When are cancelled flights ever a good thing? When you get rebooked with a day-long layover between what would otherwise be back-to-back 10 hour flights. […]
Rereading the Sevenwaters Saga
If you asked me to name my favourite author ten years ago, my answer would’ve been Juliet Marillier. Best known for the Sevenwaters Saga, a […]
Roald Dahl and Me
What if I told you that the author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and many other children’s stories you grew up with was also […]
The Secret Life of Cleopatra
“If the name is indelible, the image is blurry,” wrote Stacy Schiff, one of Cleopatra’s many biographers. Poets, playwrights and politicians have been putting words […]
The Three Lives of the Temple of Artemis
You likely already know Artemis as the goddess of the hunt. She lives by a babbling brooke with her animal creatures, often depicted with her […]
Paris Through the Pages
I’ll admit I’ve been dreaming of Paris lately— of the warm glow of lamps lining the rue over the Seine, the crackle of fresh-baked croissants […]
Christmastime Comfort Foods
Vancouver just got hit by the biggest winter storm since the year I was born, so I’ve been cooped up indoors over Christmastime while the […]
Cheese Fondue
Ingredients Directions Halve the clove of garlic and use it to rub down the inside of the ceramic fondue pot, the flavour will infuse the […]
Spaghetti a Limone
Ingredients Directions Fill a large pot with water, add a pinch of salt and place on medium to high heat with a lid over it. […]






