For some time now, I had been waiting for a special food day. Its one of those days where you get really excited and anticipate its arrival. For me, it was a sushi day last month.The plan was, watch ...
My Pizza: The Easy No-Knead Way to Make Spectacular Pizza at HomeWritten by Jim LaheyWith Rick FlastePhotographs by Squire FoxISBN 13: 9780307886156ISBN 10: 0307886158Publisher: Clarkson PotterH...
Snack attack! I was craving for some of this. I love how easy this is to whip up. I doesnt take more than an hour for these bite-sized morsels to be ready.Toasted Coconut Macaroons with Chocolat...
Our last and final stop on the cruise was Nassau in the Bahamas. For this island, we decided we would spend our time at Atlantis on Paradise Island. Along with many of our cruise-mates, we all piled ...
When the cruise ship docked at Saint Thomas, we were ready to see the island with the shore excursion tour we purchased. Little did we know it would be such a ride! We boarded an open bus (picture a ...
Philipsburg is the capital of Sint Maarten. Youve probably noticed by now that the French and Dutch side have their own way of spelling out the name of their island. I think this makes for a very lon...
Marigot is the capital on the French side of Saint Martin. Upon arriving at Philipburg, we left our cruise ship and took a boat to visit Marigot. Our tour guide/DJ/singer on the boat was Sh...
Ahoy!I was thinking about how to start this blog post when I remembered something my manager told us. One of her author-illustrators always starts his e-mail with "Ahoy!" It seems very fittin...
Last month, we were approached by Liberté and asked if we had tried Greek yogurt before. We hadnt (crazy, we know). So we decided to partner up. The deal was, they would send us coupons (because how ...
Yesterday, I was laying in bed and thinking about tarts. When will I start making tart shells? Are tart shells hard to make? What if I used something else for the shell? Something like... rice krispi...
Howard and I tried some more recipes from Home Cooking with Jean-Georges: My Favorite Simple Recipes, which were happy to see is a cookbook finalist under the recently announced IACP Awards in C...
Its almost Valentines Day! Do you have any plans for tomorrow? Im going to work... so the highlights will probably be my lunch date with friends and my dinner date with Howard.Regardless if it were V...
Happy birthday to my sweetheart, Howard! As some of you know, he was born on Groundhog Day and that his favourite cake is the mille crêpes cake from Lady M. To celebrate, I wanted to make him the sam...
Well friends, it looks like were already into February of 2012. Im not going to go into a long description of how fast time is flying, but let me just say, damn! that was fast!We are already looking ...
Starfish Oyster Bed and Grill100 Adelaide Street EastToronto, ON M5C 1K9(416) 366-7827Once again, took the photos on my iPhone. But more importantly, why did it take us so long to try this restaurant...
I just wanted to share my birthday weekend treats with you. Howard and I started off being really good! Bright and early, we both went to the gym - step class for me and the elliptical for him.It was...
Ici Bistro538 Manning AvenueToronto, ON M6G 2V9Things are starting to get busy again. Now that the holidays are long over, Howard and I are getting back to our routines. The days are really just flyi...
My first baked good of the year! I had bookmarked this recipe from Gilt Taste last December, one of those a cookie-a-day features they were doing (along with many other websites). I havent ...
Happy New Year! How many of you celebrated all night long and did the countdown? We did. That is why we thought it would be best to have this post scheduled. ;)We missed doing this in 2010 (we did it...
I am back with another cookie post! It is hard not to bake something when all the ingredients are here and the instructions are so simple. There are no reasons why I should not be eating these cookie...
Merry Christmas Eve or Merry Christmas depending where you are! To get into a little creative mood, I made green tea Christmas tree cookies for our families.Green Tea CookiesAdapted from The Cookiepe...
I adore the holiday season! I love seeing places decorated and decked out in lights. Even if were not shopping, making a trip downtown is always a festive treat.This year, Eaton Centre added these lo...
My hands smell like garlic.My brother has been bugging me to cook dinner for the family while Im on holiday. The reasoning is that Im not a cook. If Im home alone and its meal time, Id most likely gr...
These are so good! I never realized that I was a fan of coconut until I had these. I loved the crunchy top parts of the coconut macaroons. The lemon zest works very well with the coconut, keepin...
Oh its so nice to have time off during the holidays! My friend Julia finished her exams and today, we spent the afternoon making edible treats for her to take home to her family. This was the first t...
Heres something to tweet about, we made cupcakes for my colleagues baby shower this week! The tricky part was to not do anything that screamed baby shower. We were looking for something subtle, but p...
This took some time, but I think it was all worth it in the end. Through twitter DM and e-mail troubles, Carrie Anne was finally able to get in touch with me. Im glad she did, because she had a fun i...
Since our previous compilation of books, I acquired a lot more in the past 12 months. Just so you can picture how much, the Ikea bookshelf I wished for last Christmas is now full!Once again, I would ...
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