Sheet Pan Chicken with Apple, Fennel and Onion

Did you get a fondue set as a wedding present? If you did I will guess that you were married somewhere in the 70s or 80s. There were fondue restaurants…fondue parties even! I desperately tried to fondue everything from hot dogs to chicken livers. (WHY Harry ever stayed married to me after those early-marriage cooking […]

New Find: The Light Keeper Pro

I have the most marvellous collection of Christmas lights….that do not work. Miniatures. Soft white. Assorted colours. I despise our “western way” of tossing something when it doesn’t work the way that we want it to. So when these little gems stopped doing their jobs they went into the magic box of  “someday they will […]

Carole’s Salad Dressing Formula

I hate bottled salad dressing! I grew up with Kraft Catalina dressing as a staple in my household. We progressed over the years to Kraft this and Kraft that….blue cheese, french…Kraft made them all adding the magic ingredients of salt, chemicals, and lots of sugar and fat. Then Caesar salad came onto the scene and […]

New Find: Google Arts & Culture App and Website

This rabbit hole of a website/app is a dangerous one because you may never want to get out! Google Arts and Culture app and their website  feature content from over 2000 leading museums and archives from around the world. Visual art, music,  games, poetry, museum tours…it is a never-ending treasure chest. One section of the […]

From Our Experts: Thanksgiving Decor

So… what happens when Carole only gets around to asking our decorator, Lori Butler, for a fall decorating video AFTER Thanksgiving has already happened? Simple…. it doesn’t happen as Lori is on top of this decorating thing and always ahead of the game.  We did ask her to share photos though as you can see […]

Ottawa Events: List of Websites to Find the Best Events

For years friends and acquaintances would ask “How did you find out about that event?” after I mentioned going to some obscure and terribly interesting activity. CBC Radio 1 was my go-to for years for information on what was going on in the Ottawa area that might interest my family and me. The unfortunate thing […]