Serious Eats - seriouseats.com

I was going to suggest Bertolli as well. And perhaps the Gallo ones by Unico, if you have access to them.

An outdoor propane burner is not so convenient for those in apartments and/or live somewhere where there is snow on the ground for over half the year. :)

I bought this Korean "marble-coated" non-stick wok last year and it cooks decently well, and it cleans so easily that I'm thinking of buying their frying pans the next time I need to replace my Teflon ones.

I would check out Blurb.com too - they have a template for recipe books, I believe, and their software is free to download. The print quality is pretty good - I made a friend's wedding photo album through that site.

Liberté

I opened accounts in both, and ended up sticking with Wordpress (http://bruleeblog.wordpress.com) because I liked the features in there more. Everything on my site is done using one of the free templates. I just subbed in my own photo for the header, and changed the colour of the font titles. I believe you can export the content if you want to make your own domain later on. And many domain hosts offer Wordpress servers.

My advice? Test pages in both and see which one fits you better.

Lo Han Jai, a.k.a. Buddha's Delight

Kimchi scrambled eggs: http://bruleeblog.wordpress.com/2009/02/25/kimchi-scrambled-eggs/

You could do the Chinese egg and tomato stir fry thing too...

Lai Wah Heen is pretty well known. Y'all need to try the Chinese food out in Vancouver too!

Malaysian

I've been frying kim chee with scrambled eggs or omelets. Goes fantastically together!

Eating real tacos in Mexico for the very first time.

Montreal smoked meat

I'm going through some weight loss myself and have lost 9 pounds over 3 months thanks to diet and exercise. But, I have lots of muscle. People have told me I look like I've lost 20 pounds. Instead of focusing on the weight, I'm aiming for clothing sizes. I've dropped two sizes already - my goal is ultimately to be 2-3 sizes smaller. I know I will have reached my goal if I can go into a store and buy clothes from the regular sized racks.

I'm never going to be a stick - my body structure is too big for that. But I am determined to be healthy. Beyond size, I'm starting to think of physical achievements too. I may even start training to run a half-marathon sometime in the next year.

Reading your posts have helped too. Thanks for that.