Ice Cider
Last week I saw an ad for an *Ice cider* festival. I have never been a big cider drinker. To me it was something people drank when they did not have […]
Food
Christmas cocktail
While on the topic of Christmas fare, my drink of the season this year has been this colourful concoction, made of 4 parts Vodka, 2 parts Cointreau, 2 parts cranberry, […]
Croquembouche
After the collapsing wedding cake in scorching summer heat a few years back, I had been hesitant to try my hand at another croquembouche. (literally translated from french, it means […]
A wekend in New York City
As I sit in the airport terminal…staring at the dark tarmac…with four hours to wait for a delayed flight…I am trying to convince myself that I can do this without […]
Cooking class
I had booked 2 cooking demos for this fall, hoping to get ideas for my Christmas parties. The last one was with Thierry Baron the chef at Restaurant Vertige. He […]
Halloween weekend
I have not been good at keeping up with my writing, but am now trying to catch up… On Halloween weekend I had my bi-yearly visit with a good friend […]