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A Glass in Hand
Nov 153 min read
What day is it?
Trying to decipher what to do and eat in this transitional period before festive season What day is it? As far as I know it's November...
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A Glass in Hand
Oct 43 min read
Harvest 2024
On this sunny day, I am beginning to think of harvest food. The seasons move pretty fast in this country so you look forward to your...
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A Glass in Hand
Sep 103 min read
The Overthinking Gardener
Planting by trial and error Who said growing stuff was easy? So you have a bunch of earth and you decided that you will plant something...
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A Glass in Hand
Jul 64 min read
Why do we do it you ask?
Bringing back the fine dining PTSD and reflecting on the why part of being a chef
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A Glass in Hand
May 273 min read
Dining Out
Is it worth it? Living in this day and age is expensive. Cooking at home is great, but sometimes you really want someone else to do it...
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A Glass in Hand
Jan 153 min read
Let Me Reintroduce Myself
My name is HOV! Wait that's not right... Hi, my name is Katrina and if you are reading this then you are probably either one of my...
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A Glass in Hand
May 10, 20232 min read
Hosting a Dinner Party?
Hosting can be a lot of work, but there are some things you can do to make it less of a hassle I love getting invited to dinner. I love...
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A Glass in Hand
May 18, 20223 min read
Where have all the cooks gone?
views from the kitchen So...where have all the cooks gone? The answer is, I have no idea and can't even think of where they would be....
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A Glass in Hand
Apr 1, 20223 min read
Dinner Invite
Some ideas for your next dinner invitation Last week, my partner and I were invited to go to someone else's house for dinner. Since...
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A Glass in Hand
Jun 5, 20212 min read
Growing Food Wherever You Can
I grew up learning how to grow food in our backyard. We had a little patch of earth that wasn’t growing grass which we used to grow...
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A Glass in Hand
Feb 22, 20212 min read
Food Memories
What are your first food memories? Can you remember them now, or are they just a fuzzy image in the back of my mind? I think some of our...
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A Glass in Hand
Feb 9, 20213 min read
My Favourite Cookbooks
When I started collecting cookbooks, I was in my late teens. I remember going to Chapters and walking around the store, touching books...
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A Glass in Hand
Feb 2, 20214 min read
What a year for Hospitality
Insights from the girl in the back It’s been a weird year for hospitality. By weird, I mean awful, I mean tough, I mean stressful, I mean...
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A Glass in Hand
Oct 19, 20205 min read
How does one get into the world of wine?
The chef finds a vineyard and the story begins People often ask me, being a chef, how I got so involved in the world of wine. It’s kind...
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A Glass in Hand
Sep 11, 20203 min read
What to do with your herbs
How to properly store and use them for the future One thing I get asked a lot is how do I store my herbs so that they will last longer? I...
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A Glass in Hand
May 11, 20203 min read
The art of the cheese board
How better serve and enjoy cheese A couple months ago I enrolled in the Fromager certification program at George Brown College. Taking...
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A Glass in Hand
Apr 6, 20204 min read
The women who got me into the cooking game
How 3 women taught me everything about food and life I’m a very lucky woman. I grew up in the 21st century. I was allowed to speak my...
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A Glass in Hand
Jan 17, 20203 min read
deglaze? what the hell does that mean?
here's a bit of help for you to actually deglaze correctly and make your food more flavourful I bet you have seen this word many times in...
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A Glass in Hand
Oct 18, 20193 min read
it's halfway through October
Where have I been you ask? I haven't forgot about you lovelies! Between travelling to a few places in September and the start of this...
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A Glass in Hand
Apr 30, 20194 min read
Oven Temperatures
What temperature do I even roast this thing at? How many times have you turned on your oven and put the temperature too low on what...
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