I was just fine with the weather we’ve been having. But when I woke up this morning and looked at yet another layer of snow blanketing the city, I sighed deeply. And deeply again. Let’s go back a few days. Thursday night. Most fantastic night out. Cab ride home sort of fantastic. Then Friday. Feeling…
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Manor Bistro to Jesus Christ Superstar
Ate at the Manor Bistro tonight – had a GREAT supper…. tried baby octopus for the first time ever (it didn’t suction cup itself to the roof of my mouth as I expected it would. Required minimal coaxing from chef Alex Sneezwell). Also tried a sampling of ravioli made with salt cod and goat cheese….
Potato Leek Soup
Here’s a recipe from my 80 year old Auntie Anna for Potato Leek Soup. Every time we speak, about once a month or so, she tells me about this soup. She’s been telling me about it for over a year, so I thought I’d give it a go. I admit I had to watch a…
Life
….runs in slightly out of breath…. settles in front of computer…. wee bit of brandy in a snifter (#$%@ the snifter, downs it in one gulp), a mug of tea, takes a deep breath, holds, exhales… and we begin! Hello world! It’s me! I’m back for a moment. Life is happening outside the confines of…
Merry Christmas!
It’s early morning and I’m waiting for Michael to wake up so we can open our Christmas presents. The little kid in me wants to pinch his nose until he wakes up to speed things along, but Santa still has time to take away gifts if I’m naughty. I’ll be nice and sit here, try…
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,…
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…
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…
Laurence Fox is not Here
To the four people who did an internet search for Laurence Fox and ended up at my blog expecting to find him here, he’s not. However, since you are here, I did mention him once in passing here almost three years ago to the day at https://walshcooks.com/2009/10/18/sunday-in-edmonton/ For those of you who are wondering, Laurence…
Surviving without Sugar
My dear blog readers, I want to share with you that today marks one and a half weeks without sugar. That space is to allow some time to let the cheering and applause to die down. I was alarmed 2 weeks ago when I caught myself spooning extra sugar on an already sweet…
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