Food, Travel, and Cooking!
Travelling back to London for the second time in two years was a dream come true! We were absolutely smitten with London when we visited in 2010 and agreed that “we need to come back really soon!” We went for a week that firs trip thinking if we spent a week we would have no […]
While in London in October we went to Borough Market. Now this is what we call a market! What a great place. If we lived in London, here is where you would find us on a Friday! If you are going to London, put this market on your to-do list! Borough Market is full of […]
Last fall we were invited to have dinner with friend’s. They are very creative, excellent chefs/cooks and it’s always a pleasure sharing a meal with them. Many years ago, my mother had given me a bag of quince and I made and preserved a condiment to be served with game. I was so beside myself […]
Barbara Fairchild, former editor of Bon Appetit Magazine, wrote an editorial about summer eating and an appetizer she enjoyed when she was at Ristorante Da Delfina, in Tuscany “her favorite place on the planet.” When I read that comment I thought wow, us too! I sent her an email telling her so and said that […]
It’s not that I totally hate them! I absolutely love hummus and the fried chick peas I’ve enjoyed at restaurants. Other than that, well they have that same mealy texture that I hate in lima beans. It’s simply a texture thingy. I like most other dried beans, just to set the record straight! So…a few […]
Every summer, around corn time, I get a little miffed. Summer is a season of many things. And some of the things that remind us of our childhood. At our house this means all the local gorgeous, yummy veggies and fruits that are available. And especially, enjoying corn on the cob has special childhood memories […]
No doubt about it, my husband and I have Italian souls and I think that it was always lurking there just waiting to burst forth! The beginning of our first return visit to Italy took us to just outside Lucca, arriving in Pisa from Rome in a small, propeller airplane! Oh my God, I am […]
Remember the first day of school, the first day at a new job, the first time you fell in love? Life is all about firsts. They can leave us with fond memories, bring a smile or laughter and perhaps, just plain enjoyment! Folks of a certain age were raised to do things themselves. So, it […]
It’s embarrassing to say that I have, for the past few years, coveted my neighbour’s fig trees. Every time I head towards east Vancouver, there they all are! Not far from where we live, is an apartment building that has quite a large one in the front yard. Almost every time I walk by, I […]
As a Christmas gift to us, I purchased a copy of Douglas Gayeton’s book “slow life in a tuscan town.” The book is a photographic narrative and is not only beautiful but interesting, especially if you have travelled in Tuscany. It is centered around the time he lived in the town of Pistoia, north-east of […]
