As I’ve mentioned I’m doing a lot more cooking while physically distancing, but I am trying to support local reasturants so at least once a week, often Friday nights, I order out for dinner delivery. And I’m trying to order from places I haven’t tried before. So last week, my
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A BCer in Ottawa: Eating off the Hill: Come to the Canadian Club for the economy discussion, stay for the baked salmon
My friend Danielle had an extra ticket for a Canadian Club luncheon last week and, knowing I’m someone who tries to luncheon on a daily basis, she invited me along. It was a snowy day, but lunch awaited to off to the Chateau Laurier I went. The discussion was on
Continue readingTHE CAREGIVERS' LIVING ROOM - A Blog by Donna Thomson: Celebrate….with Cake!
It’s important to find ways to treat ourselves and those we love. It’s important to celebrate special occasions and to simply celebrate…. even if there is no special occasion. It’s important to celebrate life and love every day, if we can. So in the spirit of celebration, life and love,
Continue readingmark a rayner | scribblings, squibs & sundry monkey joys: An explosion of taste
The pastry chef, Seaman First Class Henry Bunders, had been given specific orders: “make a cake that is like a nuclear explosion.” He’d been able to recreate the effect of the mushroom cloud using some stiff cardboard, fondant, and liberal … Continue reading →
Continue readingbastard.logic: Provocation, Appropriation, and That Blackface Clitoridectomy Cake
Here’s an idea for truly provocative art. No more male artists, black or white, speaking for African women. No more ever-more-graphic ever-more-voyeuristic art on the suffering of African women. Stop using the female African body as raw material to be worked – unless you happen to live in one. Then,
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