food, photography and my creative life
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
If you had to choose, between lemon or chocolate, what would your choice be? Throw some rhubarb into the mix and would it make your decision any easier? Think about it… tart lemon with pockets of rhubarb, toasted coconut and sweet blueberries topped with a brown sugar, coconut, lemon zest streusel… or … moist zingy rhubarb offset with a cocoa-y muffin and a few chocolate
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
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 my side on the bed with the book resting at
Last Monday I took a quick trip to Calgary, flying out first thing in the morning and flying back in time for dinner. Not my favourite type of travel but, it meant flying over the Rocky Mountains at sunrise and sunset. And that made up for a 4:30AM start to my day. I never get a window seat when I fly because most of my
Last week Sean and I had the opportunity to visit Cocoa Nymph Chocolates and Confections, here in Vancouver, and have a behind the scenes look with owner and head chocolatiere, Rachel Sawatsky. It was, in a word, awesome. Like getting a golden ticket. Except, it was just the two of us, and we got to try stuff and nobody got carried away by oompah loompahs
One of my favourite places to go in Vancouver is Granville Island. It rides a fine line between being a tourist trap and being a well loved local institution. If you’re a local you have to pick your times right to avoid the throngs of tourists (my favourite time to go is actually in the winter on a weekday!) The public market is home to
Whenever I need to remove myself from the world, for whatever reason, I either pick up a camera, or immerse myself in the kitchen. Either choice is better than my natural instinct, which is to pick up my dog, get in my truck and drive until the road ends (in other words, run away). There is an odd similarity between photography and cooking or baking.
My love for rhubarb is no secret. And neither is my love for chocolate. Tangy and tart mixed with sweet and chocolatey… could it be a match made in heaven? Possibly? I say yes. One of the perks of my little gig in Ottawa was coming home with some freebies… freebies in the form of chocolate. Are there any better kinds of freebies? I think
It’s funny that most of the recipes on this blog are baking recipes. In actual fact, I’m a much better cook than I am a baker. And I’m a much more adventurous cook than I am a baker. Pastry eludes me. I have yet to make a really good muffin, despite 100s of attempts. Cupcakes and icing aren’t even in my repertoire and I hate
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...
