beyond the kitchen
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...
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
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...
{event} toronto food & wine festival 2015
One of the great things about being a food lover in Toronto is that there are so many food events going on in and around the city (and by "so many" I mean, like, a gajillion). The only problem is that there are great ones, good ones, and bad ones... and it's often...
{event} #EncoreBloggerBites
On August 20, Paul and I were part of a group of bloggers invited to the Encore Food with Elegance head office for an Encore Blogger Bites Tasting Event. A full-service caterer, Encore is a family-owned business that was established in 1979 and has catered over 40,000...
let’s (twitter) party about beef! #CDNbeefchat
It's no secret that I'm a huge fan of Canadian Beef. I have always loved beef in all its forms, and the love just increased after I become a food blogger and started spending more time in the kitchen (and on the grill!). After launching kitchen frolic, one of my first...



