Aug 12, 2013 | beyond the kitchen, personal
I just wanted to write a quick note to let you all know about an exciting new happening in our lives – Paul and I bought a house! It’s our first home-buying experience, so we’re pretty excited. There’s quite a bit of work to be done in the...
Aug 8, 2013 | beyond the kitchen, eating out, events
Location: 2901 Bayview Avenue, Toronto Description on Summerlicious site: Oliver & Bonacini Café Grill, Bayview Village is the first of O&B’s casual dining restaurants. This large urban space feels very downtown despite its North Toronto location. A...
Aug 1, 2013 | beyond the kitchen, eating out, events
Location: 7 O’Neill Road, Toronto Description on Summerlicious site: Inspired by Belgium’s passion and unparalleled reputation for the finer things in life, the Bier Markt brings you the ultimate dining experience; knowledgeable staff guiding you through...
Jul 22, 2013 | beyond the kitchen, events, personal
Paul and I celebrated our 9th wedding anniversary a couple of weeks ago and we celebrated by having a few lunches during Summerlicious. For those outside Toronto, Summerlicious (and Winterlicious) are two food festivals held every year here in Toronto. Winterlicious...
Jul 19, 2013 | in the kitchen, main courses, recipes, seafood
Ever since our honeymoon in Hawaii many years ago, Paul and I have always been partial to mahi-mahi. Also known as dorado or dolphin fish (relax people, it’s not related to dolphins in any way), mahi-mahi is a very “meaty” fish. By meaty, I mean that...
Jul 17, 2013 | beyond the kitchen
Last year I had the ambitious notion that I would try every flavour on the Kawartha Dairy menu board. Boy, was I wrong! I only managed 14 flavours…but I loved every minute of it. 🙂 This year I wasn’t really thinking about trying the ice cream wall again,...
Jul 2, 2013 | beyond the kitchen, events
The lovely Ashley from SmashCake was kind (and brave) enough to let me help out at her booth at the recent Toronto Food Fest. After doing the rounds at the event as a blogger/eater at the mediapreview hour, I slipped behind the table to join Ashley and Greg and saw...
Jun 24, 2013 | beyond the kitchen, events
This past Sunday, I got to play two very different foodie roles at the same event. First, Paul and I attended the media preview hour of the 2nd annual Toronto Food Fest (what this post is about) and then I slipped behind the SmashCake booth to see what life was like...
Jun 13, 2013 | beef, grilling & smoking, in the kitchen, main courses, products, recipes
Paul makes awesome burgers. Seriously awesome burgers. One of his secrets is to add some “moisture” ingredient to the meat before shaping the patty – it can be mustard, pesto sauce, barbeque sauce, beer…really, there are an unlimited number of...
Jun 6, 2013 | chicken & poultry, in the kitchen, main courses, pasta & noodles, products, recipes
Paul and I make our own tomato sauce all the time – in fact, we’ve never purchased tomato sauce before and we have bought pesto sauce, but mainly because fresh basil is expensive and for some reason, basil is the only plant that refuses to grow in our...
May 31, 2013 | chocolate, cupcakes & muffins, desserts & sweets, in the kitchen, new posts - in the kitchen, recipes
Both my brother-in-law, Dave, and my sister-in-law, Alex, answered with an emphatic “chocolate” when I asked them what flavour they wanted their birthday cupcakes to be. After a little more thought, Alex added that she wouldn’t mind Nutella cupcakes...
May 29, 2013 | beyond the kitchen, events
Last year, Paul and I attended the first ever Fresh Fest 2012 – the first time that the Ontario Food Terminal had been opened to the public. We had such a great time that I told my family, friends and co-workers all about it so that they could check it out this...
May 24, 2013 | chocolate, cupcakes & muffins, desserts & sweets, in the kitchen, new posts - in the kitchen, popular, recipes
I never gave my father-in-law a chance to choose his birthday cupcake flavour – it was always going to be Crown Royal cupcakes. You see, many years ago, when Paul and I were still dating, I gave a bottle of Crown Royal Canadian whisky to his dad for Christmas...
May 18, 2013 | beyond the kitchen, giveaways, products
I was recently approached by Maison Le Grand, a Canadian company, to try out their new line of Rosée Sauces and I can’t wait to get my hands on them. Paul and I rarely purchase pasta sauces – we always make our tomato sauce own from scratch. However, from...
May 13, 2013 | in the kitchen, personal
Earlier this year, I had the crazy idea to bake cupcakes for each of my close family members on their birthday. But, not just any cupcakes – these were going to be special birthday cupcakes based on a flavour that was either requested by them or chosen by me...
