... If Trent Richardson hadn't left the game with a rib injury. If Brady Quinn had done a better job of looking for Dwayne Bowe. If Dolphins wide receiver Brian Hartline hadn't, apparently, missed the team bus…
July 8, 2012: 6 Days to Comic Con! Days of Stargate: Atlantis Past! Michael!
Heading to Comic Con in a little less than a week to do a signing for my comic book, Dark Matter, and I thought it would be nice to offer those who swing by a shot at winning some cool giveaways. In addition to copies of Dark Matter's first issue, I'll also be offering up a…
April 10, 2012: Getting my macaron fix! Full Preview Dark Matter #4!
Everyone has their weaknesses. For some it's drugs. For others it's drink. For still others, it can be something as seemingly innocuous as surfing the internet, head massages, or shirtless albino guys. For me, it's ice cream and macarons. I've never been much of a drinker and, to be honest, golf and drugs hold equal…
June 1, 2010: Battle Ice Cream – Round Two! Peanut Butter Crunch vs. Salted Butter Caramel! Chocolate Brownie vs. Double Chocolate!
Today marked the second and final round of the Stargate Ice Cream Throwdown pitting Writer/Director/Show Creator/Show Runner/Executive Producer Robert Cooper against Blogger/Orange Belt in Judo/High School Clarinet Player yours truly. As those of you who read yesterday's blog already know - which should be all of you - I was down after a (debatable, in…
May 31, 2010: Battle Ice Cream! Round One! Mint Chip vs. Advokaat-Laced Vanilla with Crumbled Flake! Coconut-Raspberry Swirl vs. Coconut Cream Pie! Mailbag!
Today was Round #1 of the big Stargate Ice Cream Showdown pitting big-time writer/director/executive producer/showrunner/show creator Robert C. Cooper vs. humble little me. The judges' table was comprised of the regular writers' room attendees - Ashleigh, Lawren, Brad, Paul, Carl, Remi, and Linda - with the addition of producer John G. Lenic and Kerry who…
May 30, 2010: Prepping Battle Ice Cream!
With the two-day/four-flavor Ice Cream Throwndown scheduled for Monday and Tuesday of this week, I spent the weekend - what else? - making ice cream. Looking ahead, this is what the judges can look forward to - Monday (Round One) Rob's Chocolate Mint vs. Joe's Advokaat-Laced Vanilla with Crumbled Milk Chocolate Flake Going mint is…
June 8, 2008: Flipper, t.v.’s beloved dolphin, now homeless, living out of a van.
It’s been ages since I’ve made ice cream, much to the disappointment of my fellow producers but Carl in particular who always looked forward to Ice Cream Fridays with a touching, almost childlike delight. On the last day of every week, I would bring in three, four, sometimes five different flavors - burnt sugar…