Aug 31, 2015 | beyond the kitchen, events
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...
Aug 25, 2015 | authors, bookshelf
I recently read Monica’s A Life of Spice and fell in love with her writing (you can read my full review here). Besides being a wonderful food essay writer, Monica also is a published (non-food) author and a cookbook author, and has written for many well-known...
Aug 19, 2015 | book reviews, bookshelf, reviews
title: Cookbook Book author: Annahita Kamali and Florian Böhm publication date: November 3, 2014 publisher: Phaidon Press Recipes in a great cookbook…are the recommendations of one real person that compiled his secrets into a single book…Like a great...
Aug 13, 2015 | gadgets, in the kitchen, reviews
brand: Weber gadget: Q1200 MRSP: $250.00 CAD available for purchase: major retailers across Canada and the US that sell BBQ products, including Home Depot (Canada and US), Lowes Canada, Ontario Gas BBQ, Amazon and Amazon Canada. the first nibble: This past February,...
Jul 31, 2015 | book reviews, bookshelf, reviews
title: A Life of Spice author: Monica Bhide publication date: May 1, 2015 publisher: Createspace The essays in this book showcase how food affects all the areas of our lives: family, friends, children, love, culture, faith, and more. A Life of Spice captures the...
Jul 22, 2015 | our travels, travel, travel info
The first time I visited Hawaii, I was a kid and ate whatever my parents bought me. The second time was our honeymoon and Paul and I ate at some pretty amazing restaurants (House Without A Key, A Pacific Cafe and The Beach House to name a few), but I wasn’t food...
Jul 19, 2015 | our travels, travel
While I work on a more food-related post about our recent trip to Hawaii (#HawaiiFrolic 2015) I thought I’d share some of the photos I took with my phone while we zipped around Oahu and Maui. Enjoy! hawaiian scampi from Geste Waikiki Beach, Oahu steamed pork...
Jul 3, 2015 | our travels, travel
Last year Paul and I headed back to Hawaii for our 10 year anniversary and had a wonderful time re-connecting with Oahu and Kauai (the islands where we spent our honeymoon). We ate at a lot of great places and made a point of trying to sample as much of the local food...
Jun 29, 2015 | in the kitchen, products, reviews
Honey. What can I say about this sweet, golden food treasure. And seriously, it’s a TREASURE. Honey is not only a wonderful sweetener that’s good on toast, in tea, drizzled on dessert and a myriad of other delicious uses, but it is simply AMAZING. Many...
Jun 15, 2015 | authors, bookshelf
I first discovered Barry’s amazing blog, Rock Recipes, through the Food Bloggers of Canada community (of which we’re both members). When I heard that Barry was publishing a cookbook, it immediately went onto my wishlist. I wasn’t disappointed. I...
Jun 10, 2015 | book reviews, bookshelf, reviews
title: Rock Recipes author: Barry C. Parsons publication date: October 29, 2014 publisher: Breakwater Books Ltd. My food philosophy is pretty simple: Real quality ingredients and a good simple recipe is all it takes to prepare real everyday food for real people....
Jun 3, 2015 | authors, bookshelf
Lisa Boalt Richardson’s book, Modern Tea, is one of the few single-subject food books I have on one of my favourite beverages – tea. I loved how easy her book was to read, but how informative it was – perfect for a beginner like me (you can read my...
May 31, 2015 | book reviews, bookshelf, reviews
title: Food: A Love Story author: Jim Gaffigan publication date: October 21, 2014 publisher: Crown Archetype It’s been awhile since I’ve taken part in The Kitchen Reader book club, but I definitely couldn’t resist this month’s book pick...
May 22, 2015 | authors, bookshelf
Led by Brian Misko, The House of Q Competition BBQ team began competitive cooking in 2005, and has since won awards all over North America, including 1st Place (Rib category) at the 2014 World Food Championships in Las Vegas, NV. The team attended the Jack...
May 20, 2015 | book reviews, bookshelf, reviews
title: Grilling with House of Q author: Brian Misko publication date: April 15, 2015 publisher: Figure 1 Publishing I want to inspire novice cooks to be brave and to try cooking on the grill. I want to show those who know their way around a grill how to play: to see...
