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Thanksgiving Dinner, local style

I apologize for this post being a week late, but things have been a tad busy in the Eisner-Lafferty household as of late. But I finally had a chance to sit down and upload our photos from Thanksgiving to flickr, so here they are! This year Rich and I made our own Thanksgiving dinner at […]

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Food TV Cooking Club: September

This month’s cooking club recipe was a bit of a challenge for me. The previous two months’ recipes contained foods that I ate on a regular basis, so it was no big deal to just take the plunge and try those dishes with new ingredients or new flavour combinations. But this month’s is different. Those […]

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Been busy: catching up with some tasty treats!

August was a crazy month in the Eisner-Lafferty household. As those of you who read Rich’s blog are aware, he just started his MBA at U Ottawa. The last two weeks for him have been quite literally an intensive courseload: two classes completed in two weeks. Ouch. Needless to say, he has far less spare […]

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Food TV Cooking Club: August

Batter Be Good To Me Originally uploaded by nyxie. So as you may recall, last month I made a grilled salmon and strawberry dish for the foodtv.ca cooking club. This month’s recipe is a bit less adventurous: pancakes. We already have a good pancake recipe in our household, but I decided to give these a […]

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Fish Tacos

Fish Tacos Originally uploaded by nyxie. What’s that, you’ve never had a fish taco? Fish tacos aren’t exactly a common food here in Ottawa, but they are tasty! This version of a taco originated in Southern California, or perhaps Mexico; like many foods, this one seems to have had multiple origins! This in turn means […]

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