Bittersweet Italy in a bottle & Soda Pop recipe

Drink recipes, Exotic World Recipes, Food Trends & Gadgets, Traditions

It seems there are more and more new soft drinks on the market all the time. But before trying those why not try a classic import? This pic has been in my ‘pile of future posts’ for quite some time, since September actually when my friend Susan visited...

Chocolate Coconut Cream Squares

Dessert Recipes, Food Trends & Gadgets

Have you tried making your coconut milk yet? The best part is you get a lot of coconut cream out of it too which is great for all kinds of recipes. I briefly told you all about this experiment in this post. But what to do with all that coconut cream when you know you...

Peachy Summer Nostalgia

Breakfast Brunch Recipes, Events, Fruit Recipes

As you know I often have friends over participating in my kitchen, especially for the daring kitchen challenges.We always have a blast and the same friends often come back for more. Well this time the tables were turned, so to speak. My great friend Karyn has been my...

Homemade Hot Sauce and YBR

Exotic World Recipes, Sauce and Condiment Recipes

I have a love hate relationship with my grocery store. I love it because I have no car and the store is literally across the street from me. I hate it because often I cannot find sometimes basic items and the produce sucks. What I hate most about the produce is that...

Daring Bakers: Crostata

Dessert Recipes, Exotic World Recipes

I have been in pie eating mode lately but none were baked by me, actually from the store, because I did not have a kitchen for 2 weeks. But good news the kitchen is done and I’ll post about that experience soon! I had just bought also about a month ago a tart...

Best Thai Curry Tofu EVER for Fait Ici

Dairy Free Recipes, Events, Exotic World Recipes, Food Trends & Gadgets, Gluten Free Recipes, Main Course Recipes, Montreal Buzz, Vegetarian Recipes

I have done a lot of curries in my life. Some were good and some were misses. I kept trying new ones now and again. And then I fell on a recipe I changed so much it barely resembles what it was in the first place. So I can calling it my own. This is the Best Thai...

Camp of Cupcake Madness

Events, Food Trends & Gadgets, Montreal Buzz

Today was the day of a long awaited Montreal event: Cupcake Camp Montreal 2010. This event took place at the Fairmount Queen Elizabeth. This was the second year this event takes place in Montreal. Cupcake camp is a 100% volunteer organization that sells cupcakes and...

IIP: Salt Preserved Jalapeno

Sauce and Condiment Recipes

It’s International Incident Party time again and this month the theme is SALT. Now we have a love hate relationship with salt in our modern society. We are told salt is bad…yet without salt we would not be alive. Salt was one of the few methods of food...

Holiday Treats

Food Trends & Gadgets

Can you believe Christmas is 39 days away? I know we do not want to think about it yet but if we don’t the next thing we know is we will be scrambling with the masses in the shopping centers. Urgh. But in the last decade holiday shopping has changed...