Tuesday saw me with medium enthusiasm for making dinner. My better half was not going to be with us and I had enjoyed a good size lunch. H...

I picked up some chicken thighs yesterday at the Read Canadian Super Store in Westboro. I think they were $4.41/kg. Not sure if that is go...

My days of 'parenthood' are numbered. 66 days until he is 18. 92 days until school is done. And something like 166 days until the...

It is the digital age. Information and communication coming at us from all directions. My laptop sits at the kitchen table while I work on a...

I follow a number of chefs on Twitter that have fine establishments here in Ottawa. My expectation is that they are using Twitter to sell t...

I attended a book reading, interview and book signing last night. The center of attention was Lawrence Hill, renowned author of The Book of...

British fashion designer, Alexander McQueen, was found dead today at the age of 40. By all accounts, it appears that he took is own life. ...

Some people kill off the cold days of winter doing puzzles or crosswords. This year, it seems I have drifted to movies. The irony is that ...

You are sitting in the coffee shop alone. Caressing your latte and reading the Globe. The sun warms your table and bakes in its serenity. I ...

How do we learn how to love? Is it just something that happens to us as a special glance comes our way? A brush of the hand? A captivatin...

Some days are just like the rest. The chores, the errands, the work and little details of nothingness that someone can't live without. ...

By the time we are old enough to enjoy food indulgence without a care to budget, we realize we are old enough that we need to do this indulg...

I can't say enough about how enjoyable the February, March, April book club meetings were where we delved into The Deptford Trilogy by R...

I have come to realize that maybe this blog is a good way to keep in touch with the community issues that affect us too. And so the theme o...

Recently we attended the 2nd Annual Rampfest up in Lanark County. It was a private gathering of Ottawa's finest food lovers - mainly me...