to a fellow can-a-dian, mark! [[the new format is great, tons of options.]] does that mean you aren't new to tgp? i love how easy it is to know who's here 'now ... and view everyone's profile. your's says you are from (or living in) montreal. i lived on pine ave west many years ago while my 'new' husband was a dialysis patient at the royal victoria hospital. we later learned to do home dialysis and (tG because you had to be bi-lingual to work for bell canada in montreal) got transfered to the toronto general hospital's program in toronto where we lived for the next 17 years until he had a successful kidney transplant. boy! you're in the right place to hear some fancy vegetarian recipes ... and rub shoulders with 'seasoned' v chefs! sun~rose and amena for two. they'll likely be surprised to hear ... but i'm not far behind them really got a few years of cooking and eating naturally under my own belt ... plus my 'best' friend caters all nationalities gourmet, plus vegetarian from her own kitchen and loves to teach me everything she knows. the enchanted broccoli forest by mollie katzen is the book i most often cook from ... do you know it? am also wondering how you came to find Raj ... or he find you, as the truth may be? and are you also a student of acim? i'm not usually so nosey ... but like they say ... "to know you is to love you!" all the best ~ rinda |