Our mom is not a fan of baking – I think it’s because she doesn’t like following directions. She makes phenomenal Indian curries, where you can add ingredients here or there and taste as you go; baking is more of an exact science and you don’t know what the results are until it’s all over. […]
Food
Creamy Broccoli Salad with Grapes and Pine Nuts
This broccoli salad, dotted with sweet red grapes and crunchy pine nuts, is tossed in a creamy, tangy dressing. Ryan’s mom made this back in December, and I finally got around to making it myself. I don’t know why it took so long, since it’s absolutely delicious! I love a bit of fruit in salad – in this […]
Nanaimo Bars
Nanaimo bars are supersweet triple-layer squares. The bottom layer is a graham cracker crumb base, flavoured with cocoa and coconut and studded with chopped nuts. The creamy middle layer is like vanilla-flavoured frosting. And the topping is melted chocolate. I only realized that these were a Canadian treat after moving back to Canada about 10 […]
Toronto Eats: Poutine Week at Fancy Franks
I might have mentioned before that Ryan loves poutine. For the second year, Toronto restaurants have been hosting Poutine Week where several restaurants create a special poutine dish and compete for the title of Best Poutine. Poutine Week happened back in February, but Ryan and I made sure to try some poutine one wintry afternoon. Poutine is […]
The Year in Books: March with The Basque History Of The World by Mark Kurlanksy
Basque History Of The World by Mark Kurlanksy, 1999 “Nomansland, the territory of the Basques, is in a region called Cornucopia, where the vines are tied up with sausages. And in those parts there was a mountain made entirely of grated Parmesan cheese on whose slopes there were people who spent their whole time making […]