Year: 2010

My CTV Appearance

My CTV Appearance

Normally, after I’ve been on TV, there’s a lag between my appearance and me posting the clip. It’s a rather complex procedure that requires six technical steps, a good two hours of uninterrupted time and a generous glass of merlot. I swear, I can cook 

Recipe: Spicy Quinoa-Stuffed Peppers

Recipe: Spicy Quinoa-Stuffed Peppers

  I admit it. I’m lazy and messy. Thee mere thought of  forcing gobs of unruly stuffing into tall, wobbly-bottomed peppers is an open invitation to Murphy. But, I got smart, knocked the suckers on their side and stuffed them full without so much as 

GEMS of Gluten-Free Baking Winners

GEMS of Gluten-Free Baking Winners

Some days I wish I could be Oprah. I want to point to everyone around me and shout, “And YOU win a book , and YOU win a book, and YOU win a book!” While I normally give away a single book, this week I 

Unrestrained

Unrestrained

Where’ve I been? At the computer having my ego reduced to the size of a shriveled raisin. I decided to tackle video technology. People talk, you slap a few clips together and voila, video! How hard can it be? Very. Oh, sure, video might look 

Winners: Rouxbe Online Cooking School and CSN

Winners: Rouxbe Online Cooking School and CSN

We have a winner. Or two, actually. Well, three if you count the successful launch of the newsletter. Anyway, thanks to Random.org, I was able to select the winners without too much fuss, which is quite an accomplishment given the glitches that plagued this seemingly 

Last Chance for Rouxbe Lifetime Membership

Last Chance for Rouxbe Lifetime Membership

When I joined my gym, I felt the pressure to act quickly so as not to miss out on the special low-low price and no-no initiation fee that expired at the end of the month. That was in June. July? They extended the offer. And 

Recipe: Blueberry Peach Yogurt

Recipe: Blueberry Peach Yogurt

I’m going to steal President Barack Obama’s campaign slogan, “Yes, we can!” Hope he won’t mind. It’s for a good cause — yogurt. You see, while I love my homemade yogurt, for almost a year I’ve been frustrated. The instructions on my electric yogurt maker 

Educational Books for Cooks

Educational Books for Cooks

Here in Ontario, school began yesterday. Despite having graduated from university last millennium, to this day fall still brings anxiety dreams where I race from room to room trying to find my class, or arrive on campus only to learn I forgot to register, or 

Recipe: Pear and Chocolate Tart

Recipe: Pear and Chocolate Tart

When you do nothing to your pear tree but leave it be, you can expect trouble. And trouble came to my friend in the form of dozens and dozens and dozens of bug-free, blemishless, picture perfect pears. Her punishment? Driving some over to me. That’ll