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Agrotourism: West Island

June 18, 2017

Farming is becoming more accessible to city-dwellers, particularly in Montreal, thanks to agrotourism. Last weekend I attended a trip through the West of Montreal Island, a robust agricultural site (to my surprise!) and a beautiful landscape to boot. The tour gave exclusive access to a handful of notable farmers and producers, and was ...

drink, recipe, review, snack, winter

Chicken and Tangerine Crostini

December 5, 2016

Disclaimer: Thank you to Importation Navino Inc. for sponsoring this blog post. All recipes, wording and opinions are entirely my own. December is probably one of the most party-packed months of the year. With work events, friend celebrations, family dinners and even neighbourhood get-together’s, the social calendar can fill up pretty ...

review, summer

Agrotourism in Rougemont, Quebec

October 3, 2016

Supporting local farmers and eating locally-grown food are things I love doing and advocating for, both because of the reduced environmental impact but also because I think local produce just tastes better. So when Melissa from ‘Round Table Tours, encouraged me to participate in their first Agrotourism trip, guided by nutritionist Julie ...

giveaway, main dish, recipe, review, year-round

Red-Cooked Pork & A Cookbook Giveaway! {giveaway closed}

September 6, 2016

Disclaimer: I was provided a copy of the Phoenix Claws and Jade Trees cookbook by Clarkson Potter in order to conduct this review and giveaway. The Mid-Autumn festival in China, the second most important holiday following Chinese New Year, is celebrated with a large feast and the harvest moon. This year it falls on September 15th, making my ...

review, sponsored

Examining the Breville Quick Touch Crisp

May 11, 2016

Disclaimer: I was invited to a product demonstration event and given a Breville Quick Touch Crisp in order to conduct this review. A microwave today isn’t considered a particularly advanced piece of technology. It came to market around the 1960’s and stayed there, like a secondary character in a sitcom: always around, but rarely ...

collaboration, giveaway, recipe, review, spring, summer, vegetable

Thai Peanut Noodle Salad + Nourish Cookbook Review

May 4, 2016

Disclaimer: Thank you to Whitecap Publishing for providing all participating bloggers a copy of Nourish in order to conduct our reviews! They also provided the book that one of our readers will win (learn more about the contest at the bottom of this blog post). I received a copy of Nourish, a delightful family cookbook that shows you easy ...

review

Cookbook Round-Up

November 27, 2015

Around the holiday season I often find myself struggling to find the perfect gift for that one particular person. You know the one: they already have it all, they’re really picky with gifts, or their interests are so broad it’s hard to pinpoint what sort of gift they would really love. I think cookbooks are a fabulous gift for one ...

review

An Evening at Thursday’s

October 13, 2015

Thursday’s was a restaurant/bar/night club that I had briefly heard about a couple years ago, but the only details I remember include that it was styled for an older crowd (60+) and it had a somewhat misfitting rotating circular dance floor in their nightclub basement. Despite this apparent peculiarity, it always seemed to hustle and ...

review, snack, sponsored, sweet

Taste Test: Clif Organic Trail Mix Bars

October 5, 2015

How do you feel about trail mix bars? I love eating homemade granola bars, because it can be challenging to maneuver around all the fake-healthy options at the grocery store. But when I was contacted by Clif, I knew I had to try their new trail mix bar because they certainly made a name for themselves in energy bars! They might know a thing or ...

main dish, review

Old Fashioned Make-Shift Barbeque

August 12, 2015

A couple weeks ago, when I had my week holiday at the family cottage in Ontario, my Dad made a homemade barbecue (that’s him in the picture above). He didn’t make it because we don’t have one- in fact, he has a beautiful propane one that is fantastic with lots of mouths to feed. He made it because he could! And, as a food ...

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