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Two people carrying a red canoe through the woods.

I guess with summer in full swing, it’s natural that I have been asked what I will be doing during my summer vacation and if camping will be one of those activities. Well I can tell you this much, it has been a couple of years that I have gone out and partaked in the […]

  • July 10, 2013
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A bowl of soup on a table.

Well my friends there is nothing worse for a person like myself than to be sick…yes, I should be grateful that I don’t have some life threatening disease or some other catastrophic black cloud over me. But when you have a passion for food like I do and just the mere thought of cooking let […]

  • July 4, 2013
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Two donuts with pink icing on a white plate.

By now most of you have probably heard about New York’s latest food craze…the cronut! This insanely brilliant idea is a croissant-doughnut hybrid, the brain child of French pastry chef Dominique Ansel, at Ansel’s bakery shop in Soho, New York. These croissant doughnut concoctions which have been recently made public (less than 3 weeks) are […]

  • June 27, 2013
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A woman eating spaghetti with a fork.

Ladies, ladies, ladies…I can’t tell you how sad and disappointing it is when I hear women talk about the way they ‘watch’ what they eat or worse off, scrutinize menus due to the fact that they don’t want to ‘taint’ their image in front of their partners. Seriously, who are we kidding? We all know […]

  • June 15, 2013
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A close up of a pile of bacon.

Bacon, bacon, bacon where art though bacon? Bacon has become the quintessential food of all foods. These days it seems like you hear about bacon being transformed or modified one way or another. Now, don’t get me wrong nothing makes me happier than to see bacon add its special je ne sais quoi to meals, […]

  • June 12, 2013
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A green logo with the words settmania italian ottotoni inc.

When & where: June 6-16th, Little Italy What: Italian culture, food, music and sports are celebrated at various events centered around St. Anthony’s Church on Booth Street and on Preston Street. Italian Week Ottawa, now in its 39th year, celebrates the rich diversity of our Italian-Canadian community, our heritage of culture, food, music, poetry and the vibrant […]

  • June 8, 2013
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A man is holding a tray of ducks on a table.

Foie Gras in its truest form Amongst most uber foodies, just the mere thought of foie gras makes them salivate. The buttery liver delicacy has become a treat of sorts and the ‘icing’ so to speak to any meal that it accompanies. These days restaurant goers can order hamburgers, poutines and steaks just to name […]

  • June 6, 2013
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A black and white image of the word mistura.

As I mentioned in my previous post “Globe Trotting for the love of food“, I was to attend the Peru’s Mistura food event which I still plan on doing in the next couple of years. That being said, there are numerous food events around the globe that is at our disposal. Yes, some of them are […]

  • June 3, 2013
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A conch shell on a towel.

All right my foodies, many of us have two common loves in this world…travelling and enjoying good food. So to that I say, why not have both?! There are many international food events that take place each and every year. Yes, budget constraints can hinder us from taking part in these events – a big […]

  • May 31, 2013
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Don't hate me because i'm delicious sticker.

And delicious it was at the 2013 Smoked to the Bone Competition at the Gloucester Fair I forgot what it was like to be at a fair, the music coming from all the rides was utterly deafening, don’t get me wrong I like that sort of thing – especially when you can feel the pulsating […]

  • May 26, 2013
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