I’ve been on the planet 58 and change years and only recently has it occurred to me to buy kohlrabi. This strange-looking vegetable is in the same family as cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, kale, and so on. You can cook it in all kinds of ways,… Read More
I’ve been picking a steady stream of chilies from the garden for some time. I think the season is about done though, so today I picked a big bowl of chilies, all the ones remaining on the various plants we have in containers out front.… Read More
There they sat – 3 bananas, a day or 2 past their prime. Bonus: house-guests are on their way. Resist the temptation to toss those bananas in the freezer where they will sit until I do a freezer purge. The only reasonable thing for a… Read More
I love this summer soup, and since Ontario corn has been making appearances in local groceries, I thought I’d whip some up today. I make it a little different each time and I don’t follow a recipe, but I can tell you how I went… Read More
Tinuno is a Filipino restaurant located on Howard St, here in Toronto, in the Bloor & Sherbourne area. They basically serve Kamayan feast. What is that, you ask? Well, they serve a combination of grilled items, layed out on banana leaves. There are shrimp, muscles,… Read More
Yesterday I found myself having breafast with a couple palookas old friends at a diner hidden away in an industrial area near highway 401 somewhere in Etobicoke. It turned out to be a really good old-school diner with formica tables and comfy booths and a… Read More
The other day Tuffy P pointed out a review of a little Alderwood lunch joint in the Etobicoke Guardian. It’s on Horner near Thirtieth and it’s called Cafe Tutti. I had noticed it driving by recently but hadn’t stopped in – but I had made… Read More
Although I do most of our grocery shopping at our local No Frills, about once each week I venture up to Dixie and Bloor to shop and my fave Asian market, called Grants (yes there is a picture of General Grant on the sign, accompanied… Read More
I keep a sourdough starter at home, but these days I don’t eat nearly the amount of bread I used to, so I don’t bake it nearly as often either. Once in a while, though, I can’t resist a treat. The other day I baked… Read More
I regularly play Go on Friday nights with an old friend. We’ve been battling one another over the Go board since the mid-80s. Usually when I play Go, Tuffy P goes out to the movies. Well, last night Go was canceled, and Tuffy was at… Read More
