beyond the kitchen
Well, that was a nice break
At the end of last year, I decided to take a short break from blogging. Mainly to recharge, but also to focus on all the other things happening in my life, including running my own business and renovating a house. So.... I had intended to stop blogging for a month or...
Dinner at Inspire Restaurant
As regular readers of my blog know, I never do restaurant reviews except for the occasional sneak peek or special event - and then it's more of a recap than a formal review. It's just something I've never been interested in doing, even though we eat out quite often. I...
Happy Chinese (Lunar) New Year!
Happy Chinese New Year! Or as we say in Cantonese Sun Leen Fai Lok (Happy New Year) and Gung Hai Fat Choi (Wishing your prosperity)! Chinese New Year is all about family and food (which is what any great holiday should be about!) Plus, food at Chinese New Year takes...
2016 Holiday Gift Guide for Food Lovers – The Books
You didn't think I'd have a holiday gift guide and not include some books, did you? I ended up with so many great book gift ideas that I decided to pop them into their own post. You can check out the 'non-book' gift guide here. Most of these books were released in...
2016 Taste Canada Awards – The Red Carpet and The Food
For the past 19 years, Taste Canada has promoted Canadian culinary writing by recognizing the best of the year with the Taste Canada Awards. As a cookbook lover and a proud Canadian, I think it's so important for us to support the wonderful writing talent we have in...
2016 Taste Canada Awards – The Winners
This year, Taste Canada received 150 submissions (96 books and 54 food blogs) and awarded 22 winners with a Gold or Silver Award. You can read about my experience of the Red Carpet and Reception here. The 2016 Taste Canada Award recipients: Disclosure: This is not a...
2016 Taste Canada Awards
If you've checked out my blog before, then you probably already know that I kind of adore cookbooks. ADORE. So, imagine my shock when I was asked to be a Blogger Ambassador for this year's Taste Canada Awards! I'll be covering the red carpet, Gala and the after-party...
{event} inspired to taste canada event with matt basile
As I mentioned in my previous post, I went to check out the first Inspired to Taste Canada event, hosted by Matt Basile, Hudson's Bay and Taste Canada. Before the start of the event, there were booths set up around the area for the event sponsors to share samples of...
{event} inspired to taste canada events
Spring is in the air and that means there will be lots of great food events popping up! One series of events I'm pretty excited for is the upcoming Inspired to Taste Canada. Throughout May, Hudson's Bay will be hosting some very talented cookbook authors - Matt...
happy lunar new year!
Ok, so I'm a little late to the celebrations, but I just wanted to wish everyone who is celebrating a very happy Lunar New Year! May the Year of the Monkey bring you lots of happiness, laughter, luck, prosperity, and of course, good eats! Oh and good health. That's...
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