This is a picture of a Battenburg Cake. I feel I must explain what it is, as in my last blog post comment, I mention this cake.  What you are looking at is a nice spongy cake in white and pink. The cake is surrounded, not by regular icing, but a delicious and wonderful marzipan….

Having the luxury of some extra time at home this afternoon, I felt in the mood to make potato salad. I wanted to make something to accompany the sloppy joes I made for supper.  I  have been utterly possessed with the idea of making sloppy joes for the past two weeks. I have done a…

This was my first Edmonton Foodie Meetup, and what a treat it was! 16 of us got together at Famoso Neopolitan Pizzeria at 11750 Jasper Avenue, Edmonton. We perched ourselves on top of wobbly stools and settled in for an evening of chit-chat and food blog banter. Since the fine people at Famoso are probably…

This random thought formulated like this: My iTunes starts to play automatically without any human intervention. Yes, this is true, and très annoying. This time however, the song that began to play was Tom Jones Delilah, a favourite of mine and the reason why it is found in my library. As it played, I recalled…

Trust the American’s to have a “premium” M&M. We don’t get them here in Canada. But we do have the winter Olympixs right now. So we win. I digress. Khrys brought over a box of these from her recent trip to Chicago. These are very delicious and look gorgeous. Decorative almost. If one was inclined,…

  Khrys, a friend of mine and fan of this blog, is on her way over this afternoon for a bit of catching up and to watch a DVD. We’ve got Twizzlers, Smarties, Diet Dr. Pepper and orange coloured popcorn to keep us happy. In addition, I put together a batch of “Chicago” popcorn. Another…

What do you think of the white background? Not sure how long this will last. You see, often I blog first thing in the morning, and the first light of day I see radiates from my monster sized monitor. Having a black background makes it a bit easier to pry the eyelids open. With this…

Tonight we imbibed at The Bothy. If you are a fan of this blog, you know that Michael and I gave it a test-drive back on December 24, 2009. Our love of this place has developed into something akin to a mother and a child. Kevin is there, reliable, adorable and wonderful in the kitchen….

  Nothing says Gung Hei Fat Choy and Happy St. Valentine’s Day better than a batch of banana bran muffins. Okay, the heart-shaped boxed of truffles given to me by my legal lover does say it better, but banana bran muffins is all I had to offer this morning. Well, there was other stuff, but…