Week 6 pick-up just passed and I received my 3rd CSA basket for the season.  You won't have trouble agreeing with me that this is Roo...

As a half share participant, my second CSA basket from Roots and Shoots Farm had more hits of colour.  A sign that the season is moving ...

How emotionally involved can one person be over a row of tomato plants? On one hand, it is so easy. Nature just takes care of it all, rig...

As Season 4 of Roots and Shoots Farms' CSA food basket program gets underway, I am feeling like an old hand.  We have been members si...

Happy Canada Day long weekend.  The Summer issue of the LCBO Food & Drink magazine came out on Wednesday and its timing couldn't ...

It has been a wow week for me when it comes to checking out new and delicious coffee shops.Ten days ago a friend told me about Café qui p...

Baskets of bright red, juicy, sweet strawberries are dotting food stands around the Nations Capital. My regular spot for strawberry sho...

"Quality driven. Expertly crafted." I have another coffee shop to add to my list of top shops in Ottawa. The Ministry of Coff...

The tradition of birthday Smartie cake goes back to the early part of my own childhood. Smarties themselves have been around a long ti...

Necessity and frugality are the mothers of invention. Or at least of Cheesy Grilled Vegetable Crostinis. It was well past 1:30 pm when ...

The water in the car wash pounds down on the bones of my 4-door, cleaning off the trace evidence of the recent dirt road adventures. I am...

As the heat and humidity of summer pushes in, I like a more refreshing bite for lunch.  Cucumbers own 'refreshing' in spades. I...

I have seen many versions of baked eggs over the years and this one is probably similar to most.  Although, I prefer to bake my eggs in a...

Beech St. Burger is a small eatery in Little Italy next door to Greco Lean and Fit Beech St. location.  Might you feel a little guilty ch...

My mother took great pleasure in showing her love for her family by serving well prepared homemade food. Waffles were always on the men...