Ok this giveaway is an easy one, nothing much required of my readers accept a couple of clicks and lots of entertaining blog posts to savour! I have five Green and Black Chocolate Fondue gift sets, each valued at $70, that features a gorgeous, ceramic chocolate fondue set, decadent 100g Green & Black’s Organic chocolate [...]

I attended a chili cook-off last Thursday. Celebrity chef and star of The Main on the Food Network, Anthony Sedlak, hosted the event. There were three finalist all with interesting delicious entries. Jennifer Zuk of Vancouver entered her Stout Yam Chili. She added sweet potatoes, corn, black beans and stout to her ground beef and [...]

Happy year of the Ox to all! My good friend Kathy Lee taught me to make these scallion pancakes when we worked together at the Art Gallery of Ontario. Her family makes them for Chinese New Year. The ingredients are simple. Making them is really all about the technique, that’s why I posted all of [...]

I made this ceviche for New Years Eve last year and everyone loved it so much I made it again this year for Christmas eve. I thought I would re-post how I make it because I’m always asked for the recipe and it’s really a pretty simple thing to put together. The most important thing [...]

My sister’s family is spending the holidays in Mexico with her Mexican husband’s family. Whenever they spend Christmas in Mexico they come back with the story of the party of the Rosca de Reyes. It’s their tradition to throw a party on January 6th, also known as Three Kings Day, Twelfth Night or the Epiphany. [...]

Here’s another traditional holiday treat I thought I would try my hand at this year. This pastry is made in different parts of southern Italy with many variations. These ones have the filling made with chickpeas but they are also traditionally made with chestnuts. The filling is usually flavoured with Vin Cotto, a thick syrupy [...]

I did a little Christmas baking this past weekend and I though I would share some of my holiday treats with you. Well, not literally, but pictures of them at least! Here are a few of my delicious morsels. These are my grandmother’s recipe.

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Last week I was invited to an insanely delicious lunch cooked by chef Warren Geraghty of West restaurant in Vancouver. The lunch was held at the beautiful room at The Fifth Restaurant in Toronto and was to celebrate the launch of the newly released The Cookbook West. Along with a number of Toronto’s foodie types, [...]

I am pre-empting Foodie-finds Fridays because I just received two free tickets to the 3rd annual Whiskey Live show at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. It takes place next Friday Oct 24th, from 7-10 pm, and I want you all to have the opportunity to take a crack at getting these babies in your hot [...]