Life In Pleasantville
Food, Travel, Life
By Candace Derickx Creamsicles are one of my favourite frozen treats. Vanilla ice cream wrapped in an orange popsicle layer. Delicious. And so, so bad for my backend. Because of this unfortunate consequence I gave them up years ago. I have not, however given up on this amazing Creamsicle smoothie. It tastes just like the …
Last February, I posted a recipe for Butter Chicken. At the time I was trying to embrace my family’s love of Indian food, while still grappling with my dislike for curry. Butter chicken was my “compromise”. Through the year though I would pick at my husband’s chicken curry while dining out here and there and …
By Don Chow When Candace asked me to come up with a top 10 list of gifts for the foodie, another friend of mine coincidentally forwarded me a foodie-themed “holiday gift guide” from Lou Lou magazine. While I found the all-metal cork screw pig, thermal all-metal coffee beans (presumably for blind baking pie shells …
By Candace Derickx So there’s this store here in Canada that releases their “special” holiday ice cream every year and it causes mass hysteria. Okay, maybe I exaggerate, but it certainly gets a lot of people excited. Except me. See, I think that it tastes like mouthwash, and has a terrible aftertaste. Being the …
By Jodi Lariviere This was a really stellar year for cookbooks and cooking related novels. But, in my opinion, here are 10 of the best. Well worth your money and they make a great gift! In no particular order: 10 – Saveur The Way We Cook – A photo collection of home cooks …
If I keep feeding my husband these amazing meals out of my laundry room, he may never finish my kitchen. Must stop. This recipe however, was the bomb. Perfect for a cold winter day. Slow Cooker Beef and Tomato Stew 2 lbs stewing beef 1 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil 1 large yellow onion, diced …
by Amanda Jette I have a dirty little secret. Very, very dirty. I am a terrible housekeeper. Forget domestic goddess; I’m a domestic hoggess. It’s not that I don’t like clean homes. I love them, actually. I admire the clutter-free spaces occupied by my childless friends. I gently caress the crisp magazine pages that feature …
What to serve for dinner when you’re renovating your kitchen? That is the magic question around here these days. So, for the next month, I’m going to try and get by with a slow-cooker, a toaster, a microwave and a hot plate. Last night, I made this and I have to admit it was pretty …
