roasted leeks and romesco/ my father strikes again
on Nov 6, 2009 in Life Me Recipes Food I've always used leeks as an ingredient in a larger dish. They usually play a major role in whatever I'm cooking; still the other night I was staring at the leeks I'd gotten from the little family run grocer in town (possibly the last Ontario leeks I...

meet my babies
on Nov 4, 2009 in Dolan Dogs Sugar So you know those people who babble endlessly about their children and how wonderful and special and intelligent they are and all the while you are envisioning muzzling them or reminding them that you recently witnessed said child eating dirt from th...

winter coming on
on Nov 3, 2009 in Photography Life Me There's a possibility of flurries tonight. Winter was making it's presence felt in the air as I walked the dogs along the beach this evening.I can't believe the last leaves have left the trees and the squirrels have finished collecting their winter...

beet gnochhi and beating my head against the wall
on Nov 2, 2009 in Photography Recipes Food pasta Two days without the internet.It was hell people, hell. A lonely, alienating, god forsaken hell in which I had only SeaBass for company and he is far too happy and energetic for me to deal with on a permanent basis without the blogosphere buffer.Ever...

bridies: traditional scotish street food
on Oct 30, 2009 in snack scottish Recipes pastry Food supper ...With a twist, of course.And we return once again to my need to source out and then cook the foods mentioned in the "Scottish Books" as Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series is lovingly referred to in this house.There, I finally said it, I love the Out...

a love story: starring ontario garlic
on Oct 29, 2009 in Food local It all started early this summer with a visit to my most favouritest local farm stand where I was excited to find giant bulbs of garlic freshly plucked from the earth just that morning. I had never before encountered garlic like this. Without even...

you like me! you really like me!
on Oct 27, 2009 in Life awards Me Right, so that's a totally cheesy and unoriginal response to public recognition.However, it is also totally the first thing that popped into my head upon receiving not one but two blog related awards! Does that make me cheesy and unoriginal?Yay me!It...

blah
on Oct 26, 2009I feel fuzzy today (and not just because it's time to shave my head again.)I feel fuzzy and sad and useless and blah.I don't even feel like cooking!

chorizo and butternut squash pasta
on Oct 24, 2009 in Photography Life Me Recipes Food pasta bipolar disorder I have an addictive personality, it's part of the whole bi-polar thing.I become addicted to one thing after another without even knowing it's happening until I'm within inches of hitting rock bottom.In the past it's been different drugs, alcohol, smo...

styling your shaved head
on Oct 21, 2009 in Life Me Wow! I've been getting a lot of feedback on my hair. Or more precisely, my lack of hair.I didn't think it would change my style at all but I will admit I've made some adjustments to the way I venture out into public (when I do, which is not often I a...