About Me

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Name: Heather Walmsley
Hometown: Vernon BC, Canada (Okanagan Valley)
Taste I wouldn't live without: Fresh Corn Tortillas,
Fish soup with port, wine and saffron,1000 day aged Gouda,
Chanterelle Mushrooms, a very chocolaty Molé, Scallops in white wine,
and lingering tastes of Smokey Scotch.
Day Job: Wine Pourer
Memorable Restaurants:
Best Vegetarian: Hermans - Stockholm, Sweden
Best Cheesey Smelling Wine Bar :Gordon's Wine Bar- London, UK
Best Burgers: Burger Queen - Ketchikan, Alaska
Best Pupusas: - Latin Fiesta -Kelowna, BC Canada
Best Indian: - VI'J- Vancouver, Canada
Best Tacos: - on the streets of Mexico
Places I have lived: Stockholm, Sweden, Vancouver, BC, London UK,
Costa Del Sol, Spain, on a Cruise Ship in New Zealand
Favourite Pastimes: Cooking, Eating, Blog Cruising, Forrest Walking,
Traveling, Laughing, Yoga, International Films, Antique and Thrift Shopping,
Snowboarding, Swimming, Going to the Country Side and Google Translating.
If I was fluent in all the languages I have studied I would Speak: Japanese, French, Spanish, and Swedish.. I barley speak English

Next Steps: Indian Cooking, Horseback Riding, Sailing, Mushroom Picking, India, Iceland

Without you my life would be boring -  song from "The Knife" Shaking Habitual Album

Houseboating on the Shuswap

 

 

Location : Sicamous BC

Shuswap Lake

Photo: Heather Walmsley

Date: August 26, 2013

A summer crayfish dinner

 

AKA kräftskiva. The girls and I had a Crayfish dinner in the very back of my property. It's always a fun dinner, loads of Crayfish, quiche, strong cheese, potato's, fresh bread and snaps!   The crayfish is usually boiled in beer, dill, salt and sugar.  The first contact with these little guys is sucking their salty belly, then eating their claws and tails.  Its a fun way to eat and celebrate summer.

 

 

 

 

Britt does not look too sure about these guys

 

Location: Vernon BC

Photo: Heather Walmsley

Date: Monday August 19, 2014 

 

 

Glass of Pimms

 See by Chloe Heal

Alviero Martini Bag

Prada Sandal 

Model: Brittany Giestbrecht

Location: Vernon BC

Photo: Heather Walmsley 

Grandmas beet leaf buns

I smelt something the other day that reminded me of a memory when I was young, but I couldn't place it right away.  Then I thought more about the smell and realized it was something my grandma would make with what I thought was grape leaves.  Then I asked my mom about it and it was beat leafs! She used to make these little buns and wrap them in beat tops.  Then she would make a delicious sour cream and onion sauce and the buns would become soggy bitter and sweat buns.  

I made them the other night, and they are amazing, probably something they made up in the old days when they couldn't afford much and had to use what they had. 

Added an egg to make it a fab breakfast

Vagabond Flea Market

Friends and I started a Artisan Market in our hometown Vernon.  We had local vendors selling, Vintage, Art, Antiques, Jewellery, candles, and clothing. It was held in The Hub Arts Collective

Vagabond Flea

Location: Vernon BC

Photo: Heather Walmsley