In his 5 short years, Johnny Mac has been obsessed with a variety of things, including, but not limited to, ladybugs, Curious George, gorillas, and other jungle animals of all kinds (“Auntie O-byn, did you know orangutans are the largest tree living mammals in the WORLD?”).  But this year, he is obsessed with Star Wars. And for......

This was my second summer going strawberry picking in Alexis’ in-laws backyard. I basically show up with my tupperware containers, get down on all fours and crawl through their little strawberry patch and go nuts picking Aletta’s organic strawberries (she doesn’t use any pesticides in their garden). Just one of these little berries has more juicy strawberry......

  Last year was my first time baking with rhubarb, and to say I was obsessed was an understatement. To that point, I had only had rhubarb in lackluster store-bought strawberry rhubarb pies, but for some reason, I just became totally fixated on it last spring. I think I made almost every single rhubarb or strawberry-rhubarb recipe on smitten......

When I returned from Montreal, a package was waiting for me at home from Danielle. If you’ve been following along here at all, you know she’s responsible for introducing me to food blogs in the first place. Dani and I can easily spend an hour on the phone catching up on what we baked that week......

Okay, so it appears I have more of a baking blog backlog than I thought! I’m on the case, and first up, a quick post about my second try at sugar cookies with royal icing. I made these for my niece Amy’s second birthday party, using the same recipe and steps as my first try on......

I sort of lost my Montreal posting momentum, but as my fridge is bursting with freshly picked strawberries and rhubarb, it’s time to get a move on. So here’s the last of my Montreal posts, and I’ve saved the treats for last. Just like bagels and smoked meat, when you go to MTL, you will......

Of course, while in Montreal, you must eat Montreal Smoked Meat. This has scared me to this point in my life, because I never really knew what was happening there. Why was the meat pink? It scares a person such as myself who only likes an itty bitty bit of pink in her steak. But......

I fell in love with this little store in Montreal that sells all kinds of nuts, dried fruits, and chocolate. I’m fairly obsessed with almonds, and usually have a small handful of raw almonds each day because they’re so good for you. Raw almonds are just gross enough so that you don’t eat an entire bag. But......

I’m not really that much of a bagel person. I guess because most bagels you get around the GTA are just bread in a bagel formation. Tim Horton’s or The Bagel Stop for example, or any brand of bagels you buy in plastic bags at the grocery store. And don’t even get me started on......

There was only one restaurant I knew I had to eat at while in Montreal. I’m an obsessive  avid Food Network Canada watcher, and as soon as I saw my first episode of  Chuck’s Day Off, I knew that if I made it to Montreal I would have to eat at Garde Manger. I checked it out on......