Last night was the last Thursday Drink Night before Tales of the Cocktail and the theme turned to crushed ice. Its been a few weeks since I’ve had a chance to catch up with the Mixoloseum crew, so even though time was tight last night, I pulled together a cocktail and popped my head in before [...]
Last weekend, Kris Constable organized an Ideas conference in Victoria. 2 days, 50 talks, each 10 minutes long. There was no restriction on topics, so they ranged from discussions about optimal housing arrangements, to the benefits of bio-diesel cooperatives, to how technology could aid lymphodema patients! (check out www.ideawave.ca for the deets). I gave a short [...]
I’ve been playing around with the gluten-free recipes from Healthy Bread in 5 Minutes per day. Zoe Francois and Jeff Hertzberg have done a great job of providing whole grain and gluten-free options for their Artisan Bread in 5 minutes per day method.
Simply put, this method is great for families and households where you would like [...]
As promised, this next cocktail post is, in fact a cocktail post (albeit a little later than originally planned!).
This cocktail was originally developed for a Thursday Drink night, but I’ve been enjoying it over the past few weeks and thought I would share the recipe with y’all.
Summer is finally upon is, and what says [...]
I sense a theme coming on — Easy Sunday dinners!
We’ve had dreadful weather lately, and braving it out on the barbeque in the rain and the wind, hoping that summer would magically appear! Well yesterday, the sun was out, and everyone rushed out in shorts and tank tops, madly pursuing summer activities, and I was thinking [...]
