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 […]
Wow, it’s been a busy week! I meant to post this a few days ago, but haven’t had the time until this lovely Sunday morning. I hope 2009 has been good to all of you so far. So, I’ve talked about our main holiday meal, but we also did a soup appetizer to kick things […]