Having lived in Ottawa for ten years, I find myself sometimes craving the distinctly Quebecois treat, poutine, which can be found in restaurants and at chip wagons all over the place there. For those unfamiliar with this dish, it involves hot french fries, fresh, squeaky cheese curds, and a good helping of poutine gravy, which, […]
After missing last month’s challenge, I wanted to make sure I had time to do this month’s. And then… I found out I needed a root canal. No, I’m not joking. Fortunately for me, I wasn’t in the stage where the tooth is in such pain that you can’t function. We caught this pretty early, […]
Cupcakes are a bit of a contentious issue here in Toronto. We argue about who has the best ones, who uses real butter in their buttercream, and if it’s really worth it to pay $3 for a single cupcake. There’s even a cupcake camp happening next weekend! For my birthday, I asked Rich to pick […]
I know, I know. It’s mid-January and here I am with more holiday recap posts. Well, this one contains pie, so I hope you’ll forgive me for dragging things on. This recipe was really easy to make vegan. All I had to do was substitute for butter in the crust (by making it all vegetable […]
There’s been a vacant storefront at Dupont and Manning (just east of Dupont and Christie) for over a year now. Earlier this year, a sign indicating a request for zoning change to accomodate a coffee shop was posted in the window, but nothing had been done with the place since, and I thought that maybe […]