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Summerlicious Toronto 2011

Summerlicious is an annual restaurant event in Toronto. During Summerlicious, participating restaurants offer special lunch and dinner menus where guests can have lunch for $15, $20 or $25 and dinner for $25, $35 or $45 – all of which include an appetizer, main and dessert but not drinks, taxes or gratuity. Whether dinner is $25 or $45 depends on the quality of the restaurant. Chain...
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Funky Breakfast Grits

We discovered the awesomeness of grits on our last road trip through the American South. Creamy, buttery cheesy goodness. This will be my second attempt to get my Canadian friends to try this amazing southern staple. Once you have good grits you will be forever sorry that I introduced you to them because they are not waistline friendly. There are no DIET grits. My last attempt to convince you...
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Don’t Judge Me: Rachel Ray’s Mac & Cheese Dog Casserole

New Contributor alert! Heather Rose, the only professional writer in the family, makes her Happy Mouth debut with this post. Heather, meet everyone. Everyone, meet Heather. After a mid-summer cottage trip, all that inhabits the kitchen is leftover barbeque food, no barbeque – nor buns – to be found, it seems. Portable cooler stock like hot dogs and cheese with ever-present pantry...
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Bucatini and Memories of Rome

Is there anything more life affirming than a simple pasta made with fresh ingredients, shared with a loved one, a bottle of red wine, and lingered over on a warm, breezy Canadian summer evening in early July? It is truly an experience unto it’s own, however for me it evokes memories of pastas savored in sunny Rome on my first and hopefully not last visit. Bucatini all’Amatriciana is...
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Spicy Southwest Shrimp Pasta

A little over 20 years ago (gasp!), I was on a business trip to Los Angeles and was staying in a hotel in the middle of Canoga Park, a cross between an office park and strip mall hell. Coincidentally, my brother Jim was also in the same area at the same time for a business trip as well. We decided to meet up at a local chain restaurant (I won’t mention their name but it rhymes with...
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