Jun 17, 2014 | fruits & vegetables, grilling & smoking, in the kitchen, recipes, side dishes
The Challenge: A “Thai” side dish, featuring vegetables and using a porcelain coated wok. Since this is a side dish, I wanted to keep things simple, but still wanted to create a dish that added a lot of impact to a meal. This quick vegetable stir-fry...
Jun 16, 2014 | chicken & poultry, in the kitchen, recipes
The Challenge: A “British” appetizer, featuring chicken legs and using a stainless steel wing rack. Out of the five recipes I created for the #OGBChallenge, I think this one gave me the most trouble. Now, I LOVE all things British and London is one of my...
Jun 16, 2014 | in the kitchen, personal
Sometimes I agree to do crazy things without thinking them through first. For example, when the awesome folks at Ontario Gas BBQ (OGB), the world’s largest BBQ store, invited me to take part in a grilling challenge, I thought it would be a great opportunity to...
Jun 11, 2014 | beyond the kitchen, infographics
I really heart ramen. I love all noodles, but ramen is definitely one of my favourites so this infographic was a fun discovery. ~ About Infographic Wednesdays ~ I love geeky facts. And I love food. So, when you combine them into food infographics…I’m in...
Jun 9, 2014 | book reviews, bookshelf, reviews
title: Garde-Manger author: Chuck Hughes publication date: April 16, 2012 publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd Food is constantly evolving, changing, becoming…Food is alive! Capturing something as ephemeral as a recipe or a favourite dish is anything but...
Jun 4, 2014 | beyond the kitchen, infographics
I love geeky facts. And I love food. So, when you combine them into food infographics… I’m in food geek heaven! I’ve decided to share some of the most interesting and useful food infographics that I’ve come across. Every Wednesday (or most...
May 31, 2014 | book reviews, bookshelf, reviews
title: A History of the World in 6 Glasses author: Tom Standage publication date: April 30, 2006 publisher: Walker & Company If you don’t know already, then you’ll probably find out sooner or later than I am a bit of a geek. I love facts and trivia and...
May 28, 2014 | beyond the kitchen, infographics
I love geeky facts. And I love food. So, when you combine them into food infographics… I’m in food geek heaven! I’ve decided to share some of the most interesting and useful food infographics that I’ve come across. Every Wednesday (or most...
May 26, 2014 | book reviews, bookshelf, reviews
title: Butter Baked Goods: Nostalgic Recipes from a Little Neighborhood Bakery author: Rosie Daykin publication date: October 15, 2013 publisher: Appetite by Random House My recipes were not created to impress people – they were created to spoil them, to...
May 23, 2014 | beyond the kitchen, eating out
If you’ve heard that yell before, then you know you’re within earshot of Erynn Mayes and Megan Chan, the two lovely gals behind Kanga (@EatKanga). I met Erynn and Megan about a year ago and Paul and I fell in love with their Aussie Meat Pies almost...
May 20, 2014 | book reviews, bookshelf, reviews
title: Nigellissima: Easy Italian-Inspired Recipes author: Nigella Lawson publication date: February 12, 2013 publisher: Knopf Canada What I am is an Englishwoman who has lived in Italy, who loves Italian food, and has been inspired and influenced by that: my food and...
May 5, 2014 | beyond the kitchen, eating out
Besides being the target for a some great puns, (“We should eat there, it looks wonderpho!”), WonderPho is a small, eye-catching restaurant near Don Mills and York Mills that Paul and I pass quite often since we live in the neighbourhood. We kept saying...
Apr 22, 2014 | beyond the kitchen, books, bookshelf, giveaways
As you may or may not know…I’m a bit obsessed with food books. Food writing, cookbooks, food reference books, it doesn’t matter, I read them all. I was collecting and reading food books WAY before I started this blog and WAY before I started trying...
Apr 18, 2014 | books, bookshelf
I have a dilemma. One that has now been bugging me for weeks. It’s not that serious…it doesn’t keep me up at night (yet), but it’s something I need to make a decision on within the next few months. How the heck do I organize my cookbooks/food...
Apr 13, 2014 | beyond the kitchen, events
“Yum cha” translates from Cantonese as “drink tea”, but it’s so much more than just drinking tea. Yum cha is the Chinese morning/afternoon meal that involves drinking tea and eating dim sum dishes and it’s one of my favourite things...
