Toronto is known as “the city within a park”. Just about every resident lives with walking distance of a park, although most of these are not huge multi-acre swaths of land, but are little in-fill parkettes. Parkettes pop up in the middle of residential streets, and at one point, probably had houses on them. Now [...]
Posts from ‘October, 2008’
Chocolate Not for the Faint of Heart
One of the perks of my job is that I often get to try new products and food items before they’re generally available. Last week, I was at a local restaurant called Cava for a chocolate and spirits pairing featuring the chocolates from Michel Cluizel, a French chocolatier that I particularly enjoy. The owner of [...]
Orange Butter Cookies
Despite the fact that it’s pretty much the same recipes every year, I find myself compelled to buy the Better Homes and Gardens Christmas Cookies magazine when it hits the stands. I don’t actually make a lot of cookies for the holidays, concentrating instead on the trio of fruitcakes my family insists upon, as well [...]
Thanksgiving Brunch at the Palais Royale
Holidays are a little weird at our house. Both our families live down east, and being childfree, there’s usually less incentive to get into the decorating and feasting than if we had spawned. Because it’s just the two of us, we seldom end up doing anything huge for occasions like Thanksgiving or Christmas. And while [...]
Farmer In Chief
In yesterday’s New York Times Magazine, author and food activist Michael Pollan penned an open letter to the next US President on changes he’d like to see in the food policy of the US. It’s 9 pages long – a lot of reading – but if you read nothing else this week, please have a [...]
Leggo My Eggo – Organic and Mainstream, Side by Side
My local Dominion store recently changed its name and became a Metro. I grew up with Dominion (my uncle was the manager of the location in our neighbourhood, and my aunt – his sister – ran the butcher shop and bakery), but the Metro name is new to me. We don’t do a lot of [...]
