Travel and Adventure

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Crème Brûlée: The Perfect Winter Dessert

Perfect for après ski, après fondue...or just about anything.  Crème Brûlée is my favorite dessert because it is simple, elegant, and delicious.  Furthermore, it gives you a leg up from all the other guys in the room...and you get to use a butane hand torch!   This one is slightly different from the traditional vanilla …

Redefining The Backpack: The douchebag

Jon Olsson is a visionary.  No other ski racer turned freestyle skier turned Instagram and Youtube sensation has seen more success.  Perhaps all those years of travelling the globe helped Jon fine tune his ski and travel bag products.  The bags are unique in that they don't open vertically, the zipper runs around the entirety …

Scotch Summer Sale

Some of my favorite holidays include: Christmas, Christmas, and of course, the Scotch and Soda Summer Sale (Shopping Link)   Scotch makes some of the nicest menswear out there. But there's always one problem, most of their pieces don't fit  into my clothing budget. I think of Scotch sales as second Christmas...for a select few …

When Improvising Works: Thai Lettuce Bowls

At the base of a good improviser is knowledge and quick thinking.  Improvisers, Will Ferrell, for example, are quick to think up funny and entertaining comebacks and phrases that will make your jaw drop from either political incorrectness and crude humour, or laugh hysterically.  Unfortunately, cooking is quite different from comedic improvisation.  Being a natural …

CHOCO MACS

AKA Chocolate Macaroons...or, chocolate covered coconut heaven. My mom made bakeless macaroons (I baked these ones) for me when I was young and I've been hooked ever since, yet, I have never thought to make them for myself.  Turns out they're incredibly easy to make, but more importantly, they're incredibly delicious.  The thing is, sometimes you …

Coconut Lime Delight

Make this authentic Thai Lime Green Coconut Chicken to impress guests, or to simply impress yourself (you need some food therapy too). I love flavourful foods, and this coconut lime chicken is no exception. The first time I had a dish like this in a restaurant, filled with that Thai Lime/Chicken flavour and hinted with Coconut …

Simple Grilling

Queso Fresco This appetizer is bound to ignite emotions in all who eat it.  The unique mixture of Paprika,  Lemon, Queso Fresco cheese, and fresh Rosemary, along with the original presentation are sure to impress your guests.  The only issue with this dish is it feeds many people, and most would agree that eating half …

Don’t Judge A Book By Its Cover

Côtes des Roses Rosé   Some of the best books I’ve read have had awful covers; some, for example have nothing to do with the story line or underlining concept, and yet, despite the awkwardness of the cover, they were exciting, fun, intriguing—the same goes for wines. Wine, in its simplest form, is a product …

Deliciously Healthy

Healthy foods don't have to taste bad. That being said, I am by no means a health nut, you won't see me blog about this or that super food.  To me, it's all food and some things taste better than others.  I won't prepare or cook a food unless it has flavour, because, I enjoy …