Eating a bit too much chocolate at work? Going out for Christmas lunches, company Christmas dinners, evenings out with friends, and indulging in all things rich, delicious, boozy and associated with the Christmas season? Hell, have you been staying at home to avoid the crowds and eating too much take-out, bags of potato chips, and…
Author: CathyWalsh
I am a food and lifestyle blogger who has been too busy with food and lifestyle to blog.
Corso 32
“Can it be that good?” “What is all the fuss about?” “I don’t know what I’ll have!” These are snips of conversation Michael and I had while we waited for our month-in-advance reservation at Corso 32. Well my friends, if you heard my Tweets last night, you might have thought I was experiencing some pleasures…
Beef Stew
If that picture doesn’t make you want spend the afternoon indoors nurturing a beef stew into supper, I don’t know what else would. I had to give myself a pep talk to get dressed and outside to escape the cozy abode this morning. I whined to myself that it is cold, the roads are slick…
Being Canadian Means….
We’re told to write when we’re angry aren’t we? That way we don’t say anything we don’t really mean? I don’t remember them saying if it mattered if you had a food blog or not. Let’s talk about what being Canadian means. It means a lot of things to a lot of people. To me,…
Easy Pasta Sauce
Pasta sauce recipe is below. First, you have to hear about our weekend. We had an interesting weekend being survivors of the Edmonton earthquake. You don’t believe me, do you? Check it out: Tremors from 7.7-magnitude earthquake in B.C. felt in Edmonton | CTV Edmonton News. Being on the 6 o’clock news was more fun than…
Manor Bistro
My husband and I wanted to have a special night out – and it’s getting a bit tricky since we eat out regularly and celebrate each day as a gift. But this evening was a bit extra-extra special as I had been out of town that week, and Michael and I were missing each others…
Gluten Free Chocolate Cake
This is a gluten free recipe, but it is hardly calorie free, and it is the calories that make this moist chocolate cake so delicious. I received this recipe from my work sensei, Claudette, who shared it with me after I experimented with quinoa in my Quinoa and Apple Salad. That salad was a huge…
Beans on Toast
And you wonder, “She’s going to write about beans on toast?”. “You betcha!”, says I. After a Thanksgiving without turkey, I am feeling a wee bit glum. The grey skies and promise of rain and maybe snow doesn’t help much. I call it Transitional Weather and No Turkey Left-overs Melancholy (psych student? you are welcome…
Laurel’s Pumpkin Pie
Yesterday in my Facebook timeline I got the delightful news that Cally’s Teas talented baker, Laurel, would be making pumpkin pie to order for Thanksgiving weekend. As I was on turnip puff and dessert duty for our family’s Thanksgiving dinner this happy news about the pie made me do my autumnal “I get pumpkin pie…
I Heart Japan
It’s nearly a month since my last post, and thought I should take a wee peak and see if anyone is still reading my blog. Well, it warmed my heart this morning to see that I had not one, not two, but THREE reads from Japan this morning. Anyone from Canada? No! Anyone from the…
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