We are so very very lucky, the Petits Chefs and I. We’ve had so many opportunities over the past five years to work with some amazing chefs and food enthusiasts from around Toronto and for their generosity, I am so very grateful. This week, we were presented with a chance to do something no other … Read more
Matt Basile might tell you that he is the chef/ owner of Lisa Marie restaurant and the popular food truck, Priscilla, here in Toronto but the Petits Chefs will tell you otherwise. In their eyes, Matt is a rock star. A rock star with cooking gadgets – the best kind! We’ve cooked with Matt in … Read more
Cheesy, bacon-y, messy, drippy. This kind of food appears all throughout Matt Basile’s debut cookbook Street Food Diaries – Irresistible Recipes Inspired by The Street. It’s also the kind of food he serves at Lisa Marie (the bricks and mortar extension of Priscilla, his food truck) and the kind of food that my Petits Chefs … Read more
Those of you who follow me on Twitter or Instagram might remember a whirlwind trip to Kelowna a couple of weeks ago. I was with a small group of bloggers as a guest of Tourism Kelowna and their mission in our short time together was to show us some of Kelowna’s best eats, drinks and … Read more
If you’ve been reading this blog for a while, you’ll know that I don’t shy away from thinking big when it comes to cooking with kids. We don’t use kids’ cookbooks and we don’t make “quick and easy” dishes all the time. In fact, most of the time 😉 And a lot of the time, … Read more
Food is community. When we think about making a meal, it’s generally to share with others and something I am always happy to hear from the parents of my Petits Chefs is that the boys want to cook with their parents at home – that sharing component is so important when it comes to food … Read more