Just a girl who loves her food

Life

These are a compilation of blog posts that don’t contain recipes, but let you know what I am up to and where you can find some good food outside my kitchen!

Eating My Way Around the World

Eating My Way Around the World

As you may have noticed I have been very very M.I.A. for the last several months. My life pretty much got turned upside down, in a good way. M and I did the crazy, some would say irresponsible, thing of quitting our jobs, giving up 

Birthdays

Birthdays

As a child, your birthday is the best day of your life. There are presents, cake, a party, all of your friends. It’s a day of happiness and excitement to grow one year older. Yet as these birthdays go by, instead of counting down the 

Basalt: Simplicity at its Finest

Basalt: Simplicity at its Finest

There are no greater pleasures in life than sitting around a table with loved ones, a bottle of wine, and delicious food. Often we get too bogged down by the day to day clatter of our working lives to make it happen. The hum of 

Bufala: My New Best Friend

Bufala: My New Best Friend

Everyone has that one place. That one neighbourhood restaurant you walk by every day on your way to work. The aromas emanating from within its walls almost seem like a friendly hello as you pass by. Yet for some strange reason, you haven’t mustered the courage to 

Holiday Food Traditions

Holiday Food Traditions

The holidays; also known as a multi-week eating palooza. It is that time of year when calorie counting gets thrown out the window as we shove another Christmas cookie in our mouths. The goal is to eat healthy 11 months of year to allow for