The best part of staying in an apartment when traveling is to be able to cook at home. One of the most expensive parts of travel for us, is food. We love to eat well and can never bring ourselves to jump in for a quick bite at the stand up bar or grab a sandwich to go.

With Mothers day fast approaching it just wouldn’t be right if I didn’t write something about it.  Do you mama’s out there REALLY enjoy mother’s day??HERE IS WHAT I HATE………………..Mother’s day always seems to be fake to me – like…

What is it about men, and cooking meat with fire?!? If your man is anything like mine, it is just a natural fit. There must be something about these primal basic necessities of life that make men want to do this. I think the only thing that would make …

Vegetarian, Vegan and Gluten Free: the one made for the EA Lunch 2011 Home from Eat Alberta yesterday with so many thank yous to deliver and so much left to say to all who made that day better than any of us (Sharon, Allan, Mack, Su, Ming, Nicole and I)  imagined it would be! Talk [...]

Ten (Twleve) from Italy, mostly DOP’s, and 4 from other places: Oh! What a Tasting! My motherboard crashed after returning from Italy last November, and so my final photos of my haul home we lost. Thankfully, that was all, so there never was a post about the ridiculous and precious finds I packed into our [...]

The Apple Cook Off sponsored by Sobey’s BC Apple Fresh Campaign I truly enjoy the honor of judging food in these kinds of contests. I learn so much about the food and people’s passions through these tastings. NAIT is our revered culinary institute in Edmonton and the work being done here by the staff and [...]

I got back so much more than I ever gave…. It was early August 1981. My youngest daughter was turning one and my eldest had just turned three. Mommy was sitting at the old EPSB personnel office across from where the Brick used to be downtown. Waiting. Waiting. I had excellent interviews in the Spring [...]

Nature’s Green Acres Alfalfa fed Chickens are Finger Lickin’ Good! As a child, fried chicken at home was a regular occurrence. Mom would make it often because her mother raised chickens on the farm so we had gorgeous home grown ones in the deep freeze, and everyone loved it! In the summertime, if there was [...]

I have made these since my first daughter was in Kindergarten for her classmates and every year since. Every holiday, I am drawn to my kitchen and the urge to fill it with children creating culinary delights and forging memories while playing with their food. I do not yet have grandchildren (girls!!), but am fortunate [...]

From Farm to Table in March on the Prairies: Bison Brisket Heaven! Chef Blair Lebsack started his Range Rd Farm dinners last summer which was and unforgettable day in the country for Vanja and myself. Epic.  We weren’t about to miss his first “pop up” in the city at a Clothing Store just off Whyte [...]

I went to the Celebrity Chefs of Canada event, and this is what I saw. And ate.

Going out for burgers vs. making them at home. I knew it was cheaper, but how much cheaper?

I was contacted by the one and only Greta Podleski, co-author (with her sister, Janet) of the Looneyspoons Cookbooks, and she asked if I would be interested in reviewing a copy of their latest cookbook, "The Looneyspoons Collection."Yes, please!With the…

The Kitchen Magpie, or Super Mommy (in my humble opinion) spearheaded this fundraising event! When Karlynn asked me to be a judge for her latest initiative: The Culinary Arts Cookoff, I was honoured and delighted. Cooking with kids is my raison d’être – well, one of them! After retiring from Edmonton Public Schools after thirty [...]

Join us at NAIT April 14, for an unforgettable day cooking, tasting, and connecting! Tickets are to be on Sale at 8 am this morning, but there have been some technical issues, so head on over to Eat Alberta to see if they have been solved! Register as soon as you can as there are [...]

This won’t be news to the over 1,000 Facebook fans this event has already garnered, but for everyone else: Ottawa’s getting its very own ComicCon. Get ready to geek out May 12-13, 2012 at the CE Centre with DC Comics Marco Rudy, legendary comic artist Neal Adams, the Capital City Garrison – 501st Legion and [...]

Apartment613 Live March 8 Full show FINAL by saxby This week on Apartment613 Live, Ryan Saxby-Hill and Trevor Pritchard reunite to co-host the show and celebrate International Women’s Day. Ryan and Trevor show their appreciation for the women in their lives and celebrate by bringing in some fantastic women to talk about everything from beer [...]

My kids ate salmon burgers. Let us rejoice! Here’s the recipe in case you want to try it too.

I thought this was a particularly wonderful, colourful, and healthy dinner using black beans, sweet potato, and chicken. My kids however, had a different idea altogether.

Get thee out and downtown this week! Edmonton’s Downtown Business association has decided to focus on Downtown Dining Week as its premier event and after sampling some of the wares that will be offered by the participating restaurants, I can, without hesitation, urge you to make a concerted effort to participate in this incredible opportunity. [...]