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Kitchen Disasters & Fixes goes live 3 May 2012 | 02:10 am
Last night I got news that my app, Kitchen Disasters & Fixes, went live on iTunes. If you have an iPhone, iPad or iPod touch, culinary help is at hand. Save the salty soup and rescue the runny mashed ...
Kitchen Disaster App is on its way 18 Apr 2012 | 09:50 am
What do you do when your mashed potatoes are runny, the cookies are burned or your soup’s too salty? Reach for the phone, ’cause there’s an app for this kind of thing. My iTunes and Android app, Kitc...
Mad for Marmalade 25 Feb 2012 | 08:42 am
On Saturday, February 25th, I’m braving the cold weather and heading into Toronto to judge marmalade at Mad for Marmalade, Crazy for Citron. I’m fairly new to the world of crafting homemade preserves,...
Tumbling in 17 Feb 2012 | 02:20 pm
Because I don’t have enough to do with my time, I’ve decided to create a Tumblr. For a while, I dabbled with Wordless Wednesdays on my blog. But I couldn’t be wordless and Wednesdays just seem the mos...
Taste Canada 31 Jan 2012 | 04:00 am
I’m proud to be part of the newly launched Taste Canada—The Food Writing Awards. Formerly known as the Canadian Culinary Book Awards, these newly branded annual Awards recognize and celebrate superior...
April Showers 3 May 2011 | 12:00 am
Despite the wet weather and non-stop political campaigning, April was a good month. I started an internet food fight in defence of the simple potato, and had five articles published at CanadianGardeni...
Clean Eating 13 Apr 2011 | 12:11 am
My sister just called to ream me out. I didn’t tell her I was cited in the April issue of Clean Eating. In my defence, I didn’t know for sure if my quotes would make it into the published piece. They ...
Nearly there 11 Apr 2011 | 01:25 am
Less than a week in and the site’s almost rebuilt. See? Media appearances, some of which play YouTube videos without bouncing you off to another site. The links are working and the thumbnails no longe...
Ooops! 6 Apr 2011 | 09:31 am
Dear heavens. Why does anyone let me near a computer without a license? When I moved my portfolio site over to WordPress, things went awry. I think I broke the Internet. Or at least badly wounded it....
CTV: Thai Curry 22 Mar 2011 | 12:40 pm
After several CTV News at Noon appearances, chopping, mincing, grating, pureeing and peeling, I figure it’s time I actually cooked. So, with the new overhead camera hovering above, I’ll be turning up ...