We have team lunches (on the company dime, whoo-hoo!) reasonably often at b5media. Sometimes it’s dim sum, sometimes it’s shwarma, sometimes it’s pub food. Last week, we ended up at Wayne Gretzky’s, where we saw this colossal cake in the desserts display:
Damn, that’s one seriously stacked cake!
Naturally, we had to order a slice of [...]
Category Archives: food
Colossal Cake
May 2, 2008 – 9:59 am
An Accordion Tune About Coffee’s Chemistry
April 8, 2008 – 1:08 pm
Eva sent me a note about this video, which features an accordion performance about the chemistry behind the coffee experience:
Accordions, coffee and science — three things I love!
For the curious, here are the lyrics to the coffee song in the video (the tune used is from Where Do They Make Balloons? by They Might Be [...]
Ding Dong: Good Pastries, Unfortunate Name
March 25, 2008 – 11:55 am
The Ginger Ninja and I visited Ding Dong Pastries and Cafe (in Chinatown, at 321 Spadina Avenue, just south of Baldwin) this weekend and were stunned by the prices: most of the single-serving cakes and buns are priced between 60 and 80 cents. We picked up a sesame ball, two tall “paper cup cakes” (sponge [...]
Waffle Tetris
March 18, 2008 – 10:04 am
I skipped breakfast this morning, so this is what’s on my mind right now:
Photo courtesy of Jamie “El Rey” Barnett.
Mirabelle Wine Bar
February 17, 2008 – 11:51 pm
Wendy and I went to Mirabelle Wine Bar (2112 Yonge Street, a couple of blocks south of Eglinton) for Valentine’s Day dinner, and it was excellent. For that night, they cancelled their regular menu and presented a special menu with three appetizers, three main courses and three desserts. We both opted for the prawn cocktail, [...]
Korean Meals in Cones
January 12, 2008 – 12:17 pm
In the ongoing development of portable savory food, from sandwiches to meat pies to egg rolls to wraps, the cone has been ignored…until now. Here’s a photo from Korea by way of Miss Fipi Lele featuring what looks like ice cream cones filled with the following:
Chili
Chicken Chili
“Gamberi Funghi”
Chicken Alfredo
Salsa “Vianco”
“Primavera”
“Top Choice Chop Steak”
Click the photo [...]
Bacon Chocolate Chip Cookies with Maple Cinnamon Glaze
December 9, 2007 – 12:01 am
“Muffin”, the author of the blog Ooh, You Tasty Little Things…, writes:
This whole thing started the other night when my husband and I were having a conversation about what foods could and could not be made better with the addition of bacon.
You can see the end result of said conversation in the photos that accompany [...]
“Dear Subway”: A Plea to the Sandwich Shop from a Math Geek
August 24, 2007 – 3:39 pm
This comic gets bonus points for using the word “tessellate” in a down-to-earth, everyday context: the way Subway “sandwich artists” add cheese when making submarine sandwiches:
Click the comic to see it on its original page.
Mmmm…Bacon Salt!
July 31, 2007 – 8:30 am
According to the Bacon Salt site, it’s a “zero-calorie, vegetarian, kosher-certified seasoning salt that makes everything taste like real bacon. It’s the creation of Justin and Dave, “two regular guys who love grilling and football on Sunday afternoons, eating until we can’t get off the couch and of course, the taste of great [...]
Christopher Walken Roasts a Chicken and Pears
July 30, 2007 – 10:27 am
Over at the cooking video website Im Cooked, there’s a great video of none other that Christopher Walken showing his technique for roasting a whole chicken with some pears. Somebody get this man a show on the Food Network!
Click the picture to see the video.
One thing I love about the video: after seeing [...]
Scenes from the High Park Organic Market
July 29, 2007 – 1:51 pm
The High Park Organic Market has become a Saturday morning ritual with me and the Ginger Ninja. We set out for the market — located beside the Grenadier Restaurant, a nice ten-minute walk south of Bloor Street — to buy vegetables to turn into a salad or stir-fry from lunch, as well as some homemade [...]
If You Liked Yesterday’s Giada de Laurentiis Photo, You’ll LOVE These…
July 24, 2007 – 12:22 pm
You’ll find the photo below, two other tomato-themes ones and Giada’s sauce recipe on this Esquire page…
Click to see the original photo.
Scenes From a Vacation: Blogger Lunch at Changsho
July 2, 2007 – 10:25 am
On our vacation, we had the good fortune of catching up with several bloggers from the Cambridge area thanks to the work of Betsy Devine, who organized a lunch at the Chinese restaurant Changsho. Here’s Betsy with a squishy cow I gave her, taking care of the bill:
All Betsy needs is a squishy cow and [...]
