My Trip to “The Big Smoke”

~My Trip to “The Big Smoke” AKA Toronto~

Every 3 or 4 months John and I make our regular journey to Toronto, to visit family, and  have an

eating  – shopping – multicultural – cyclonic adventure.  That’s the beauty of Toronto, you don’t have to have deep pockets to travel the world – the world comes to Toronto!

It’s a 7 hr drive from our little city.  A very  long normally  uneventful drive, filled with lots of “SOB” (slide over baby) turns , I like to call them .  This time the trip was not quite as uneventful. Continue reading

Kitchen Gadgets I Treasure With My Life

~Kitchen Gadgets I Treasure With My Life~

And 

( How in the world did I ever survive without them!)

As I was whipping up yet another batch of pesto today , with the endless supply of basil growing in my garden this year, I started thinking about how cooking has become so easy for me and more enjoyable over the last few years.

When John and I first started cooking together,  I noticed right away that there was a big difference between “OLD SCHOOL” and the  “LUXURY ” of using modern equipment. Continue reading