Leah's Life: Pearls and Oysters

Girls’ Night In…the Kitchen

We have yet to set one up, but to me girls’ night in involves some cocktails a few appetizers and chocolate of some sort. Kicking back with our feet up, the children elsewhere, and a non-family related activity: a movie, an art project, music, shopping from home, a book, or just a good chat. Cooking…

Top Gifts for Cooks, Foodies & Your Little Sous Chefs

Eco-Friendly Pans On my gift wish list this year I have two items: green pans and some smaller cast iron pans. I cook primarily with one of our Teflon pans or our only large, extremely heavy cast iron pan. There is a time and ingredient for each of these. The problem is that I have…

Sofra: The Details

My favourite new coffee spot and bakery/cafe is Sofra and I’ve written about it briefly, but now you can get the details. The bakery is a great place to stop for breakfast as an alternative to a large chain. The quality of the coffee and food and in particular the flavours are hard to come…

Move Over Poultry Here Comes Pasta

My husband came home with a plea for no more poultry. We don’t eat a lot of red meat because it is expensive and not our favourite food. We usually cook quite a bit of vegetarian and fish dishes, but I haven’t made it to the fish monger or the produce section of the grocery…

Calendar Days: Who’s Your Farmer?

As we count down the days for this year everything seems to snowball. Suddenly, the parties, the holiday cards (I say skip them…it’s more eco-friendly), the thank you cards, the school events, the recitals, and of course every day life seems to pick up speed and barrel down the hill throwing you out at hyperspeed…

Repeal Day Celebration: The Roaring 20’s Party at Eastern Standard

If you’re looking for something to celebrate…I think you can’t beat this one for fashion, drink and nibbles. The Eastern Standard, is celebrating the 75th anniversary of the repeal of prohibition tonight. If you don’t have a sitter or the energy to go out, just take out some cheese from the fridge, a box of…

Cause of the Day: American Farmland Trust

If you’re stuck at work and feel that you want to contribute something else, or more to the world you live in…. If you’ve just had a delicious bowl of homemade soup at lunch that your husband or wife made you last night… If you’re already daydreaming about the next time you get to go…

Cantaloupe and Prosciutto

This is hardly a recipe, but the ingredients really matter. This is an appetizer that takes a fabulous ingredient and highlights it. This is also a finger food that can stretch your dollar. You don’t need a lot of this prosciutto to go a long way. If you are having a dinner party serve this…

Endive Cru Three Ways

I’m not having a party this week. I’m still recovering from Thanksgiving. But, I do want to give you a couple recipes that are quick and easy for a dinner or cocktail party or even a festive after school snack. So this morning, I went to get my coffee at Formaggio Kitchen and I picked up a…

Mamadou’s & Winston’s Flowers

So what’s new? Mamadou’s Artisan Bakery is now open in Winchester. Mamadou’s has been at the farmer’s market in Arlington. Mamadou is from Senegal and is now offering artisan bread all year at their Winchester Bakery on 63 Swanton Street They are open Tuesday through Sunday, 10am – 6pm. Winston isn’t just Flowers anymore. Winston Flowers now has…