Dear Mr or Ms Easter Bunny, I would like to request, if possible, that you save the chocolate this year and only hide one Big Green Egg for me this year. I have been able to try one out at my friend Bill's house and I'm in love.
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Happy Pi Day To Mathies, Bookies and Normals Alike.
It’s Pi Day again! This year with the release of Life of Pi the movie, you can now celebrate mathematically, culinary, literarily or cinematically. Check out Life of Pi in it’s two forms, Pie in it’s many forms and contemplate the most popular of all irrational numbers. I didn’t plan right this year and so I can’t indulge in a pie with every meal today. But of course I’ll be on the look out for pie options for lunch and dinner. For Pi Day, I like to stretch my definition a little so I’m not just eating big slices of…
New Solstice Tradition – Noisemakers, Lightmakers and Troublemakers!
HAPPY SOLSTICE! — Tonight join us at Allan Gardens 7pm for a Soltice parade. As you know we usually do parade for Solstice – noisemakers, lightmakers, troublemakers – that kind of thing. We’re doing it again this year, but not in Kensington. (you can see my rant on that here: http://unsweetened.ca/2011/12/happy-solstice-everyone) We ARE doing a low key drumming out of the dark in Allan Gardens meeting at the south entrance (at Pembroke & Gerrard) at 7pm. We’d love for you to come join us. It won’t be huge, it won’t be long, we don’t have plans for afterwards, and we…
A Little Sweet For My Sweets
(yes, that’s you!) May your Valentine’s Day be all that you want it to be or whatever you want it to be, preferably both! And if that takes buying yourself a little heart shaped candy to feel loved, I say go for it!
Why No Kensington?
Unfortunately I’ve found the popularity of Kensington Market's Festival of Lights has caused the number of spectators to grow every year as the number of actual participants dwindles
A Moment of Silence
Today is Remembrance Day. A day of ceremony, poppies and a moment of silence. So I remember, and honour, and give thanks for family and protectors around the world. May next year find us closer to a war-free world. In honour of Lieutenant-General Samuel Finley Clark aka Uncle Fin. Picture source: Courtesy of Clive M. Law
The Society Of the Public Pickle
In our annual celebration of birthday-birthday, we were joined by a whack of our friends at the Crown and Dragon to eat wings, drink beer and pose with pickles. We attempted to sample each of the 30-types of wings available at the Crown and Dragon, but unfortunately we missed 3 – Apple & Cinnamon, East Coast “Donair” and The Rookie BBQ (mild). Last year we were able to make it through the whole list. Lee suggested that this year people just didn’t love me enough. Perhaps it’s true, I’d have to love someone a lot to eat a Donair wing.…
5YAT: Golden Glowing Xmas Day
25 December, 2004 – Warm & Windy [This post is part of the 5 Years Ago Today Series] I woke up early with a vision of a glowing golden Xmas tree in my mind. Foolish to think that Santa had come and made my Xmas morning filled with a glowing golden light. Hell, I don’t even believe in Santa Claus cum Santa Claus – and yet I hesitated getting out of bed to hold this image in my mind a little longer before going downstairs in the dark to stoke the fire and see my humble tree in the darkness…
Thanksgiving Dinner In The Air
Thanksgiving Dinner In The Air — Originally uploaded by LexnGer Sadly no big eating for us this Thanksgiving. Our flight home from New Brunswick pulled us from a BIG feast prepared by 2 professional chefs and 2 MORE amazingly good home cooks. Our hosts decided to pack us up plates to-go at the last minute. Little did we know how much they packed in. We goobled to-go plates on the plane. And the only challenge was getting them through airport security without our food getting "confiscated" by the hungry guards.
Easter Sunday
Oh how I’d love to be in the kitchen kneading the dough for Hot Cross Buns. Or re-making the tart shells for the lemon tarts I have planned for tonight’s dessert but got a little overcooked because I’m sick and got distracted. Instead I’ve been relegated to bed. Again. I’m kind of tired of this being sick thing and it seems I only blog when I’m sick these days… and that too sucks. This particular one involved a big pudgy face (no “how could you tell” comments thank you) and a trip to the hospital. Luckily it’s not the evil…
Xmas Traditions Meme
My mom arrives today and I’m feeling all Xmasy so I thought I’d inflict this Xmas meme on you. You can blame it on DaniGirl As with all memes that come through my hands, I have taken liberties with the questions being asked, because, well… it’s my bl**ping blog and I can if I want to. There are so many ways to celebrate the season, and once a family gets locked into a certain set of traditions nothing can break the spell. How do you handle these ones in your family? 0. What do you call the holiday in December? …
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Alexa is this week's Featured Member blog on Food Bloggers of Canada
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Alexa was featured as View The Vibe Friday Foodie, which started with "I caught up with this social media maven a few months ago at the Oikos’ Christmas in August dinner party and she stunned the heck out of me! This Jill of all trades is a publisher, writer, food blogger, photographer and lover of all things edible. She has her own publication of restaurant guides called Cheap Eats,...
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