Just recently Chef and I had a re-evaluation of our steak dish (again). This is a dish that we tinker with the most probably. We had been using a very…
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But soft, what light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun. Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon, Who is already sick and…
Way back in the summer, I started writing in this blog again. I have periodically returned to it, perhaps not as often as I would like. Moreover, in hopes of…
It’s that time of again; time to bid another year adieu. They seem to come faster and faster it seems. Nevertheless, there is much work to do, food to be…
I suppose the hangover was a small price to pay. November 1st marked my 42nd birthday. It was also a week shy of the Beech Tree’s first birthday (we technically…
Not quite a year, actually, but very soon. At this time last year, we were wall-papering and trying to hook up appliances. How far we’ve come. On November 7th, 2013,…
I just learned recently that this September will mark the final night of the Toronto Underground Market. This is very sad news. The photo above, taken by Toronto Life magazine…
Before opening the Beech Tree and working with a bonafide Chef, I did a lot of home cooking. In fact, I did all the cooking in my household. This is…
If I put my ear to the ground, I could probably detect it. A tentative muttering, as if a massive waterfall many miles away were pounding the earth; a distant…
