{"id":9,"date":"2011-10-19T19:00:14","date_gmt":"2011-10-19T19:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mrsbutterfingers.com\/wp\/?page_id=9"},"modified":"2015-01-14T20:58:10","modified_gmt":"2015-01-14T20:58:10","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/mrsbutterfingers.com\/?page_id=9","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"

Long ago a girl dreamed of following in her Father’s footsteps and becoming a chef.\u00a0\u00a0 Owning her own restaurant.\u00a0 To her great joy she met a man who shared the same dream.\u00a0 Together they cooked from the heart, and created food that nourished the soul.<\/p>\n

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Their first restaurant was BASSETT’S FANCY DESSERTS. \u00a0 BASSETT’S was more than a cafe serving elaborate French desserts, rich European tortes, chocolate truffles, profiteroles,\u00a0 and house-made ice creams.\u00a0 BASSETT’S dished out glorious pat\u00e9s and crepes,\u00a0 soups and house-made rolls with sophisticated fillings. This innovative dessert restaurant and coffee house was considered by WHERE TO EAT IN CANADA as “the best in the business”. In it’s first six months of operation is was quickly recognized and written up in Air Canada’s EN ROUTE\u00a0 and WHERE TO EAT IN CANADA.<\/p>\n

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Their second restaurant, ROXY’S BISTRO was consistently written up in major food publications such as WESTERN LIVING, a major Toronto food magazine CUISINE, EN ROUTE and GOURMET.\u00a0 Where To Eat In Canada <\/em>listed ROXY’S BISTRO, Regina in their One Hundred Best Restaurants in Canada.\u00a0 The Globe and Mail described<\/em> “Roxy’s cuisine as cutting edge. ROXY’S kitchen cooked the French classics and borrowed from cuisines around the world to create their extraordinarily unique menu.\u00a0 Located in a capital city it was not uncommon to receive reservations directly from Paris and Moscow.<\/p>\n

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They opened PASSIONATE PIZZA in Vancouver.\u00a0 No ordinary pizzeria this.\u00a0\u00a0 The aroma of oven roasted tomato sauce, wheels of Parmesan Reggiano, flats of growing basil,\u00a0 filled the open kitchen .\u00a0 Within a few months of opening PASSIONATE PIZZA was receiving Canada wide acclaim on CBC”s Jorgen Goeth’s Disc Drive and Peter Gzowski’s show Morning Side.\u00a0 In the very first year it was voted BEST PIZZA IN VANCOUVER by Vancouver <\/em>magazine, and by the U.S. publication Best Restaurants in the Pacific North West.\u00a0 James Barber reviewed it in the Georgian Strait and the Vancouver Sun did a half page feature article.
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The restaurants are now happy memories.\u00a0\u00a0 This passion for food.\u00a0 This love of cooking.\u00a0 This joy of\u00a0 putting food on the table for friends and family is shared with all who enter the world of MRS. BUTTERFINGERS.\u00a0 MRS BUTTERFINGERS is about cooking, not to impress, but to nurture and comfort.\u00a0\u00a0 It is a blog for those\u00a0 who wish to create food with heart and soul.<\/p>\n

When Virginia\u00a0 shares these recipes with you she shares the experience of someone who has cooked for more than fifty years,\u00a0 thirty of those years in a professional kitchen.\u00a0 Enjoy!\u00a0 Pour yourself a glass of wine, put on some great music and your food will be wonderful.\u00a0 The kitchen is truly the heart of the home.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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