Category: food
Now, we all know that kale makes an excellent fashion accessory. But did you know that you can EAT kale? True story! My favourite way to eat kale is toasted into crispy deliciousness. The recipe I use is here, but it can be summarized into five easy steps. Step 1: Wash the kale and rip it […]
I had such grand plans to go for a run today after giving my guest lecture. My lecture went just smashingly ((Rachel’s students = tres awesome. I’ve already asked to come back and give this guest lecture again next year!)) and since I had a few hours to kill while Rachel taught for the rest […]
Cilantro is one of those things that either you love or you hate. And thanks to my friend Dr. Jen, I now know why! On our weekly Seawall walk on Saturday, Jen informed me that apparently there is a genetic difference between people like she and I, to whom cilantro tastes like pure freshness, and […]
When I was doing my month of hot yoga, every day on the way from the yoga studio to work I woud pass a teepee where they sell coffee. Seriously, there’s this little building that looks like a teepee on King George Boulevard (of Broken Dreams) ((King George Boulevard used to be, until quite recently, […]
This blog posting is loooooong overdue. Remember way back in 2010 when I went to Ontario for Christmas? Well, one of the many, many awesome things that I did that I totally meant to blog about but then didn’t blog about because I was having way too much fun doing awesome things to be blogging […]
A long time ago, I saw this picture of a cupcake: A mocha cupcake with mocha ganache and mascarpone cream. And I decided that I must make that cupcake. But it’s quite an involved cupcake, one that I needed a worthy occasion. Clearly, my birthday was just such an occasion. So, on Monday night I […]
So remember last year how I cyber-baked with my family over the intertubes? Not this year! This year I got to do my baking in person! Baking, and especially Christmas baking, is one of my fondest memories from childhood. Every year at Christmas time, my Aunt Wendy would come over to our house and bake […]
It’s Christmas Eve and my wee niece is trying to go to sleep, but how is a six-year-old supposed to sleep when SANTA IS COMING?? My sister and my dad are both upstairs with her right now, ostensibly trying to get her to go to sleep, but putting two Snows in a room with a […]
Back in the day, I used to be able to order my coffee thusly: “Large double-double.” Three simple words – actually, it’s only two simple words, one of which you say twice. Today, this is how I ordered my coffee: “Tall caramel brulee, with soy, half-sweet, extra-extra hot, with whip.” How annoying! But you see, yesterday, today […]
So this year for Hallowe’en I went as Vegetarian Lady Gaga – I wasn’t about to make a dress out of meat, so I made one of kale and Swiss chard… and a bit of lettuce when I ran out of kale. Two things I learned: kale is a lot heavier than it looks – […]