Aug 31, 2017 | beyond the kitchen, eating out, new posts - beyond the kitchen
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...
Dec 7, 2016 | beyond the kitchen, books, bookshelf
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...
Nov 24, 2016 | beyond the kitchen, books, bookshelf, events
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...
Nov 12, 2016 | beyond the kitchen, books, bookshelf, events
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...
May 17, 2016 | beyond the kitchen, events
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...
May 10, 2016 | beyond the kitchen, 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...