As a young woman living on my own who is minimally handy, I often get help from my male neighbours when things in my house break down. I recently had the handle of dishwasher fall off, and one of my neighbours graciously came over to help me. The next day to say thank you, I […]

I’m a huge fan of the Ace Bakery breads, and I quite enjoyed the Ace Bakery Cookbook. So I was quite thrilled when More from Ace Bakery came out.
According to the book, the Ace Bakery has been branching out across Canada and into parts of the United States. It is definitely a Toronto institution, though. […]

The New American Cooking by Joan Nathan is the latest cookbook I’m reading - I actually borrowed it from the library but it’s on my to-buy list my next shopping bout at Amazon.
I haven’t actually made any of the recipes from this book yet, but it is exactly the kind of “armchair cook” cookbook […]