a peek inside the fishbowl

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Before I write out the recipe, please take a moment to behold the healthy goodness: I’ve been on a soup kick lately, especially since I discovered a few things: Chicken stock is easy to make. Homemade soup can be chock full o’good things. It is a vehicle for vegetables. Soup takes the edge off my hunger and […]

23 Mar, 2009

A post about wieners

Posted by: andrea tomkins In: Oh! Things!|Ottawa|Recipes and Food

There’s a little shop in Carlingwood I like to visit called Swiss Pastries. It’s an Ottawa-area chain (there are 5 retail locations) and as I recently found out, was founded in 1965 by Hans Ulrich Zuberbuehler. This is precisely the kind of store which sends me careening back to my childhood. My parents used to bring […]

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22 Mar, 2009

Great Bowls of Fire

Posted by: andrea tomkins In: Ottawa|Recipes and Food

The girls and I were invited to attend the fourth annual “Great Bowls of Fire” event in the Glebe last night. The premise is so simple and so creative. The Ottawa Guild of Potters donates 400 handmade wheel-thrown bowls. Local restaurants donate gourmet soups. Local bakeries donate bread. You pay $25, pick out a gorgeous bowl, […]


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