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This was lunch yesterday. I couldn’t get over how beautiful the colours were, particularly in contrast with the blue bowl.  I didn’t feel like making eggs this morning but I wanted to have something *like* that – you know, something warm and wholesome. So I adapted a recipe from the Fresh cookbook to use some herb tofu I had sitting in my fridge. I stir-fried in olive oil 1/4 red onion, chopped in small pieces, [...] I’ve been wanting to have a blog dedicated to cooking/food for a long time and I’ve finally made the leap – all the posts before this date were imported from my original blog. From now on, all the food-related posts will be created here. I’m very much an amateur when it comes to cooking but [...] I was at our favourite fruit & veggie stand at Kensington Market last weekend, when I heard a woman asking one of the regulars at the store what he was doing the following monday evening. She happened to have a pass for two for a preview screening of Food Inc. at the Varsity Cinema (close [...] Today is the release date of Food Inc, a new documentary looking at the food industry that has industry officials up in arms. It looks like it touches upon many of the topics explored in detail in Michael Pollan’s The Omnivore’s Dilemma but will probably have even more of an impact because of the power [...] I had heard much about Dark Horse Espresso Bar, so when Alan and I found ourselves with a little over an hour to kill last Saturday and with a transit pass on hand, I suggested we hop on the Queen St Streetcar and make our way for a quick coffee at this Riverside cafe. I [...] Last week Alan and I ended up eating out a lot, which is not good for either our wallets or our health so this week our challenge is to only eat food we prepare ourselves. Although I love to cook, that’s primarily because I love to eat and try new things so getting me to [...] |
 Hi, I'm Alexandra. Born in Brazil, Canadian by choice, and having lived in exciting Barcelona for a year between 2006 and 2007, my earliest childhood memories revolve around food and food is what I remember most about every place I’ve ever lived. After writing a more general blog for the past few years, it was time to organize my writing about food in one place. © All pictures on this blog are taken by me unless otherwise noted. About the title of this blog |
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