Two mornings ago, our blender, after a year and half of inadequate service, months of burning plastic smell, and occassional wafts of smoke, has died. It is now in the bin in the alley, unceremoniously dumped there by me because I had to finish whirring up my morning smoothie using a more reliable immersion blender….

After the marvelous dinner at Culina last week, there didn’t seem to be much reason to try to cook, as anything I would do these past few days would not compare. Alas, we must eat, so our suppers have consisted of: tomato soup with rustic baguette from Tree Stone Bakery (Nancy, the owner, is the…

We went to Culina Millcreek last night. From reading local blogs, anyone who seems to be remotely interested in food, goes to Culina. We found out why. It’s an intimate little place. Tables squished together, knowledgeable and friendly staff. Non-pretentious atmosphere heavily weighed with the sounds of University people talking about University stuff. The man…

In my quest to become a foodie, I am learning that it does not necessarily mean one has to pretend they know what Gremolata is. One just needs an appreciation for food. Real food. And real food does not include the fish ‘n chips special from the food court at Canada Place (my lunch yesterday). …

Edmonton Journal food columnist, Liane Faulder, who has just become my all time food writing idol, gave me a little plug in her blog. Click the title of this post to access. No wait. I’ll post it here: Local self-described wanna-be foodie Cathy Walsh has launched a new food blog called Walsh Cooks. Check it…

Let’s chat about the bus ride home on the Number 7-University, this evening, from downtown. Enough said.

I’m not a real Foodie. I haven’t baked figs and drizzled them with honey. I can’t solve the City Palate culinary knowledge crossword without cheating (anyone… what is an eight letter word meaning vegetarian gelatin? J-E-L-L-L-O-O-O doesn’t work). I can’t toss together a mix of exotic dips and lovely breads and make it look like…

As we were crawling into bed last night, we heard the snowfall warning.  “Ffffft”, said I. I mean really, how many times do the weather people warn us of these things, and then nothing happens. Well, well, well, all you weather people at Environment Canada should be proud of yourselves this morning. You hit it…