Food

My Top Ten Guilty Pleasures

April 3, 2012 Food

I’m on a campaign to strip the guilt out of all my guilty pleasures. Needless to say, it’s not easy going (have you noticed, we humans seem to be hardwired for guilt?). But in the meantime, I thought I’d share my top ten guilty pleasures with you. You probably won’t be surprised that my list [...]

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Eating Well, the Pinterest Way

March 10, 2012 Food

Pinterest has really changed the way we eat around here. Now that it’s so handy – and visually appealing! – for me to bookmark a recipe, I’m not just reading through various food blogs and occasionally hollering to Ward (wherever he might be), “What do you think about this dish?”. No, not at all. Now [...]

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Saturday Ramblings: Hollywood, Tosca, and Americas Test Kitchen

February 11, 2012 Food

Whew! What a wild week this has been. I’m supposed to be in my “less busy” season, but somehow, what with projects showing up earlier than expected, I ended up with three deadlines this week. That kind of stuff is only supposed to happen in November and December! So I thought it would be good [...]

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My First Cookbook: Fear of Frying, by James Barber

January 28, 2012 Food

I thought I’d take you all on a trip down memory lane with this week’s Weekend Cooking post. This is the very first cookbook I ever bought: James Barber’s Fear of Frying. In addition to writing cookbooks, Barber (1923-2007)  was also the host of CBC’s Urban Peasant. I bought this cookbook back in my student [...]

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Addictive! Maple Bacon Cupcakes

January 21, 2012 Food

I have a confession to make: I’m not much of a cupcake person. I’ll squeal with as much enthusiasm as everyone else when I see a picture of a super cute cupcake on Pinterest, but really, I have very little interesting in actually eating one. I just like cute and pretty food. BUT … Earlier [...]

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Yes, Im Food-Obsessed

October 29, 2011 Food

In the midst of all the busy busy busy of my life these past few months, one thing has become very clear to me. I’m kind of food obsessed. I take a short trip to L.A. and what do I bring back with me? Food memories. I mean, really – who goes to L.A. and [...]

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Holy Lobster Mashed Potatoes, Batman!

October 23, 2011 Food

Last weekend I flew to L.A. for a workshop, and unfortunately, I haven’t written up about my trip there yet. Because I came back to an avalanche of work deadlines and all the busy-doing of packing up for our Big Move. Can you say, Massive Overwhelm? Needless to say, in the midst of all of [...]

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Thanksgiving: What’s On the Menu

October 8, 2011 Food

Happy Canadian Thanksgiving, everyone! We’re holding our Thanksgiving feast tomorrow, and since I probably won’t have time to write up my Weekend Cooking post after our celebrations, I thought I’d fill you all in on our menu today. This year’s Thanksgiving dinner will be somewhat poignant, as it will be the last big family celebration [...]

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My Burning Frozen Meatballs Question

October 2, 2011 Food

This Weekend Cooking post wasn’t supposed to be only about frozen meatballs. You see, during my ten-day takeover of the kitchen while my home chef husband was away doing heavy-duty martial arts training in Okinawa (at the end of which he graded for his 6th degree black belt), I kept coming up with random questions [...]

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Kitchen Mishaps, Kitchen Wisdom

September 24, 2011 Food

It’s been a week and a day since my husband headed off for some intensive martial arts training in Okinawa, Japan. Which means I now have a week and a day of kitchen time under my belt. To paraphrase Oprah, what do I know to be true? Well, mainly that I’m much better at eating [...]

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