The Trick to Finding the Best Holiday Eggnog

Egg Nog in a mug

When I was a kid and we hosted Christmas dinner for our extended family, my mom had a rule: if you wanted to drink pop, you had to split a can with your pop partner.  My pop partner was my cousin Jessica, of whom I have a very clear memory sadly rolling her eyes and […]

Drinking Green Beer Doesn’t Make You Irish

Ingredient list on Candian food colouring

But you knew that, right? So let’s think outside the stein this St. Patrick’s Day and ditch the artificial food colouring in favour of some foods that are naturally green – or naturally Irish – or both. I’ve never really been a fan of St. Patrick’s Day…mostly because people use it as an excuse to […]

In Search of a Natural Pastel Easter Egg

Micro mini chocolate Easter egg candy from Carnaby Sweet

Sometimes I feel like less of a woman because I don’t like chocolate. Like drinking coffee helps you fit in at the office, eating chocolate helps you fit in as one of the gentler sex. I play along with “this calls for CHOCOLATE!” when times get tough but the truth is, most of the time […]