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métier cook s supply saturday february 21 1 3 pm i ll be updating this space with additional dates and locations brooklyn montreal soon thank you ever so much for the support after all these years it means the world to me remember you can keep up with my kitchen adventures over on simple bites i ll see you there posted by aimée at 9 39 pm 214 comments labels uthc thursday august 08 2013 summer bucket list make a cookbook it s august that sticky month where summer exhales in a warm breath on your neck smelling of freshly mowed grass and rich dark compost normally i d be writing about the latest backyard barbecue or late night canning session but this summer is scripted completely differently than the last oh thirty four or so social events garden work and home preserving have taken a backseat to my latest occupation book writing i ve been so busy and completely immersed in this project that i ve neglected to share with you just exactly what ate up part of june and most of july it s called brown eggs and jam jars and is slated for release in spring of 2015 by penguin random house you can read more about the cookbook on simple bites and even sign up for a nifty newsletter of sorts image by tim chin while book writing sounds like i am ensconced all day at a private and tidy desk in my sunny loft dreamily tapping out my food memoirs what actually is happening is much more frantic any given week could involve pages and pages of list making recipe scribbling ingredient brainstorming headnote musing dashing all over the city sourcing ingredients recipe testing with three kids around and underfoot eating and testing again dishesdishesdishes hurried antique prop shopping with very unhurried shop owners more dishes more eating and then writing some but never enough then there are the weekends of the photo shoots which we are doing one chapter at a time to capture our family food life directly amid the seasons of this produce driven cookbook again lists and more lists staying up late to iron the linens buff the props and clean up my gardening nails if i m lucky the morning of the shoot comes quickly and i am in the kitchen preparing each dish for its turn in the spotlight looking for the heroes among the ingredients that ruby red tomato a perfect cluster of radishes the evenly browned bun and the diamond shaped grill marks on the featured protein image by tim chin at some point in the day i ll rush out of the kitchen round up my kids dig feverishly through their drawers for something anything that doesn t clash terribly or have ninjago on the front pre laid out outfits for the whole family haha i wish scrub their faces and march them outside to the garden or wherever we are shooting that day i ll draw a curtain at what happens after that but lets be honest and admit that a small amount of bribery is offered and a good number of stern words are emitted before the shoot is half over they ll thank me later i had big plans to hire a virtual assistant send my kids to day camps and recruit guest bloggers for simple bites but of course none of that happened instead i am fitting this new project into our life weaving it into the day to day and giving up other time consuming things i ve relinquished my garden to nature not entirely by choice though that is another story completely i won t watch another minute of tv until downton abbey returns and i have a tidy set of auto responses written to ship out to inquiries invitations and opportunities that come into my inbox no more not now this is my season to put my head down and write this book it could very well be christmas before i post here again it is yet another area where i am giving myself grace to lay aside until time permits you know where to find me in the meantime posted by aimée at 2 20 pm 128 comments labels uthc monday june 03 2013 time out the lights of the strip from the window of my limo a mesmerizing fountain that moved to the music of andrea bocelli sipping bubbly v euve clicquot while touring a private collection of picasso s work last week was just a little out of the ordinary for this urban homesteader i ve just returned from las vegas where saveur and the bellagio hosted a group of food bloggers for the bfba s awards what an amazing time catch the story and the back story over on simple bites posted by aimée at 8 12 pm 309 comments labels uthc friday may 17 2013 mother s day in four food photos last sunday was a good day for eating and of course i had my iphone handy for capturing the plates and tablescapes they were too pretty not to share here now why can t every day include breakfast in bed seared scallops and macarons first up a simply beautiful breakfast tray prepared by danny and the boys and delivered to my sunny bedroom on mother s day morning noah had whipped the cream by hand he s a pro and made the crepe flower mateo arranged raspberries and a chocolatine warmed on a plate while danny prepared the all important cafe latte can you tell this was a brunch prepared by five brothers we connected with danny s family later in the morning for an epic spread there was a healthy component a full on juice and smoothie bar it s just not pictured kudos guys dinner chez moi in honour of my other mother in law and a delightful excuse to set a spring tablescape seared scallops with an orange carrot puree asparagus with a warm raspberry vinaigrette buttermilk potatoes with ramps wild cherry blossoms for a simple seasonal centerpiece ending dinner on a sweet note with strawberry frozen yogurt fruit and macarons contributed by our guests and french press coffee dark and full bodied not pictured fierce hugs from wiry little boy arms the lightest of kisses from a baby girl handmade cards with notes in french a clean kitchen a mother s day for the books posted by aimée at 10 13 pm 222 comments labels uthc thursday april 18 2013 12 things to do at a food bloggers conference that you can t do at home check in conference organizers mardi ethan and melissa did their homework with the location of the very first canadian food bloggers conference hockley valley resort provided us with a rustic yet comfortable setting stellar service and hand s down the best food i ve enjoyed at any conference fires flickering in the foyer set a warm welcoming tone that continued throughout the entire weekend even when we lost power for a few hours it is safe to say that hockley will be seeing me again perhaps on a future anniversary getaway ideally when the garden is bursting and the grapes are ripe on the vine leave the bed unmade this part was kind of how i imagine life would be like at downton abbey the clothes i left of the floor were picked up and folded and the bed was made for me not to mention adorned with a bag of molasses cookies speaking of bed i wanted to add the whole package sheets canopy douvet mattress to my tab and bring it all home is a bed considered an incidental gosh that bed was dreamy and the view from my balcony like narnia help yourself by helping out i spent most of friday playing santa and channeling oprah while laughing with a fantastic community of food bloggers from coast to coast at least that s what it felt like it certainly didn t feel like work we volunteered to help the conference organizers with some of the behind the scenes tasks such as stuffing swag bags above and registering some 90 attendees below it was humbling to work with these strong canadian women each as unique as the province they represented the conference hadn t even started and i already felt enriched just by knowing them smile and greet canada s finest food bloggers in one afternoon as registrants trickled up the stairs and over to our table to pick up their name tag and badge i had to pinch myself to make sure this was really happening so many familiar faces that i usually see in my twitter stream were materializing before our booth their excitement was palpable i m sure mine was too what else can you do at a food blogging conference let s keep going kick off dinner with a poutine starter pommes frites cheese curd and a red wine reduction eat two bowls and treat yo self enjoy some of the finest wine ontario has to offer while you listen to gentlemen from the wineries eloquently share their stories of success appreciate their bradly cooper ish good looks and toast with another glass get goofy in the kitchen aid photo booth with canada s queen of cookie hit up their milkshake bar afterward because poutine and roast beef dinner isn t excessive enough for one night geek out over session after session of stellar speakers appreciate the militia like manner in which moderator allison keeps everything on track breathe a sigh of relief when your own panel is over realize that sharing 9 photos that show your culinary journey wasn t a totally dorky move eat way too many cherry bourbon blondies right before dinner accompanied by a bottle or two of wine relish in friendships that span the country and stand the test of time yet never grow cold sit next to corey mintz at dinner and laugh uproariously for two hours with jan danny corey and marian discus making lunch for ruth reichl how craigslist was the demise of newspapers dinner parties with kids and your least favorite body features witness mairlyn throw food and carry out other capers listen to corey and dana discuss the merits of horse meat gawk over cookies by art to eat realize that adell is even sweeter than her cookies and that you kind of want to be just like her when you grow up also be impressed by these absolutely incredible kitchen aid stand mixer cookies made and distributed by marian of sweetopia fall asleep on someone s shoulder but only if you are under two feet tall posted by aimée at 11 29 pm 32 comments labels uthc saturday january 12 2013 2012 2013 most memories start as a impersonal note on the calendar baby due date easter 10th anniversary photography workshop school out blogging conference birthday dinner thanksgiving cookie swap christmas before you know it you ve swept through all the dates snapped the photos kept the mementos and these moments are threaded together to make a full year of memories the uncomfortable bits like labor humidity and waiting in line tend to fade away and the really important parts such as holding one s teeny newborn girl are recalled as clearly as the day they took place at the start of a new year it is as important to look at where we ve come from as it is to project where we d like to go i ve been doing plenty of both this week as we step out of holiday mode and back into routine here s a short look back on some of my favorite holiday moments all iphone images this year seemed extra special for some reason maybe it was the drifts of powder i adore a white christmas or maybe because it was clara s first christmas and that is just magical the wrapping is always far more interesting than the actual gifts when you are 9 months old you go ahead and slurp oysters i m just fine over herewith my felt food and trumpette mary janes socks mmm oysters a new generation of snow bunnies sporting hand knit woollies from the wimbush aunties and nana christmas day 2012 i love them so much oh and ties from the pleated poppy adore an outing to the nutcracker ballet with noah he later described the ballerinas as scrumptious heaven help us in ten years what else to do when you are snowed in with homemade gingerbread this template and help together with homemade marshmallow fluff christmas morning overnight cinnamon rolls peach preserves fruit and prosecco should i post this cinnamon roll recipe it s amazing the cookies were beautiful this year not too rich or gooey perfect with tea the canine cousins came for a stay and whipped the boys through the snow on a sled talk about a thrill here s wishing you all a happy new year and the very best for 2013 posted by aimée at 11 02 am 45 comments labels uthc wednesday december 12 2012 december days not everyone understood my last rant post my own mum gave me flack about it i thought under the high chair was a food blog she said it was i defended and gave the short version of how it has morphed into my personal blog clearly simple bites is the all food all the time blog of the two well your aunt thinks you re pregnant she sniffed however unfounded baby rumors aside a lot of people related to my sound off a lot even one guy is sick and tired of being asked when he s going to start having kids and he s a guy it s all very interesting in a nutshell we d all wish people would stop asking us about how we are or are not building our families now it isn t my intention for a second post to be about pregnancy but i did want to mention that i received a lot of comments emails and remarks in response to the post before we move onto something a tad less serious like cookies here we are two weeks away from christmas and this little family is deep into holiday prep before i sat down to write this post i piled a plate high with cookies for danny as a bribe to address our christmas cards it s a task i loathe i hope my bribe works stockings have been hung a twig tree decorated and the last few gifts stashed in the top of the closet if only we had snow i might really believe that the season of good tidings was upon us but it is elusive this year save for a thin blanket of ice while we wait for the late coming white drifts the last days of the school year are getting crossed off the calendar one by one and we keep a growing list of activities we want to visit over the holidays my annual cookie swap has come and gone and my freezer is lined with long plastic containers of fresh baked goodies i organize them by similar flavors so they maintain their cookie integrity everything chocolate in one flat shortbread and vanilla cookies in another and all gingerbread and spiced goodies are grouped together it s a good system my girls baked some beautiful cookies fudge and chocolate dipped caramels we barely fit everything on the table over 1000 cookies and my simple festive centerpiece of tea lights in jam jars bathed the heaping plates in a warm glow it s a little bit like a beautiful dream wouldn t you agree i captured a few moments via instagram just to prove it wasn t all a dream this also could have been a scene from a reverie a break from work and the kids to have an uninterrupted dinner with friends yes please let the holidays come we re ready for them and we fully intend to take the hustle and bustle at our own pace after all it is the most wonderful time of the year merry christmas and happy holidays wherever you may find yourself this december posted by aimée at 1 37 pm 36 comments labels uthc sunday november 18 2012 baby news ask me about my kids psst i ve got pregnancy news you re about to get the scoop straight from the horse s mouth ready i may or may not be having another baby am i pregnant now no could it happen though eventually i suppose anything could happen it has three times already why am i ...