Chocolate chip pancakes always remind me of the Parent Trap. You know that movie from back when Lindsay Lohan was a freckly red headed kid, and her dad was Dennis Quaid? Well, she played a set of twins who –…
No regrets. A lot of people would tell you to live a life with no regrets. I can see the appeal. Regrets are always the things that you look back on and say, if only. But I think a life…
Twitter is up there for my number one favourite thing I’ve discovered about 7 years after everyone else. Like everyone else, I am secretly really attached to the idea of trying to get as many followers as I can –…
Never have I felt a stronger kinship with a fictional character, than when Liz Lemon of 30 Rock discussed sandwiches with Jack Donaghy on their way to Stone Mountain: Liz: Can I share with you my world view? Jack: I’d…
I am the kind of person who, though it may not always seem like it, is prone to bouts of extreme sentimentality. For example; I still have the teddy bear that I loved as a child (and still love, though…
There are some cultural hot-spots in our fair city and some equally funky places to eat. Sometimes the two collide, and a nifty little eatery opens up somewhere equally nifty. Enter; Happy Little Dumplings. The James St Happy Little Dumplings…
Fun fact everybody – you can now hear from me at irregular intervals responding to the events of a life in 140 characters or less at all hours of the day and night. I might even say something stupid. That’s…
So, what did I know about the bun mobile before going in? I was aware that they serve up a type of steamed white Asian bun, filled with a variety of exotic ingredients. I had heard tell of mythically tasty…
Hard work is a bitch – why, you ask? It’s hard. It takes time. It takes effort. It makes me sleepy. It’s too hard. So many reasons, and none of them any good. There is some work here that needs…
I’ll soon be adding book reviews so stay tuned!
They say that it doesn’t take long to get over travel if you have to do it for work. I think I would like the opportunity to know, though. To whirlwind through Europe or over to the States for a…
“But then we did not think of ourselves as poor. We did not accept it. We thought we were superior people and other people that we looked down on and rightly mistrusted were rich.” -Ernest Hemingway, “A False Spring,” A…
I have a cookbook, the name of which I shall not disclose at this time, which has a recipe in it for crepes. The introductory paragraph for said recipe never fails to crack me up. I have been known to…
I toyed with the idea of calling this post, Churros, Chocolate and the joys of being bored. Because right now, I am bored, bored, bored. Bored. This is not the most bored I’ve ever been, but I tend to think…
I am a little lost for words today. The subject of thankless tasks keeps creeping into my mind, as I seem to have encountered so many of them in my short little life. Sometimes it’s the thankless task of say,…
Let me begin this post with the disclaimer: I will get to the pie. Now, after scanning the worldwide web, and finally joining Facebook (after a stupidly long period of resistance) I have been becoming more and more exposed to…
This chocolate malt layer cake was created for my Sister, who may or may not have passed it off as her own cooking. It consists of layers of devil’s food cake, malted chocolate buttercream, and mucho mucho crushed maltesers sprinkled…
Vanilla Ice Cream is a dessert which is so easy to get wrong. One wrong step and it’s bland, boring, hum drum. It’s difficult to impress with vanilla, because everyone’s had it, and therefore everyone’s an expert (or so they…
Making muffins is one of the easiest and most gratifying ways of creating an atmosphere of cosy domestic idyll. I think it’s the fact that muffins are so unnecessary, you never need a muffin, but they are always a delight….
Photo Credit: Stacey Bryan You can’t say I don’t deliver on my promises! You may remember my earlier foray into birthday-style cakes, and my impassioned promise to bring back birthday cakes for one and for all. What better way to…
I am somewhat of a classicist. I love a classic! Be that in music, architecture, design, fashion or food. Classic doesn’t necessarily mean old, just tried and tested, beloved by many, and not in need of “updating” to stay relevant….