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Daring Bakers February: For the love of chocolate

Mmm, chocolate.
For February, Daring Bakers hosts were Wendy at wmpesblog and Dharm at Dad – Baker and Chef. In keeping with the theme of Valentine’s day, this month’s challenge was to make a Chocolate Valentino, and pair it with some sort of ice cream of our choosing.
What’s a valentino, you might ask? Well, it’s a [...]

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Vegetarian Moussaka

Moussaka is one of those dishes that I never really think of when looking to make a ‘one pot’ meal for dinner. I think it’s because most versions contain minced meat of some sort, usually lamb. But recently, Rich asked if it was possible for us to make a vegetarian version of moussaka. His only [...]

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Mmm, beer

Last weekend, Rich and I attended the Victory Cafe’s beer festival, in celebration of the fantastic cask ales being produced right here in Ontario. The event was a huge success – not only was there a huge lineup to get in by about 1pm, but they were completely sold out by 5pm!

I wrote up the [...]

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Smoke’s Poutinerie

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, [...]