Like Clockwork

I am always punctual. I feel like I’m late if I’m not 10 minutes early! I get up at 6am for work, so to prevent myself from being too tired at the office, I make sure I go to bed early. This means I always check the time to know when I should go to […]

Small Apartments: Tomiko’s Kitchen

When you’re renting, on a tight budget, and in a small apartment, it can be hard to find inspiration to personalize and beautify your space. Here are a few ways I upgraded my 40 square foot mini-kitchen: 1. Changed the cabinet knobs. The dirty old plastic ones were once white but had turned yellow over […]

Lobstars! Part Three – Lobster Fra Diavolo

Here is the last course of my lobster dinner, Lobster Fra Diavolo, or Fra Diablo. It is basically pasta with a spicy tomato and red pepper sauce, studded with cooked lobster meat. Since the first two dishes were flavourful but not very spicy, the heat of this sauce makes the meal more interesting and varied. […]

Lobstars! Part Two – Lobster Chowder

Welcome back to round two of the Lobstar series! This chowder is not as thick as some others that we’ve tried, but it’s not as heavy either. Easily a second course to this lobstar dinner I cooked up. Spending an extra 10 to 15 minutes to boil the shells to make your own stock makes […]

Lobstars! Part One – Lobster Thermidor

Last summer, I enticed a few friends/family to use the waterslide right into an outdoor pool which, I must say, was not that warm. Kinda cold. Frigid, actually. My promise was to cook them a lobster dinner…and last weekend that lobster dinner finally happened! We had eight lobster tails, and I made three recipes. Don’t […]