Pakistan fundraiser
This just in – a letter from Michael Stadtländer. As always, Michael’s vision is slightly wider and deeper...
Category Archives: Life in General
Bee magic
[caption id="attachment_276" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="honey and scrambled eggs"][/caption] This is a jar of honey. Our neighbours, Yorgos and...
Marinato another way
[caption id="attachment_272" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Marinatos another (more conventional) way"][/caption] I’ve lost track of the mayoral race in Toronto...
Anchovy marinato
[caption id="attachment_266" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="our rosemary hedge, now officially declared out-of-control"][/caption] Just before two o’clock this afternoon, when...
A little too close for comfort
[caption id="attachment_260" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Yesterday's conflagration"][/caption] Two wild fires in the last week have kept the municipal fire...
Campari Time
[caption id="attachment_257" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="The view from the terrace"][/caption] Sitting here on the high terrace of our old...
St. John’s Burger
Here I am in England for a few days to see family and friends – and to join...
Eager Beavers
[caption id="attachment_249" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Three well-refreshed judges: Anthony Walsh, john Higgins and me."][/caption] It was a night of...
Hello godello
[caption id="attachment_242" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Fanny bay oysters and pimentos de padron"][/caption] It doesn’t seem all that long ago...
Scarpetta
So it’s finally happened. Toronto has scored a big-time foreign chef. The rumours have been flitting about for...