Okay, so I’m flipping through one of the happy housewife magazines that I subscribe to, eating lunch and not really paying attention to what I’m reading ($160 is too much to pay for a hot trend item that looks good on exactly nobody and will be out of style in 6 months) when I come [...]
Posts from ‘October, 2007’
Berry, Berry Good
It’s October 24th and I ate local strawberries for breakfast this morning. This is crazy. There are a few farmers who grow a variety of strawberry that is ever-bearing. That is, the plants produce fruit continuously from June until the first frost. Usually that first frost comes in early October, but this year, October has [...]
You're Frozen, When Your Heart's Not Open
So we finally broke down and bought a small freezer. It’s something Greg and I had been discussing since the spring, but we dragged our heels too much and missed the boat on getting one in time to stock up on all the summer produce. My concerns were mostly getting one that was apartment-sized, but [...]
Alice in Wonderland
I once worked for a woman who was a whirlwind. Driven, creative, incredibly knowledgeable in her field, kind as can be, she nevertheless drove me and every other person who worked for her right around the bend. She was one of those folks who took on more and more work, spreading herself too thin, ignoring [...]
The Final Harvest Feast
Autumn is undoubtedly my favourite season. It smells fantastic, the air is crisp, you sweat a whole lot less, and in terms of food, there is such a huge variety on offer. It also means the end of the harvest season, though, and I get how some people can find it a bit sad. Things [...]
Chipping Away at Flavour
Earlier today at brunch, Greg and I were discussing Stella McCartney’s spring line in which she has purportedly brought back the drop-crotch pants of the 80s. No, not those “MC Hammer” pants… that was a the death of a style. I’m think more Visage-era New Romantic drop-crotch pants. In any case, we joked that it [...]
The Fork in the Road
I’ve got a new food blog. Yes, another one! I’ve teamed up with the folks at the Toronto produce delivery service, Wanigan, to run a blog about the weekly box of produce they send me, and what I cook with the contents. The first box arrived today, and I start cooking (and posting) tomorrow. Please [...]
The Official Dinner
Living just a couple of blocks from both the Gladstone and the Drake hotels, it’s not uncommon for me to be strolling along Queen Street West and come across something that sets my eyes rolling back into my head in annoyance. More and more often, my neighbourhood is too damned pretentious for its own good. [...]
Slave to the Kitchen
You’ve gotta have a lot of respect, and a healthy does of fear, for someone who can make Gordon Ramsay cry. Anyone who has spent hours watching Hell’s Kitchen wondering where the hell Ramsay learned to run a kitchen like THAT can look no further than his teacher and mentor, Marco Pierre White. The original [...]
