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Like White on Rice

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Quite often people tell me they are afraid to cook. They've overcooked, burned, or ruined enough dishes that they've designated themselves incapable in the kitchen. This always amazes me because I sort of think of cooking the way I think of anything else in life. If you don't get it right the first … [Read more...]

Caramelized Onion Pot Roast

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What's not to love about a recipe you can throw into the crockpot in the morning and serve up without any hassle for dinner? This delicious dish goes great with rice or mashed potatoes, and will make the most amazing left-over sandwiches the following day. The caramelized onions really make … [Read more...]

Good Things Grow…

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I had the opportunity this week to listen to some of the most passionate and dedicated people involved in the food tourism industry in Ontario. From hardworking proud farmers, to inspired chefs, those in the culinary tourism industry descended on the MaRS centre in downtown Toronto to discuss all … [Read more...]

Steady As She Goes

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When Halloween time rolls around, I must tell you I'm not into being all freaked out and scared. I hate horror movies and haunted houses. I just don't dig that kind of surprise. Silence of the Lambs is probably the scariest kind of thriller-movie I can stand. And it still creeps me out. … [Read more...]

What’s for Dinner?*

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We are really blessed in that our kids are (a) not particularly fussy and (b) generally open to trying new food. I have no magical formula for you, nor any sage words on how to train your kids to do the same. Whether via nature or nurture, we're darn lucky.That being said, it is not a foregone … [Read more...]

Linens and Things – I’m So Nerdy

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I admit it: I'm nerdy about my laundry.Back in the days before children when I was running a small business from home, I was also, you know, the homemaker which was okay with me because I had a lot of time in which to take care of everything. I watched a lot of Martha … [Read more...]

Something My Mother Taught Me – A Memory

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The suicides of gay teens have been all over the media lately - it is tragic - and it reminds me of a moment in time I had with my mother when I was maybe eleven or twelve years old. That would have been 1982-ish... There was a fairly new singer on the Canadian scene called k.d. lang. Her … [Read more...]