[caption id="attachment_1374" align="aligncenter" width="240" caption="Photo courtesy of the Cookin' Canuck"] [/caption] What a crazy week we've had! What with snowstorms galore at home and civil unrest overseas. The Chinese New Year was a welcome relief. Goodbye tiger, hellooo rabbit. Here's hopin' that you make good on your promise and bring us some peace and calm. Who can't use a little of that right now? I think I've found mine in that photo of beer and beans. Anyway, I digress. Here's what's been happening in blog world this week: Sport and Beans: The Cookin' Canuck fixes up a mean bean dip for Super Bowl Sunday - or Hockey Night in Canada Gung hei fat choy! Ringing in the Chinese New Year with crispy fried squid Travel: "It smells like girls in here!" Brunching with the kids at the Banff Springs Hotel Valentine's Treats: Say it with Browned Butter Triple Chocolate Chunk Cookies Message from Cairo: Dwindling food supplies drive up prices in Egypt's capital What's your Super Bowl snack? Chips and dips or wings and other delicious meat products?