A Cook Not Mad - Food and Travel Blog

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Canada

Tales of food and culture from our homeland, Canada.

On Oysters, A Dive Show And A Chance Meeting

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Victoria Tea Festival It was raining and the fog was thick when we drove into Victoria. The Trans-Canada highway going right through the downtown core made the drive easy. Our first stop was the Visitor Centre to pick up our information package. Followed by checking into our hotel. The Gatsby Mansion is comprised of three houses and the main hotel. […]

Lifeventure Altai 60+15

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Unusual post First and foremost we’re about food, so this is an unusual post for us. We’re not reviewers of any caliber but we love this product so much that we thought we should share the information (in future, you might see a few other posts similar to this one about products we think you […]

It’s A Soup Kind Of Day – BUTTERNUT SQUASH & GINGER SOUP

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  Snow forts and tunnels Growing up in Eastern Ontario/Western Quebec, we used to make snow forts and tunnels through 6 feet of snow (of course it always seemed like more back then).  Our parents would have to drag us in after hours outside, cheeks red and snow pants all wet (from the snow). Funny […]

The Ghosts of Christmas Past – OLD WORLD FRUIT CAKE AND MINCEMEAT PIE

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Outcasts When you think about Christmas foods, what do you think of first, probably not fruitcake and mincemeat pie or maybe you do, I don’t know. I feel like fruitcake gets a bad rap. It’s the outcast of Christmas. People who don’t like it hate it and those who do spend their time defending it. […]

Homecoming – PECAN/PUMPKIN PIE

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Homecoming Touching down in Montreal, it seemed as though we had just left. The European whirlwind was now a memory and while being thankful that we could make it happen, we were a little bummed out. Moving from country to country diving into the local culture and (of course) food was truly a wonderful experience […]