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THe SPICeGODDeSSBal Arneson takes the heatout of Indian cuisine

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September is an ideal time to make a change. Updating your wardrobe, getting back to sensible eating and clearing clutter from your home all make perfect sense at this time of year.

Simi Sara is facing fall with a fresh routine at home and at work. For our cover story, Look contributor Michelle Hopkins sat down with the broadcaster just as she was settling into a new house in the city and a new job as CKNW’s midday talk show host. Turn to page 20 to sit in on their conversation.

Look also catches up with Coquitlam resident and cooking show host Bal Arneson. The best-selling author of Everyday Indian and its followup, Bal’s Quick & Healthy Indian, has a knack for turning classic Indian cuisine into low-fat yet delicious meals for the everyday. Starting on page 7 she shares with Look readers her secrets for spicing up mealtimes at home and combating brown-bag boredom.

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As always, we bring you the latest clothes and accessories from your favourite neighbourhood boutiques. This fall, our fashion insiders are fi lling their closets with tweed, the colour red and lots of feminine lace. Our Fall Trend Report starts on page 13. Enjoy!

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7 SPICE GODDESS BAL ARNESON TAKES THE HEAT OUT OF INDIAN CUISINE.

8 RECIPE MASALA CHICKEN FINGERS WITH MINT AND MANGO CHUTNEY.

13 STYLE REPORT FALL FASHIONS AND ACCESSORIES.

18 TRENDS for MEN PLAID AND OTHER RUGGED LOOKS.

20 NEW WAVELENGTH TUNING IN TO SIMI SARA.

23 POWDER ROOM SMALL ON SPACE BIG ON STYLE.

26 AFTER HOURS FRED LEE’S SUMMER SOIREES.20

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Arneson is a Coquitlam-based phenom who was born in Tibbi, a village in the Punjab. Simplicity and subtlety are her watchwords — the easy spice mixtures she uses in her book, Bal’s Quick and Healthy Indian (Whitecap, $29.95), and her TV series, Spice Goddess, are meant to warm the palate and impart earthiness. Those who crave a serious chili presence can layer it on afterward. “I don’t do heat,” she says. >

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> One of Arneson’s favourite ingredients is a homemade spice blend called garam masala. Though she provides several recipe variations in Quick & Healthy, her basic version contains coriander, cumin, pepper, curry leaves, cloves, cardamom, cinnamon sticks and bay leaves. “It brings a beautiful balance and doesn’t overpower food.”

She also avoids heavy ingredients like cream and the clarifi ed butter known as ghee.

Arneson grew up using mustard oil in dishes that didn’t mask natural fl avours, but enhanced them. Her book doesn’t call for long braises, either. One recipe features raw tuna fi llet coated in crushed coriander seeds, then seared briefl y in grapeseed oil so it’s still rare inside, served with broccolini that’s steamed, then sautéed briefl y with mustard seeds.

This lighter, brighter approach to Indian cuisine has really made waves with home cooks — the second season of Spice Goddess will run on the Food Network in Canada and the Cooking Channel in the U.S.

“We’re not in the village any more,” Arneson explains. “We shouldn’t spend hours and hours in the kitchen. I can cook an amazing four-course meal in 25 minutes.”

Arneson has made no secret of the fact

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that she was trained from the age of seven to cook, sew, quilt and be subservient to men to make her a desirable candidate for an arranged marriage. Only the cooking stuck. The marriage eventually fell apart.

Arneson supplemented her Canadian university studies — she has a master’s degree in education — by catering and teaching Indian cooking. Her hobby led to her fi rst cookbook, Everyday Indian, and a friendship with the Food Network’s Chef at Home, Michael Smith.

“I remember fl ipping through the channels and seeing Michael’s show on the Food Network and I thought ‘That’s so cool — he cooks like I do,’” says Arneson, meaning simply, healthily and without recipes. Smith eventually connected her with his TV producer, Johanna Eliot. She now produces Spice Goddess, which was recently nominated for a James Beard Award.

Arneson may love Indian cooking, but in 19 years, she’s never been back to her home village. She now raises money through the sale of organic spices to support educational programs there in hopes that they’ll help other Indian women break free of traditional barriers.

Spice Goddess feels it’s crucial to pursue your passion, as she has. “Follow what you believe in,” she says. ●

Bal writes: “These don’t take long to put together, and they’re really popular with my kids and their friends. When my six-year-old son has his friends over for a play date, this is all they seem to want. They like to help make them, too. I’ve offered to teach my 17-year-old daughter and her friends how to prepare this themselves, but so far they only seem interested in eating!”

“I love adding dried fenugreek leaves to my recipes for their distinct aroma and also for the added benefi ts of protein, vitamin C, niacin and potassium,” she adds.

1 lb (500 g) boneless, skinless chicken breasts¾ cup (185 mL) plain low-fat yogurt½ cup (125 mL) chickpea fl our2 Tbsp (30 mL) dried fenugreek leaves1½ Tbsp (22.5 mL) garam masala1 tsp (5 mL) Spanish paprikaSalt and pepper to taste2 Tbsp (30 mL) grapeseed oil

Cut the chicken breasts into long strips about 1 inch (2.5 cm) wide. Combine the yogurt, chickpea fl our, fenugreek (crushing it with your hands as you add it), garam masala, paprika, salt, and pepper in a bowl. Stir well. Add the chicken strips and coat well with the mixture.

Heat the oil in a nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. When the oil is hot, carefully place the coated chicken in the skillet and reduce the heat to medium. Cook until the chicken is done, about 8 to 10 minutes, turning the strips frequently so all sides are nicely browned. The meat should be white all the way through and should pull apart easily.Serve with Mint and Mango Chutney.

Mint and Mango ChutneyMakes about 1 cup (250 mL)Mangoes are delicious when ripe and in season. During the off-season, use canned mango pulp, which is available in ethnic stores. This refreshing and fl avourful chutney takes only seconds to prepare.

2 cups (500 mL) ripe mango chunks OR 1 cup (250 mL) canned mango pulp1 cup (250 mL) loosely packed mint leaves½ cup (125 mL) chopped red onion1 medium green chili, fi nely chopped (optional)1 Tbsp (15 mL) lemon juice1 tsp (5 mL) garam masala1 tsp (5 mL) ground corianderSalt and pepper to taste¼ cup (60 mL) water

Place all the ingredients in a food processor and process until smooth. Keep in a covered glass container for up to 5 days in the refrigerator.

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When asked whether her children — 17-year-old daughter Anoop

and seven-year-old son Aaron — are picky eaters, Arneson says she’s never indulged such quirks.

“I tell them, ‘Listen — this is not a restaurant. You will eat what I cook. If you don’t like it, make your own.’”

Likewise, her kids are never called for dinner, because they’re expected to be in the kitchen already, helping to prepare it. “We talk about spices, we talk about fl avours.”

Anoop isn’t especially keen on cooking, says Arneson. Aaron’s palate is refi ned enough, however, that he recently noted that a cider he was served in a café would have benefi tted from a little cardamom.

Though she and her children enjoy every cuisine imaginable, Arneson’s kids never take the classic PB&J in their backpacks. Anoop often totes rice and chickpeas, one favourite being the Sweet and Sour Chickpeas in her mom’s latest book, which contain fresh onion and ginger, mustard seeds, coriander curry leaves, mango juice and tamarind pulp. Aaron loves the family’s homemade rotis — made with whole-wheat fl our or chickpea and all-purpose fl our, and herbs such as basil and spices like cumin — stuffed with cooked lentils, steamed broccoli and spinach.

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imi Sara answers the door to her brand new house in Kitsilano looking casual and very much at ease. Her 11-year-old son Jake politely shakes hands as he rushes out to meet friends.

Sara invites Look magazine into her home, where the boxes were just recently unpacked and furniture moved into place. “We just moved in last week,” she says with a laugh. “As you can see, the whole main floor was designed around the kitchen.”

Her oversized kitchen is a gourmet cook’s dream. She calls the style “edgy industrial.” The cabinetry is custom-made, the countertops are thick concrete and her stainless steel appliances are restaurant grade. Besides being a self-admitted workaholic and news junkie, Sara loves to cook. “I worked my way through Julia Child’s cookbooks and I troll the Internet for recipes,” she says, adding her favourite cuisine is Italian.

As she sits in her sunny, cosy living room to chat about her new radio show, The Simi Sara Show on CKNW, which debuted Aug. 22, Sara says she has slowed down a bit and it “feels really good.”

“When I was working on television, I missed out on my kids’ field trips and a lot of other activities,” Sara muses. “Now, as an afternoon anchor, I can drive them to school in the morning and be there when they come home to do homework and have dinner together.

“This opportunity couldn’t have come at a better time for me.”

Sara takes over CKNW’s talk show once hosted by B.C.’s current premier, Christy Clark, who left to pursue political office. The Simi Sara Show airs each weekday from 12:30 to 3 p.m.

“Radio is so smart … in television you are condensing a story into two minutes but on CKNW I can discuss an issue for 10 to 15 minutes, providing an in-depth perspective,” says Sara.

Sara has been filling in as a guest host for CKNW for the past year. “I love that

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radio is an intimate medium and you can interact right away with your listeners,” she adds.

Meanwhile, Sara is very much aware that she has big shoes to fill; a challenge she appears ready for. “I realize I am filling the shoes of the premier, and former hosts Rafe Mair and Mike Smyth, all of whom are terrific journalists,” says Sara, before adding: “More than 100 people applied for this job so I’m grateful that CKNW believes in me.”

The two-time B.C. Association of Broadcasters award winner has been in the public eye for nearly two decades. She has been a reporter, writer, producer and anchor.

This is a time of real change for Sara, exciting to be sure, and one she is embracing. “It’s really been an interesting three years,” she says.

Sara was devastated when she was laid off in 2008 as co-anchor of Breakfast Television and host of CityCooks at Citytv. “The layoff was difficult but it gave me time to evaluate what I wanted to do with my life, if I wanted to change careers or what,” she says.

Sara didn’t have long to think about it. In the late spring 2009, TALK 1410 (CFUN’s talk radio venture), offered her a morning talk show, the Simi Sara Show, which aired from 6 to 10 a.m. “It was early, I had to be up at 4 a.m. every morning, but I found I loved talk radio,” Sara says.

Neil Gallagher, former vice-president and general manager of CHUM Radio Vancouver, hired Sara. He has nothing but glowing things to say about her. “Simi is not only smart, a great conversationalist and empathetic, but she is one of the nicest people you will ever meet,” says Gallagher. “Her listeners could really relate to her because she was always really well informed about current issues and she made it understandable to her listeners … a great skill for a talk show host.”

Then, four months into her new career,

the axe fell again. “Essentially, I knew once again that the new management didn’t want me there, and they eventually shut down TALK 1410,” says the ever-pragmatic Sara.

Then, with that signature smile, she adds: “But I’m here to say there is a light at the end of the tunnel.”

At the moment, Sara wants to dispel rumours that she isn’t going to be tough enough on politicians on her new show. “Some people think I’m not tough enough with guests, but there are ways to do that without a knock-down fight,” Sara says. “It’s a pretty toxic environment for politicians right now and I think I can discuss issues in a respectful manner and still get to the heart of the issue. “Nobody needs to attack.”

Sara’s first foray into journalism came in high school. The Vancouver native grew up in Cloverdale and moved to Vancouver’s West Side where she completed her last two years of high school at Point Grey secondary. There, she cut her teeth on the school newspaper. “I always knew I wanted to be in this business,” she says.

Right after high school, Sara studied journalism at Langara College. She began her career as a print reporter with The Surrey Leader back in the early ’90s.

Although she studied print media, not broadcast, Sara was offered an internship in 1993 at Citytv. “I went there for a visit and they hired me on as a practicum student,” she says.

From that moment, Sara, then 21, was hooked on television. Now, she wants to show British Columbians she can tackle her own news radio show on CKNW.

A typical day for Sara now involves drinking her morning coffee hunched over her computer, reading everything from The Huffington Post, AOL, MSNBC and The Guardian to Vancouver Sun and The Province newspapers.

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prep work and so I read as much news as I can,” she says. “Then, I take lots of notes … I’m the Post-it queen.”

Although the veteran broadcaster is dubbed a “proud Surrey girl” in the press (and yes she is, Sara says), she actually spent the last two decades living in Ladner on a 20-acre farm she shared with her husband Loyola O’Neill, son Jake and 14-year-old daughter Gina.

The move to Vancouver was precipitated by Sara’s need to have more time for her family. “The last three years have taught me how precious life is and that was a big factor for moving here,”

Sara adds. “I used to have to drive my kids to their friends’ house all the time and it just took me so much time getting to and from work. “Now, we walk more than we drive.”

The couple bought their Kits lot two years ago, then spent a year designing their 2,700-square-foot home and another six months on the construction of it. “I’m already settling in quite nicely,” she says.

Her colleagues and listeners are quite certain the affable Sara will do the same at CKNW. l

Top left CKNW talk show host Simi Sara relaxes at home with son Jake and daughter Gina. Top the kitchen of her new house on Vancouver’s West Side is a favourite hangout spot for family and friends. A typical day for the news radio host starts at the computer left with a review of the day’s stories, several hours before heading into the CKNW studio above where Sara converses with newsmakers and lets listeners have their say.

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he powder room may be one of the smallest rooms in a house, but it should pack the biggest punch when it comes to design.

It is the restroom that will get used most by visitors, and for that reason it is a great space for homeowners to show off their style, says Teresa Cain, interior designer and owner of Interior Solutions in West Vancouver. “We love doing the powder room because they are like little jewel boxes,” Cain says, adding that the rooms can be “beautiful little surprises.”

The powder room is also where homeowners can make a big splash without having to splurge. “You can really get some drama without big expenses,” says North Vancouver residential designer Kevin Vallely.

One way to create that drama is by using tiles or stones. For example, Vallely worked with a client who had stones put under a glass countertop, then added lighting and water to create a calming effect.

Wallpaper is another way to add texture and flair, he says. “Wallpaper is a big trend that we are seeing, whether you are doing one wall or the whole room,” Vallely says.

Vallely also suggests looking up for a little inspiration. Try a tin ceiling or go West Coast natural with exposed wood. Make use of every inch of space, he says.

Layering lighting is another way to make the powder room interesting. Add a general light and then some mood lighting to bring depth to the room, Vallely explains. “Even though it’s a really small room, you can do a lot with the lighting. You are going for depth and making it functional for different tasks.”

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Painting the existing vanity can breathe new life into a tired powder room. The options are endless, but Cain says some interesting hues include soft grey, high-gloss black or blood red for an Asian-inspired look. “Just by changing the colour of something you can completely change the powder room,” she says, adding that another way to freshen up the vanity is to change up the hardware.

“For such a small room you want some punch. Even just putting up some bold paint can have an impact,” says the interior designer. “If you are going to do it, have confidence.”

Cain agrees with Vallely that it is possible to give the powder room a new look on a shoestring budget. “It’s a good space to save money; it’s not as costly as other rooms,” she says.

For those who can afford it, Cain recommends spending extra money picking unique bathroom fixtures.

Ashley Watson, showroom manager at The Elegant Bath Gallery, with locations in Burnaby, Surrey and Abbotsford, says investing in a distinctive faucet is a fun and functional way to add a little personality to a room.

And don’t forget the flush. Most customers are seeking loos with clean, contemporary lines, according to Watson. One-piece toilets are popular choices for powder rooms because they free up space.

Today’s toilets are laps of luxury. Comfort-height toilets, which are positioned to standard chair height, are another popular pick, Watson says. “Technically, it’s a handicap toilet (height), but it’s more comfortable,” she explains. “There’s no such thing as going and picking up a basic toilet. You want to mix performance with design.”

The bathroom specialist says that the powder room and master bathroom are the two washrooms where homeowners focus on design.

“You might save a bit of money in the kids’ bathroom and the basement bath, but in the powder and the master you really want to go with what you like,” she says.

All three experts agree that being bold is best when it comes to the look of the powder room, but it’s still important to stay true to a house’s overall character.

“Think about the context of the house and whether the space fits in it,” Cain says.

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Jessie’s girl: Will & Grace’s Eric McCormack helped Jennifer Clement celebrate her first Jessie Richardson Theatre Award, for her supporting role in Morris Panych’s The Trespassers.

Singer Jann Arden sang for her supper at Hidekazu Tojo’s $1,000-a-ticket Canadian Red Cross benefit. The Tojo and Friends Gala brought chefs and musicians together and generated $150,000 for victims of the disaster in Japan.

Burnaby and Surrey students Dakota Courtoreille, Peter Recchia, Megan McKee, Janelle Yee and Sarah Spencer from Out in Schools marched in the 33rd annual Pride Parade.

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Winemaker Jacob Kovacs and his brother Jessie, a runner-up on The Bachelorette, enjoyed some Okanagan wine at the Osoyoos Celebrity Wine Festival.

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