When you give birth to something you are passionate about, building, nurturing it, and shaping it to follow a vision is a labour of love. Labour and love being the key words. When you publicly attach your name to it and throw it out into the world and are a recovering perfectionist like I am, [...]
What Happens When You Plan a Food Blogging Conference…
It’s been quiet around these parts lately, I know. Even when I’ve posted it’s been sadly lacking in photography tips and tutorials and such. But, there’s good reason behind it. You see, we’re putting on a conference. A food blogging conference. Canada’s first national food blogging conference. FBC2013 from Food Bloggers of Canada. When I [...]
My Morning Mate Tea and Quiet
A few Saturdays ago, the power went out. I had just made a big cup of very hot tea and had planned on sitting down to work for most of the day. Our power rarely goes out and when it does, it’s usually for just a minute or two. I cursed under my breath for [...]
Chocolate Chunk Toffee Chip Cookies and Books
When I was a kid and then a teenager, and then a university student, and then a homesick Canadian living in London and then a person who had a real job with actual lunch breaks, I read voraciously. In my early years and my teens I would hole up in my bedroom, curled up on [...]
Making Sushi and Gomae!
Back in January I was feeling a bit sorry for myself. As I mentioned before, it was Fine Lime’s 3rd birthday, which happened to fall on a Friday and I wanted to go out and celebrate. Nothing fancy – just a few drinks and nibbles with good friends. I don’t like birthdays and I don’t [...]
Tacofino Commisary
Back in late spring of last year, I tried out a little Vancouver street food truck on the recommendation that they had the city’s best fish tacos. The truck was called Tacofino and, they were indeed the best fish tacos I’d had in Vancouver. Crunchy, lightly battered fish with remarkably fresh toppings. I ate it [...]
