Longing for the days of summer

Yesterday I was flipping through my flickr photo account and looking at some of the photos I took last year. I came across my St. Lawrence Market set and remembered that I hadn’t posted here about the lovely farmers markets that take place there. St. Lawrence Market is really a piece of Toronto history, spanning […]

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Vegan food, no fur allowed

Urban Herbivore is one of my favourite lunch spots in Toronto. I’m not going to wax poetic about the virtues of eating vegan; after all, I’m a vegetarian who went back to eating fish and chicken for a few years before turning back to veggie-dom. But I do really like the sandwiches at Herbivore. My […]

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Wanda’s Pie in the Sky

Rich and I first heard about Wanda’s when we visited Manic Coffee for the first time and discovered their really delicious baked goods were from a place called Wanda’s Pie in the Sky. We loved the name, but didn’t know much more about the bakery other than they made some vegan treats. However, a few […]

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The Daring Bakers do… Lasagne?

I know what you’re thinking. Lasagne? Is that really baking? What happened to the cakes, pies, pastries and breads? Yeah, I was as surprised as you probably are when I read what we’d be making this month. The March 2009 challenge is hosted by Mary of Beans and Caviar, Melinda of Melbourne Larder and Enza […]

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Blueberry Pie Baked Oatmeal

Recently, several food blogs I read have been making versions of a baked oatmeal recipe, which seems to have originated with 2009 Bloggie winner and fellow Canadian Jeannette of Everybody Likes Sandwiches. I’ve made her version of the recipe, which contains lots of apples and spices and is just really yummy. Yesterday I was finishing […]

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