This is a review of the Lifeventure Dakar 25 Daysack. I’d like to preface this review with a bit of disclosure. We used the bag the way people normally use things, which means not always following the recommended directions. On the Chain Bridge in Budapest Technical Info and Highlights: 3 yr warranty (original purchaser) dimension: […]
North America
Tales of Food and Culture from North America.
Happy 145th Birthday Canada! – PROSCIUTTO WRAPPED BOCCONCINI
Happy 145th birthday Canada This weekend Canada will celebrate its 145th birthday. To mark the occasion we have a quick and versatile recipe good enough for an elegant starter, a snack or potluck. Family style I serve this up family-style on a bed of mixed greens with chopped tomato and crostini. Include some basil leaves […]
A Cook Not Mad: The Prequel
The prequel It was one year ago today that we handed over the keys to our baby. But before I get to that let me give you a bit of background story (for those of you who don’t already know it). We moved to Vancouver from Ottawa via Manhattan. Our plan was to visit friends […]
Drinking Tea in North America’s Tea Capital
Victoria Tea Festival We aren’t tea connoisseurs by any means but we do enjoy a good cuppa once in a while and if you want to learn anything about tea, what better place than the Victoria Tea Festival in Canada’s tea capital, Victoria, British Columbia. North America’s largest public tea exhibition The Victoria Tea […]
On Oysters, A Dive Show And A Chance Meeting
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
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
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
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. […]