If you’re in the Saint John area on July 25, have a drink with me at Lemongrass Thai Fare / Peppers Pub.  I’m allegedly turning 40! Share...

If you’ve been visiting this site for a bit (or even just a minute or two), you’re probably aware that part of the purpose of this site is to get people eating less processed foods and more fresh stuff.   But let’s face it, we all like a bag of chips once in a while.  And...

I’m from a place that’s not very close to Kentucky. In fact, Thompson, Manitoba isn’t even that close to Winnipeg.  It’s 750 kilometres north of the provincial capital and the coldest city in Canada’s 10 provinces.   Up there in the 1970s and 80s, we had little...

The third installment of Artsts on Vinyl is on now at Bean Books at 122 Germain Street in Saint John.  Stop in and view the many pieces created by local artists using old vinyl records as their primary medium.   Some really incredible works in this year’s show, an annual (and important)...

Everybody craves some Chinese take-out on occasion and one of my favourite guilty pleasures are those little sweet and sour pork ribs. You know the ones, sticky, gooey, sweet and meaty.  That syrupy fall-off-the-bone goodness.   Some are better than others for sure.   Some actually have some...

Last night while killing a few hours on youtube, I got the idea to look up famed Italian chef Biba Caggiano. Biba, or my first real love as my wife refers to her, is one of the key people that I got early inspiration from to start cooking real food back in the early 90s, when Biba’s...

I’m sure there’s a lot of plates of eggs benedicts hitting dining room tables and restaurant tables this morning and it’s no different at my house.   Above was my serving of eggs benedict this morning. If you haven’t done it before, try making your own hollandaise...