I want to begin by thanking all those who have tagged me in many instances of blog exercises, MEME’d me to divulge just a little more about myself, for feting me with blog awards and accolades. You have all also given me the opportunity to the hone my cut/paste and link skills. I am forever [...]
A few years ago while on my way to Greece for my summer vacation, I stopped for a few days in Budapest, Hungary. Budapest is really two cities: Buda sits on the hilly western bank of the Danube River and Pest to the east. Combined the two cities are known as Budapest. Hungary is known [...]
Having eaten rich foods over the holidays, I wanted to eat something lighter (without raiding my birds’ seed mixture). Up here in Canada, we’ve been getting some decent produce from South America (primarily Chile), due to it’s growing season being the opposite of Canada’s. For the past couple of weeks, I’ve noticed some decent and [...]
One of the advantages of surfing others’ food blogs is seeing visually enticing foods but the recipes do not always use traditional ingredients one keeps in their pantry. Katerina of Daily Unadventures in Cooking made a lovely Curried Mango Chicken Salad and I had all the ingredients except for the curry powder (it’s almost taboo [...]
I’m almost on vacation. Tying up loose ends with clients, tidying up the house, putting things in order….making sure all my ducks are in a row. One of my tasks was to cull the remaining basil in my garden. By the time I’m back from holidays the basil will have bloomed, gone yellow and frankly [...]
Here in Ontario, we have to buy our booze from a provincial monopoly of beer & liquor stores and that sucks! The freedom and the option to buy beer, wine and spirits should be allowed so that I may run to the corner store and pick up that bottle of wine or that case of [...]
One of the things I like doing is having a look at what’s in the “reduced” produce section. One can sometimes find some good deals for a perfectly fine product…as long as you use it in a day or two. Yesterday I found some pints of cherry tomatoes and they were on sale for a [...]
I love desserts but I can’t say I’m a pastry chef. I’ll show you all one day how my cookies turned out (EEEK), but that’s another story. Today I played it safe by trying out Giada DeLaurentis’ Spiced Chocolate Budino. It’s simply jazzing up some instant chocolate pudding and fooling your guests into thinking you [...]
I’m always trying to exhibit/show something a little different when it comes time to write my entry for Weekend Herb Blogging. I made my tuna salad with toasted pine nuts and I I surmised that pine nuts would be a good topic. Before we go on to 101 pine nuts, make sure you click-on over [...]
It’s summer time and one should be outdoors as much as possible. To help me stay outdoors I try & stick to simpler, quicker dishes but that doesn’t mean I’m sacrificing taste nor will I be eating a Jetsons food pill as a meal replacement! Last night I was stuck with thinking what to make [...]
