Feb 1, 2014 | beyond the kitchen, personal
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 on...
Jan 15, 2014 | beyond the kitchen, personal
So, while many of my friends were nursing hangovers on January 1, I was up at 5 am, driving from Windsor to Ann Arbor in order to freeze my buns off sitting on metal bleachers for the entire day. Why, you may ask? The Winter Classic is (according to Wikipedia):...
Dec 30, 2013 | beyond the kitchen, personal
So, I had everything planned out perfectly: Fri. Dec. 20: my last day of work before the Christmas holidays (and a two-week vacation!) Sat. Dec. 21 & Sun. Dec. 22: Paul and I finish our Christmas shopping Mon. Dec. 23: bake cookies for my entry in the kitchen...
Nov 1, 2013 | beyond the kitchen, personal
I’ve gotta be honest. I’m not a fan of moustaches. Beards? Sure. Goatees? No problem. But moustaches? Sorry, only if your name is Tom Selleck (seriously – have you ever seen Selleck without his moustache? I tried to Google a good, non-photoshopped...
Sep 23, 2013 | beyond the kitchen, eating out
One year ago, Paul and I attended our first Toronto Underground Market (TUM) and had a lot of fun, eating some really great food while we were there. Reading over my blog post from that event it’s funny to remember that Paul’s favourite food from that...
Aug 15, 2013 | beyond the kitchen, eating out, events
Location: 49 Karl Fraser Road, Toronto Description on Summerlicious site: Authentic Italian cuisine, uniformly rustic and intended for casual enjoyment. Fabbrica houses a contemporary dining room anchored at the front with a long bar and at the rear, our wood-burn...
