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Strawberry chocolate iced tea isn’t your every day iced tea but this rooibos tea from Republic of Tea makes a delightfully refreshing glass of cold tea on a hot day – team it up with my chocolate strawberry mint simple syrup and it’s a game changer! Do you ever make jam water? You know, how when you empty a jar of homemade jam, but
About a month ago I attended Grocery Showcase West with Sean – he received an invite to attend and he brought me along for kicks. Having spent years and years (and years) in retail, I knew exactly what to expect but Sean had never been to an industry show before. It made for an interesting afternoon. Basically, GSW is where big grocery brands introduce their
It’s been a while since I’ve done a Friday Tea and Chocolate post. In fact there hasn’t been much posting around here at all! But the winter has come to an end and some of my biggest projects for the year have wrapped up and I’m actually starting to feel like picking up my camera again. The best part is the weather! It’s finally spring
Wild Sweets is a “new to me” chocolatier that I stumbled on, once again, in Urban Fare. I was looking for my usual favourite salted caramel bar and when it was sold out, I thought I would give this Cinnamon Caramel Hazelnuts and Smoked Salt bar a try (that’s mouthful in its own right!). I was surprised to learn that Wild Sweets is actually a
A few months ago I reviewed one of the best chocolate bars I’ve tried in a very, very long time. The Bissinger’s Coconut Caramel Bar. It was a perfect blend of chocolate, coconut and salty, thick caramel. So, you can imagine my excitement when I was out shopping and found another Bissinger’s bar in Urban Fare – the Banana Pecan Caramel Peruvian Pink Salt bar!
Last Friday I had the treat of attending the Moon Festival Tea Service at The Urban Tea Merchant here in Vancouver. Food Husband Sean had been asked to write about the service for another publication and he was allowed to bring a guest so who better than his tea junkie Food Wife, right? The Urban Tea Merchant is a place we’ve passed by many, many
I’m a tea kinda gal as you all know, and as comforting as a cup of tea is at any time of the day, this time of year there are days when it’s just too darn hot to even think about boiling a kettle. And that’s when it’s time to think about iced tea. I love the iced passion tea lemonade that Starbucks makes but,
Ladies… here’s my best piece of advice at the moment. If you find yourself single, get yourself a Food Husband. They’re an excellent investment. If you get yourself a good one, they are no muss, no fuss and generally, quite agreeable. You don’t have to do their laundry, pick up their socks or even make them dinner. You don’t have to have deep discussions about
It’s time to get my butt in gear here and write something about something. And what’s better than chocolate (I know… I promised this post last week…)? This is another bar from my trip to Calgary that I bought at family run Coppeneur Calgary. It’s an actual Coppeneur bar – Coppeneur being a German chocolate maker. This one is from the Cru do Cao product
Time for a Friday tea and chocolate break! This week we’re hanging out with some lovely chocolate from Coppeneur. I spent a week in Calgary towards the end of April for work and after an early morning meeting my first day there, I found myself with a free afternoon. When you visit a new city, it’s only polite to visit their chocolate shops. Really. I’m
I'm a designer, small business owner, photographer, creative, food lover, traveler, dog human, self confessed geek, music junkie, book devourer, and art enthusiast among a million other things. The full bio...
