a peek inside the fishbowl

I’m making my own Orange Julius-style frothy orange smoothie type beverage. Check out my recipe. I bet you’ll like it too.

My most recent piece for SavvyMom is about a neat little cheese-shop-slash-eatery that opened up in Old Ottawa South called Serious Cheese. The store is a hoot. There is a fibreglass cow in the middle of the store, lots of bread and cheese (obviously), and helpful signs that read things like “ten cheeses you need […]

There are two kinds of pretzels: the small, hard and crunchy and the big, soft and chewy. This recipe is for the latter. It uses the traditional “Montreal-style” boil n’ bake method (much like bagels are made). In a word (or three): Delicious. Comfort. Soul.  Sometimes we make pretzels for dinner and serve them with […]