A symbol of hatred I know, according to the Broadway musical Avenue Q, we’re all a little bit racist, but this isn’t about that. This is about in your face hatred and how a spray painted symbol brought me to bomb a tree. We moved into this neighbourhood last November. In the late Spring I noticed […]
365 Project – week 27
An average week Bike rides, family visits and work, that’s how the week was spent. Some good news, we will soon have our first car in ten years. We look forward to plenty of day trips! How did you spend your week?
Delicious Pizza at Home – PIZZA DOUGH
Pizza stones and parchment paper If you’ve been following the blog for any length of time, you know how much we love pizza. When we owned our deli we would eat home made pizza every Friday. We’ve taught many how to make a great pizza at home and people still ask us for instructions which […]
365 Project – week 26
Week 26 Hard to believe 2013 is already half over. This week we discovered a new, delicious cheese, went strawberry picking, experienced a major power outage and celebrated Canada’s 146th birthday. How did you spend your week?
365 Project – week 25
Craft beer, Ted talks and rhubarb Summer is finally here with heat and humidity on the rise. This week went by quickly, we took a drive to Ashton to check out a brewery, watched some Ted talks and picked some fresh rhubarb. I think there might be a strawberry-rhubarb pie in our near future. How […]
Honest Food Tales – Married With Luggage
This is the first installment of our new series, Honest Food Tales, where writers, bloggers, travelers and chefs share their stories about food. If you have a story and would like to share, check out our guidelines page. Treated To Mongolian Fare We stood outside the family ger and watched the evening ritual as the […]
365 Project – week 24
Yarn bombing, funny cat and an itinerant library This week I started a yarn bomb (kind of like graffiti but with yarn), visited a funny cat and when taking a walk in the neighbourhood, came across an itinerant library. How did you spend your week?
Must-Try Foods on Your Spanish Holiday
Food and memory Some people who haven’t been to Spain may have a preconceived notion of what Spanish food is, but there is such a gastronomic variety throughout the country that it would be helpful to have a few must-try dishes. Food and memory are strongly linked, so be sure to sample these dishes during your […]