Recipes Oct 25, 2008 The Waffle 1 Comment I am discovering the joy of slow cookers.  I have got to say – it is pretty great to come home and dinner is basically ready. As Halloween is approaching fast, I carved two pumpkins and put them out on my porch. But instead of throwing out the carved pieces, I reserved most of it, hoping to do something with it. And I did, in this new halloween twist of an old classic. Pumpkin & Beef à la Bourguignone 2 1/2 pounds of beef, cut into 1-inch cubs 2 cups of baby carrots 1 medium onion, cut roughly 6 potatoes, cut into chunks 4 cups of pumpkin chunks. 4 tablespoon of flour 1 cup of beef broth 2 cups of red wine 1/2 pound of small white onions 3 cloves of garlic, minced 1/2 teaspoon of thyme 1 tablespoon of tomato paste…

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Recipes Oct 21, 2008 The Waffle No Comments I don’t like papaya very much.  In fact, I think that most times, the flesh of a fresh ripe papaya tastes like vomit. So I couldn’t believe it that when I went grocery shopping at Provigo the other day I couldn’t resist buying a jumbo green papaya.  True, it was fairly cheap, 0.99$ a pound, but still.  Vomit. Anyway, now that I had it, I wasn’t sure what to do with it.  I’ve had papaya in asian-style salads, often spicy, and didn’t mind it but, you know… I figured there must be a way to cook it in order to make it taste better.  And since it kinda looked like a squash, I figured that I should be able to cook it the same way.  To make sure, I looked for recipe on the internet and was confirmed in my thoughts.  While…

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Politics Oct 14, 2008 The Waffle No Comments Breakfast – Scrambled eggs, sausage, fruit salad. Snack – Ham sandwich. Lunch – Turkey sandwich and pumpkine pie with whipped cream. Dinner – Sweet italian sausage soup with gnocchi and toscan cabbage, pastrami, grilled vegetables, yellow tomatoes and boccocini, salad with pleurotte mushrooms, chicken a la chasseur, seafood stew, penne arrabiata with parmesan.

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General Oct 14, 2008 The Waffle 2 Comments So folks, this is it. We will find out tonight what Canadians have decided.  Let’s hope for the best. This also completes my day-by-day description of what I ate during the campaign. Because today is a special day, with nothing much more for me to do to influence the outcome, I decided to go for a special treat.  And luckily, we were staying at the Sutton Place, an old-style hotel which I find quite charming.  But the real luck is that it is in front of my favourite french bistro in Toronto, the Bistro 990. So that is where I went for lunch and I went solo, to finally escape from the media horde, the politicos and other campaign-related people. The Bistro 990 has a lovely dining room, with vaulted ceiling and a warm atmosphere. The service is always very good (although despite…

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Politics Oct 12, 2008 The Waffle No Comments Breakfast – Raisin and bran muffin. Snack – Pringles. Lunch – BBQ chicken, corn and red peppers, mashed potatoes, lemon pie. Snack – Mars bar. Dinner – Hamburger, sausage, corn on the cob

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