food, photography and my creative life
About 5 years ago, when I worked in an office, we were situated across the street from a Save On Foods (for those outside of western Canada, they’re a grocery store chain). They had an ok deli. An ok deli with a stellar chicken pot pie. I’m not kidding. This was comfort food as good as it comes served piping hot. It wasn’t unusual to
This is going to sound so very lame. Given that this is a food blog, that is. The thing is… I’m loathed to do any Christmas baking this year. I know, I know… I can hear the gasps of horror from here. Trust me, I’m doing the same with my inner voice. I decided, wisely or not, that I needed to do something about my
After our dinner at Kin Resto Bar the other night, my friend, Rosalie, and I decided to stop in at a Vancouver Christmas tradition: Gingerbread Lane at the Hyatt Regency Hotel. Featuring some incredibly detailed and inventive creations from Vancouver pastry chefs, culinary students at both the post secondary and high school level, and talented amateurs it’s a fun way to get in the Christmas
Every Thursday morning I pack Sam up into the truck and we head out for the beach. Sometimes we go to lonesome Mud Bay – a 17km path along the Pacific (we don’t do the whole 17km!). Sometimes, we head to Blackie Spit/Crescent Beach which teams with people through the summer and is empty in winter. But we always meet up with one of my
A tripod. I’ve decided that I have to just break down and photograph with a tripod until daylight savings comes back. Or, at least until we get through January. Right now, I envy people who live in cold but sunny places during the winter instead of a warm(er), damp, dark, rainy places. At least then I’d get an hour or two of decent light. I
Ok, here’s one more in my long list of confessions: Choxie Chocolate Bars. I heart them. My friend Michelle, who I think is secretly trying make me gain about 100lbs, is always buying me boxes or bars of specialty chocolates for birthdays or Christmas. Choxie first appeared on the scene a few years and I fell in love before I even tasted them. The packaging
Jingle Bars are a tasty holiday treat loaded with caramel, almonds white chocolate and cranberries on a shortbread crust!
You’re seeing them everywhere: holiday gift guides full of the coolest stuff. Isn’t the internet great for finding neat bits n bobs? I love it. So of course, I have to add in my two cents. Here’s my 2010 list for foodies, photographers and foodie photographers. Heh. (and with the exception of one… well, one and a half, they’re all $100 or less) Picture Me
I have no idea where this came from but out of the blue last weekend I had a craving for biscotti with my tea. I haven’t made biscotti in years. I haven’t eaten biscotti in years! I was originally thinking a chocolate biscotti but somehow, that morphed into lime biscotti, which then turned into lime cranberry… and then by the time I was done it
Nanaimo Bars… are they really from Nanaimo? By most accounts, including wickipedia, yes, they are… or Ladysmith actually, but close enough. Although, I think the Ladysmith Bar sounds quite pretty – like something you’d eat with cucumber sandwiches at afternoon tea! Nanaimo, for my readers outside of British Columbia, is a city on Vancouver Island, located just off the southern coast of BC. And like
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...
