Aug 22, 2012 | new posts - travel, our travels, travel, travel info
Paul and I are back from our one-week vacation in Rome and if you’ve been following me on Twitter and/or Instagram, then you’ll know we packed A LOT of sight-seeing into seven days! We chose to go to Rome at the very last minute – within the span of...
Aug 8, 2012 | in the kitchen
If there’s one meal that Paul and I love, it’s hamburgers. Especially Paul – he really loves his burgers! During the summer, we tend to have burgers a lot since the BBQ is in use at least two times a week. Plus, this year Paul has been whipping up...
Aug 3, 2012 | beyond the kitchen, events, giveaways
Congratulations to the winners of my CNE Admission Pass giveaway! From all your comments and tweets, it looks like there’s lots of interest in Bacon Nation and the other new offerings, but tradition seems to still hold sway (that, and tiny donuts). Here are the...
Jul 27, 2012 | beyond the kitchen, events, giveaways
I’m giving away passes to the 2012 CNE in Toronto! What does this has to do with food, you ask? How about the awesome FOOD building?! Plus, this year, there’s going to be a Food Truck Frenzy inside the Princes’ Gates!! Each of the following actions will...
Jul 26, 2012 | in the kitchen, pork & bacon, recipes
My mom is a great cook. I know a lot of kids grow up thinking this way, but what I love about my mom is that she still makes a lot of traditional Chinese dishes, even though she’s been a Canadian citizen for over 40 years. She even makes many traditional dishes...
Jul 19, 2012 | beyond the kitchen
Last week I had four glorious days off from work so Paul and I scooted up north to relax and do nothing (well, Paul continued building a deck, while I relaxed). In between the sunning, napping and general laziness, we actually went to Peterborough a couple of times,...
Jul 11, 2012 | in the kitchen
Earlier this year, I was chosen as a Brand Ambassador for Canada Beef Inc, which I am totally excited about (Paul’s pretty excited too). Not only are we both big beef eaters, we generally feel pretty patriotic whenever we’re travelling and see...
Jul 8, 2012 | cupcakes & muffins, desserts & sweets, in the kitchen, recipes
I had a couple of extra days off from work last weekend so I was planning on whipping up a double-batch of banana crumb muffins (after I made them for the first time, there were a lot of complaints from family members who saw the photos and didn’t get to try any...
Jul 5, 2012 | beyond the kitchen
We spent Canada Day weekend up by Pigeon Lake again and, as always, there was lots of eating, socializing and sunning to be done. Did I mention the eating? More than once, someone was heard to comment, “It feels like all we do is eat up here!” How true....
Jun 27, 2012 | cupcakes & muffins, desserts & sweets, in the kitchen, recipes
I had a real “baker” moment last weekend. I woke up and just felt the urge to BAKE something. I’ve never had that feeling before. The problem was I didn’t really have that many ingredients handy…until noticed there were four over-ripe...
Jun 21, 2012 | in the kitchen
A couple of weekends ago, I managed to cross off one of my food resolutions for 2012 – making strawberry freezer jam! I love jam. I’m especially a fan of “berry” jams – raspberry, strawberry – and being able to make my own...
Jun 11, 2012 | beyond the kitchen
Last month I decided that I’d (foolishly) try to eat every single flavour of ice cream from The Kawartha Dairy – what’s a summer without a few crazy goals, right? And if the summer goal involves ice cream – even better! Since we’re...
Jun 4, 2012 | desserts & sweets, frozen treats, in the kitchen, recipes
About five years ago, my lovely sister got me a Cuisinart ice cream maker for my birthday after I mentioned that it would be fun to have one. I used it once (to make a mango sorbet) and then put it back into the box where it languished for the next half-decade....
May 28, 2012 | in the kitchen
Last weekend I finally got around to organizing my spice jars. Ever since Paul and I started cooking regularly, we’ve been slowly accumulating all those lovely herbs and spices that most kitchens already have – things like baking powder, mustard powder,...
May 18, 2012 | chocolate, cupcakes & muffins, desserts & sweets, in the kitchen, recipes
Paul is a huge fan of chocolate-mint flavoured anything, so when I saw this recipe for mint-filled brownie cupcakes in Martha Stewart’s Cupcakes cookbook, I knew I had to give them a try. The ingredients list is nice and short and the recipe is very easy...
