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11 Feb, 2010

Taking stock

Posted by: andrea tomkins In: Ottawa|Publishing/writing/career stuff|Recipes and Food

Awhile back I paid a visit to the newish T & T Supermarket for an article I was pulling together for SavvyMom. (You can read it here.) T&T, if you haven’t been, is a massive grocery store (owned by Loblaw) that is filled to the rafters with Asian foods. Visiting T&T – for me – […]

17 Nov, 2009

Easy bread recipe for beginners

Posted by: andrea tomkins In: - iKnead

Before our household all fell down with THE SICK I discovered a very easy bread recipe over at the Canadian Living website for Irish Soda Bread. The amazing thing about this recipe is (1) it doesn’t require any kneading or rising time (basically the two things that scare people about making bread) and (2) it tastes really really […]

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28 Oct, 2009

Our family spaghetti sauce recipe

Posted by: andrea tomkins In: Recipes and Food

I am not sure if I posted this before, but Mark made spaghetti sauce the other night and the recipe (as well as the recipe card) is too good not to share. This  was given to Mark by his mother Mary. I love the p.s. at the end. Don’t you? You might need to click […]

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My name is Andrea and I live in Ottawa with my husband Mark and our dog Sunny who is kind of a big deal on Instagram. During the day I work as a freelance writer. I am a longtime Ottawa blogger and I've occupied this little corner of the WWW since 1999. The Fishbowl is my whiteboard, water cooler, and journal, all rolled into one. I'm passionate about healthy living, arts and culture, travel, great gear, good food, and sharing the best of Ottawa. I also love vegetables, photography, gadgets, and great design.

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