I hope everyone has a great Canada Day! We aren’t posting anything else new today, but will be back tomorrow with something brand new! Meanwhile, enjoy delicious barbecues and beautiful fireworks tonight! Happy 147th, Canada! Image by abdallahh from Montréal, Canada [CC-BY-2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Last night was the first season finale of Chopped Canada and I have to say that the ingredients were quite interesting. In true Chopped style, the first round required contestants to use not only chicken livers, but also watermelon, green onions and dulse (a dried and salty, purple coloured food that is somewhat similar to […]
I didn’t notice this until I browsed J.Crew’s latest pieces where sizes 000 and XXXS are now available in its regular sizing (petites still end at XXSP and 00P). Even as a relatively tiny person, I think it’s getting a bit too crazy. Do women really have such low self-esteem that they need to feel […]
Well, at least they weren’t all used in the same round. Chicken skin was up first, along with green beans, prunes and sweet apple cider. I probably would have stuffed the chicken skin with prunes, quinoa and tomatoes, serving it with a bean salad and an apple cider dressing, but that would probably have taken […]
I first came across shakshuka at a local Aroma Espresso Bar, an Israeli coffee chain that has been popping up all over Toronto (I know that New York has a few as well, but I think Toronto has more per capita). This egg and tomato sauce dish is delicious, and great for not just breakfast […]
I have no words. “Strawberry parfait” (it looked more like a gelatin parfait packaged in a mold, but it was hard to tell. Anyway, it looked gross) was one of the mandatory ingredients in the competition. However, it wasn’t for the first round. In Round One, the chefs had to create a dish using ostrich, […]
Canadian beauty brand, Annabelle Cosmetics held a launch party at Arcadian Loft last night to introduce its new brand ambassador, actress Shanae Grimes-Beech, best known for her roles on Degrassi and 90210. The event, attended by beauty bloggers, beauty retailers, make-up artists and just about anyone connected with the industry was mostly a mix and […]
This delicious turkey and quinoa bake makes a great weeknight meal and will surely satisfy you! And though it’s only June, keep this in mind for Thanksgiving (if you’re making this with Thanksgiving leftovers in the fall, all you’ll need to do is to cook the vegetables (if you’re not using leftover sides, that is)). […]
I recently saw The City of Conversation, now running in at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater at Lincoln Center in New York until July 6 (extended). The play, by Anthony Giardina, chronicles a liberal Georgetown political hostess and her relationship with her family, starting with the Carter administration in 1979. At that time, we are […]
What would you make with escargots and onion ring chips? It is, in a way, taking “high and low” to a whole new level. Well, maybe not that high, since the escargots were canned, not fresh, but still. Those two ingredients, combined with cranberry juice and chanterelle mushrooms were the four mandatory items for the […]
