This week, I got to attend a winemaker lunch with Viviana Navarrete, Chief Winemaker of Leyda Wines. Located 4 km from the Pacific Ocean in the Chilean Coastal Range, Leyda Valley is known for it's cool Mediterranean climate and sediment rich soil yielding polished and vibrant wines. Sauvignon Blanc. Pinot Nior and Syrah are grown … Continue reading Leyda Wines | San Antonio Valley, Chile
Top of the mornin' to ya, mate! (Is that the right accent?) Today, in celebration of World's Ocean Day, we are taking an adventure to Clare Valley in South Australia - one of the oldest winemaking regions of Australia. Back in 1969, the Taylor family purchased 178 hectares in this region and planted their first … Continue reading An Interview with Justin Taylor of Wakefield Wines | Taylor & Wakefield Wineries of Clare Valley, Australia
A few weeks ago, I attended an online cooking session with 3rd generation Australian winemaker, Justin Taylor of Wakefield Wines and Sydney-based chef Guy Turland of Bondi Harvest. In this session, we learned about Wakefield's Estate Shiraz and reserved oak barreling while making Guy's Self Saucing Chocolate Pudding. To be perfectly honest, I had many … Continue reading Recipe Box: Self Saucing Chocolate Pudding
Happy Summer, friends! To keep cool this summer, we have been doing a liiiiiiittle cooking as possible. I've also really enjoyed a lot of cold dishes such as smoked salmon on toast, soba noodles, Korean buckwheat noodles on ice, aaaaaand chilled soups! Today's recipe is my go-to summer soup. It's cool and light for the … Continue reading Recipe Box: Chilled Pumpkin Soup
Happy 2021, everyone! Typically I would put in a blurb here about my hopes and dreams for 2021 but to be honest, my only hope is that I make it out the other end alive! It's a jungle out there!! Today's post is a #sponsored post. I was asked by Ti Foods to create a … Continue reading Recipe Box: Mochi Doughnuts with Condensed Milk Glaze
This month marks our 100th night sleeping on our Endy mattress! To be honest, it feels like much longer because I'm so used to it now. I first saw Endy on Dragon’s Den where they walked away with three dragon investors. Though rolling a mattress into a vacuum sealed box seems like a good idea … Continue reading 100 Nights with Endy (an #EndyPartner post)
Happy Autumn everyone! Against popular opinion, Fall is my favourite season of the year. I love walking around outside to the sound of crunching leaves and the smell of pumpkin spice lattes. Mhmmm I could really use one right now! Today, I am chatting with Canadian author Kelly Siskind on her book The Beat Match … Continue reading An Interview with Canadian author Kelly Siskind | The Beat Match
Wow! It's been a while since my last post and times sure have changed! The past few months have honestly been such a rollercoaster for me personally and professionally. Sometimes, it's very therapeutic to just roll up your sleeves and bake (as I'm sure the 29387492x people out there baking sour dough have been doing). … Continue reading Recipe Box: Matcha White Chocolate Cookies with Loacker Wafers
Back in January, I was sent a copy of The Upside of Falling by Wattpad superstar Alex Light. I have to say, thus far, it has been the best book I've read in 2020 (and I've read 24+!) It made me laugh, it made me cry and it also made me hungry. My favorite aspects … Continue reading An Interview with YA author Alex Light | The Upside of Falling
Happy Valentines Day, readers! I am very excited to introduce everyone to my first interview of 2020. With over 13 years of winemaking experience, Natalie Dale is currently the Master Distiller of the Great Women Spirits collection from Francis Ford Coppola Wineries (yes, for those of you wondering, it is the The Godfather Coppola). In … Continue reading An Interview with Lovelace Gin Distiller, Natalie Dale | Francis Ford Coppola Wineries
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