When its a snowy cold Wednesday in Edmonton Alberta, what does one do? He hops on a plane and heads to New Orleans Louisiana for the last weekend of Mardi Gras. Before heading on a 7 days cruise in the Gulf of Mexico( Fuck You Gulf of America). We leave the house at 330 am […]
Apologies to all that have been following me, 2025 has been a write off on content. This is all on myself, I take the full blame on this. This is something I always wanted to do, but my life got in the way, it’s not a paying gig so it got pushed away. My bad, […]
I’d like to apologize for lack of content the past 6 weeks, we have been extremely busy between a cruise in Mid November, to my 60th Birthday, and Christmas. The past 6 weeks have been a whirlwind . Over the holidays, I will try and post some new recipes that include Christmas favorites and tell […]
Heading up the road from Halifax on our trip north to Cape Breton Island to see Monica’s family . Once we cross the causeway you know we are on the Cape. Thing are a little different here in a good way, the people are amazing the local food is usually top notch. I know I […]
It’s been awhile since my last blog, a few life moment along the way with the Thanksgiving Holiday. I just wanted to catch up on our visit to San Francisco. We got up early Thursday morning and headed to the cable car station. The smell of the fresh sourdough bread being baked at Boudin’s along […]
About 6 blocks up the road from Pier 39 is Fisherman’s Wharf. Fishing boats and small chowder houses line many of the piers in the area. Fisherman’s Wharf is about a four block area, here is where you will find the authentic San Francisco waterfront. Boudins Bakery who are famous for San Francisco style sourdough […]
We passed under the Golden Gate Bridge shortly before 10 am, it was a cloudy day as we arrived in San Francisco. After navigating the bay we docked at Pier 35. San Francisco was always a bucket list item for both of us. When this cruise itinerary came up, we booked it and we were […]
After our lunch on Granville Island, I headed over to the market. This was my first time on Granville Island so I was new to this market. What really caught my eye was the vendors and how busy the market was at 3 pm. Lee’s Donuts was rocking with a line up for almost a […]
Anytime I get to go somewhere new when it comes to food, I get excited. We arrived into Vancouver shortly after 1130 am at the Vancouver airport from Edmonton. We grabbed our luggage, found the sky train and headed into the city from the airport. After a 20 min Sky Train Ride we arrived at […]
Nothing to me is better than a fresh market, multiple vendors selling everything from fresh bread to marrow bones. My thoughts always go back to my youth, we were fortunate enough to be exposed to fresh farm produce, meat and dairy. My great uncles owned farms, hogs, beef, veal, chicken, turkeys, farm cream were never […]
Circa 1982, fresh out of high school, with a little luck I started culinary school in September 1982. The first couple of weeks kind of flew by quickly just getting my feet wet. Our class was divided into 3 groups of 10 students, groups A, B and C. We had some amazing instructors, Les Clinton […]
As you walk through the door , you notice something a little different, the smell of fresh pastries baking in the oven with a hint of fresh coffee beans being ground. The visual display of fresh local produce on display and it’s a fun vibe to be shopping here, the staff are so friendly and […]
My first “My 2 Cents” Blog, I took a shot at an exceptionally large corporation on some rather unethical practices. Today I want to talk about one of the good guys. Freson Brother Fresh Markets. Here is a little history that I took from their website. “Our founders, Frank Lovsin and Frank Resek, opened Freson […]
With the cost of groceries these days, everyone is doing everything to save money. I will share my knowledge on how to save money and how to read labels, I know a lot of my friends shop at Costco. This is my first blog; I am going to give you a little insight into how […]