Tag: Shopping

Basics & Tips

Shopping: Italian Style

You know all those favourite little places you have for picking up the things you need or don’t know you need until you see it; the places you have been cultivating for a long time, getting to know the owners, customers coming and going, speaking Italian, practicing your Italian? You’re having so much fun that even if you […]

Basics & Tips, Spring Possibilities

Hunting and Gathering

I am so lucky to have married someone who has a passion for food like I do! It’s our way of nurturing each other. My husband likes the challenge of finding good, affordable wines to accompany our meals and on  the weekends he always asks what’s on the menu so he can choose the appropriate wines. The two of us […]

Basics & Tips

Your Pantry Cupboard

There’s something wonderfully reassuring about a well stocked larder or pantry cupboard! I love seeing the beauty of shelves lined with homemade jams, jellies & relishes. The jewel like reds, purples and golds with light shining on them is a sight to behold. Memories of sitting on the back porch in late summer, peeling pears […]

Basics & Tips

Some Of Our Favourite Sources

Farmer’s Markets @ Nat Bailey Stadium, Kitsilano Community Centre and Trout Lake Oyama Sausage @ Granville Island Market Les Amis du Fromage, 1752 W. 2nd Ave. Benton Brothers Fine Cheese, @ Granville Island Market Batard Boulangerie @ 3958 Fraser Street and The Farmer’s Market @ Nat Bailey Stadium, Trout Lake Farmer’s Market, Kitsilano Community Centre […]