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Dear Eric: I鈥檝e looked everywhere and can鈥檛 find the noodles that my wife cooked for me almost daily in Vietnam.

In a retirement mecca such as Victoria, with so many the-kids-are-gone couples living here, it鈥檚 not surprising I get requests for recipes that serve two.

Dear Eric: I feel like I want to eat more lamb, but I don鈥檛 know what cuts to buy. Can you help? Jill Dear Jill: Despite being widely available in sa国际传媒, lamb still plays second fiddle to other meats, such as beef, pork and chicken.

Dear Dr. Roach: I recently had a screening mammogram, and received a letter from my doctor saying the results were normal.

I had brunch with three friends a few weeks ago in聽Vancouver鈥檚 Gastown at聽a place called The Flying Pig. On the menu was croque madame and two of my friends ordered it.

Dear Eric: We want to do a retro 鈥�70s dinner party. I seem to recall chicken 脿 la king was madly fashionable. I know it involved chicken and mushrooms in a white sauce over vol au vent shells.

I recently celebrated my 18th year as sa国际传媒 food writer. After more than 2,000 columns, it was clear I聽had covered almost every food topic imaginable. But over the years, I鈥檝e discovered that there鈥檚 always a trendy new food to write about.

Dear Dr. Roach: My husband, who is 59 years old, has been diagnosed with 鈥渇atty liver.鈥� He is five foot nine and weighs 300 pounds. He has struggled all of his life with his weight. He has pain and tenderness in his upper right side.

Red, yellow and green, sweet or strong, the allium bulb has an important role in the Canadian kitchen

For many of us, a best- remembered comfort food came not from mom鈥檚 oven, but direct from the supermarket: that ready-cooked rotisserie chicken.