Well, I’m back from a whirlwind trip to New York to shoot an episode of Cooking for Real with none other than Sunny! I felt like such a bad-ass jet-setter. See, I left Monday at 1pm, got to my hotel in NY at 11pm, tried to go to sleep at a reasonable hour (read: 130am, [...]
I tweeted about these little suckers the other day. They’re finger limes. I spied them at the farmers market (actually Bren did), and I flew over to the small booth immediately, as a moth to a flame! There’s been a bit of buzz about finger limes recently, so even though I had no idea what [...]
I haven’t been doing a good job on this front, eh? Thanks for bringing it up. Ha! Truth be told, I’ve been listening to both Arcade Fire and Fool’s Gold on repeat for the past couple of weeks. But suddenly, this past weekend, I came across this duo, and now I can’t get this song [...]
I’ve had this bee in my bonnet for a few months now, and I’m not sure if I’ve got it all sorted yet, but here’s what I’m thinking. Rather than put myself on one diet after another, I’m eating “respectfully”. That is, with respect to the Provider of my every need, to the system He [...]
Sometimes I forget what a perfect man God blessed me with. Then Bren does something adorable to remind me. Today, instead of surprising me with flowers (“Flowers are stupid!” he says impishly), Bren surprised me with… SUSHI! He came home from his improv class with not one, not two, but three orders ofmy very favourite [...]
Ah garam masala. How I love thy perfumed ways. For those of you who are meeting my warm, woodsy friend for the first time, would you be so kind as to pronounce her name correctly: GUH-rum ma-SAA-laa. “Garam” means hot, “masala” means mix or blend. The hot doesn’t necessarily mean spicy like a chile pepper. [...]
I became an aunt last year for the first time. I mean, I’m aunt to all my friends’ babies of course — I’m quite fond of the Auntie Aarti moniker — but there’s something different about your kin having babies. Bren’s brother and wonderful wife, Sarah, had their little munchkin last summer. I remember crying [...]
I’m going to try REALLY hard to write every day this work week, because I don’t want to let you guys down; I hate going to my favourite blogs and not seeing a new post so here I go! What have I been up to? Well, I had the stomach flu for one. Last week. [...]
My great-uncle Wilfie (who had spent many years as a soldier during the Raj and picked up a wonderfully parochial way of putting things) once dubbed me “pleasantly plump”. It’s a label I’ve wrestled with ever since I can remember. Even at birth, I landed with a thump. A 10lb thump. My childhood is a [...]