Pop. So it’s not the most exciting blog post? I can only find this at one store in all of Toronto, and believe me, I’ve been to ALL the stores here. All of them. Well, most of them. Can’t you just taste it right now? So delicious. So full of artificial everything. Yummmm. Ok, and [...]
Crumbles be damned, from this day forward I am a Cobbler girl. I think I got this recipe from PW and it’s a total winner: 1 stick butter, melted 1.25 C sugar 1 C self-rising flour 1 C milk (I used goat milk because that’s what we have here these days) 2 C blackberries Whisk [...]
When you have the time/space. Since last Monday when I was at the Sorauren Farmer’s Market (which, if you are in the area, you really should go to, it’s small but everyone there is nice and has beautiful local/organic produce) and met some nice ladies from Parkdale’s Westend Food Co-op who made me think about [...]
In an effort to be healthier, I’ve switched up my normal diet. Of course, I’ve become addicted to this meal and eat it daily. Well, as far as I can tell, there’s nothing bad in it. It’s a baked sweet potato with a mixed green salad dumped on top, with a lemon juice, olive oil, [...]
I took these on my walk home from Dufferin Mall today. I tried to take a picture of an hilarious hipster but missed him by inches so I turned my camera to myself instead. I’m almost as hip, with my Gap for Kids sunglasses, right? It’s better blown up, if you click it you can [...]
I’ve been working on being extra healthy this winter and so far, so good. No colds or flues to mention-yet. Part of that regime was inspired by Karyn, the owner of the workroom where I am taking my quilting class. One evening she was making herself dinner, and it smelled so good I knew I [...]
It snowed a little here in Toronto today, not much-maybe an inch or so-but it sure was cold. How cold? This hydrant/faucet thingy on Roncesvalles was feeling it: Don’t lick it. We did end up playing at the park too, but not for long. Ari and I worked on several projects, the first a teddy [...]
The gravlax I mentioned the other day was unwrapped, rinsed, sliced and eaten. Not entirely, no, that would be crazy, but we ate about a quarter of it. A lot. The only thing I would do differently-next time I make it and there will be a next time-is to use actual Kosher salt rather than [...]
I wanted to make something new, festive and pretty for dinner tonight and I was successful on all three points. I made Beet Barley Risotto and I only made a few minor changes to the recipe. I added about 2 tablespoons of cold butter at the end to make it shiny and creamy. I also [...]
Since the Cuban authorities had other ideas about our vacation (Shannon called it 20 minutes, but it was really closer to an hour total on the ground there), I’ve had to figure out other ways to amuse myself while off work for a few days-other than wound licking. I’ve done some more knitting-the shawl I [...]
