May 13 2011
According to a recent study “the cost of feeding two adults and two children a diet that meets the requirements of the Canada Food Guide is $171 a week, down from $187 a week last year.” But when you factor in paying for necessities such as housing and clothing, families with low incomes or on [...]
May 10 2011
We hit the jackpot at this weekend’s market. There were so many greens available: baby beet greens, red mustard greens, lettuce, kale, baby bok choy, spinach and one of my favourites, fiddleheads. For those of you not familiar with fiddleheads they are the unfurled fronds of a young fern…yep, we’re eating ferns now. Because they [...]
May 04 2011
Mother’s Day has completely caught me off guard this year. The fact that we were traveling for 10 days might have something to do with it. For most, Mother’s Day is all about Mother’s Day Brunch. I can honestly say that Mother’s day is the restaurant cook’s least favourite day of the year. It’s crazy [...]