Balsamic Roasted Vegetables are an easy and delicious way to prepare your vegetables in your oven, all on one sheet pan. This combination goes well … Sheet Pan Balsamic Vegetables

What Leftovers We Had Boiled potatoes, charred green beans and chicken legs sprinkled with olive oil, crushed garlic and sage leaves, cooked in the oven slow and low at 325 degrees for 90 minutes. What We Did With The Leftovers The Potatoes Cut the potatoes into thin slices. Take one-half of a medium onion, slice…

There is nothing wrong with it – to dream, to say, if only. In this case – it’s both. The decision has been made – we are dreaming about taking the trip of a lifetime. In early June we are imagining taking a legendary train trip aboard the Venice-Orient-Express. The train is special – the…

K.D. Lang – originally Canadian – is an international star. She grew up in Alberta and after high school she attended a community college in Red Deer. It was there that she became fascinated with the American country singer Patsy Cline, to the point where she decided she wanted to become a professional singer. After…

One of the most influential jazz musicians, Louis Armstrong’s career, spanned five decades Satchmo, Satch, Pops, as he also was known was the first black musician to make the transition from merely playing an instrument to also being a vocalist. During his career he also moved through different jazz eras. Armstrong was born and raised…

It was one of those fortuitous moments in life – spending five days in the Brazilian Amazon rainforest, adventure of a lifetime. And it wasn’t even planned. I was in Brazil on a business trip. During the trip I met several senior Brazilian businessmen. One, as it turned out, was quite wealthy.. During several meetings…

One couple Ruth and Campbell McCubbin – both inveterate amateur photographers – have done it. They have photographed the signs, the splendour of spring, for all of us to explore, enjoy and be inspired – it’s a beautiful world after all. The McCubbins live in a beautiful part of the world – Vancouver Island, Canada.…

It happens often – memorable moments you treasure for a lifetime. I had been in Dublin for a week working as a consultant. I decided it was time to get outside the city and explore the Irish countryside. Dalkey was my choice, recommended by several Irish friends. So off I went in my small mini…

Joni Mitchell is special. Special in what her music is all about – humanism, social issues. Special in that she true to herself no matter the cost. Recently she left the music giant music distribution service, Spotify. She followed in the footsteps of another Canadian musician Neil Young. He left Spotify because the service had…

CarolAnn Hoo loves cooking. She’s been at it for at least 30 years. One of her most important dinners is the reunion dinner – held on New Year’s eve of the Chinese New Year – considered the most important family get-together meal of the whole year, popularly known as reunion dinner. Hers was a feast…