Life In Pleasantville
Food, Travel, Life
While one could easily assume that lasagna was the pasta that inspired my foray into the culinary world – after all, Garfield and I seem to have a lot in common when it comes to that – it was actually a slightly different pasta that intrigued me. A pasta that is easier, healthier, and to …
After I made my very first Thanksgiving dinner many years ago, I developed a whole new respect for my Mom. She just always made Thanksgiving seem so effortless. We’d have tons of guests in our house and my Mom always put on a huge meal with delicious food. She was never frenzied or stressed, but …
Oh, the saga of holiday leftovers! Every year, post-Thanksgiving and Christmas, our fridges become a haven for turkey remnants, patiently awaiting their fate. Soups and sandwiches, the usual suspects, offer a comforting refuge, but let’s be honest, the repetition can wear thin. Just when the sight of more turkey soup or another sandwich begins to …
It’s no longer enough to travel to distant lands to see the sights, now tourists want to smell and feel and taste what makes a place unique. There are many reasons for this, not least of which is that our memories and emotions are tied to and sparked by our senses. The smell of ripening …
I contemplated calling this post “How to Make a Dutch Baby” but I couldn’t do it without dissolving into a giggle fit. You see, when a Dutch man and a Dutch woman love each other very much….Right? I have absolutely no idea why it’s called a Dutch Baby but rest assured you’re going to love …
People fall into two camps: those who have visited Paris and those who want to. Rumour has it people exist who don’t have Paris on their Must See list. Let’s blame this failing on grade-school grammar trauma and Monsieur Sagar who forced us to declare, “J’ai un stylo,” or was that, “Je suis un stylo?” …
I recently had the opportunity to test drive the new 2015 Ford Edge Sport. As Team Captain for the Sears Great Canadian Run, I needed a great vehicle to shuttle runners around during our 125km day, and of course make the trek from Ottawa to Toronto and back. I was a little light-headed when I …
“Maybe the oldest place on Earth you have ever been,” reads the sign at Gibbet Hill, perched atop the eons-old rock on St. John’s Signal Hill, whose age (3.5 billion years) will blow your mind. Head a short way up to the summit, and you find Cabot Tower, site of the first-ever transatlantic wireless radio …
