February 2012
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a dear friend recently told me to stop posting about food and/or music. and so, i give you:
FALAFEL NIGHT. i made approx. 72 sauces and dips and mixtures and i want to show it, ok?
(hummus, tzatziki, garlic sauce, tabouli, etcetcetc).
filtered through motherfucking instagram no less! your (everyones) nightmare. youre welcome.
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dinner: the rest
….roasted venison and then decided to not have it with like, a pile of potatoes and a pile of anothervegetable so made some kind of ragu (?) maybe? with onions, mushrooms, carrots, garlic, zucchini, tomato, and added the venison+drippings to it. also made spaetzle which auto correct would like to call “spackle”.
spackle batter.
i used a cheese grater to push the batter through...
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dinner tonight: part 1
BREAD. i dont know how to make bread so i consulted this “simple whole wheat bread” recipe
kinda used it but added wheat bran, maple syrup instead of honey, did about one cup of white flour and the rest whole wheat, um no butter, etc. basically just used the recipe for the times and the resting and the kneading and the yadda.
erin’s version:
1 c white flour
3-4 c whole wheat...
NOT A REVIEW: Happy Birthday to Erin
um aw/yuck, thanks.
criticalto:
January 2012
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food lately
roasted potato soup with roasted garlic, onions (and potatoes obviously). so yah, roast all that stuff in the oven with some salt and pepper and oil until it’s nice and brown. MEANWHILE, fry some bacon in a pot, then remove it (for a garnish later…who wants limp chewy pork pieces in their soup?), then chop the stuff that was in the oven and put it into the pot. then pour some stock in...
December 2011
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like, i'm still around.
writing at other places lately but here’s some stupid shit: (because the rest of my writing is real serious and unstupid).
um, making snowglobes.
aaand baaaygaaaals.
yep.
lit up deer antlers (thanks dad…for killing all those deer) and cider and anthony bourdain’s holiday special is as christmas-y as it gets around here.
jk also this pathetic tree with dollar store...
mason jars.
if i wasn’t afraid of electricity i would totally try and attempt this myself:
November 2011
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Dear Followers,
It would be so, like, cool, if you followed my new blog…I seem to be posting there more often lately.
http://criticalto.tumblr.com/post/12586447746/black-eve-on-devils-night
Conversation with a Man Who is Asleep
Him: I miss them.
Me: Who?
Him: My seven cars*.
Me: Where are they?
Him: Garage.
*He doesn’t have any cars.
critical T.O.
follow this new blog im doing with eric. less cats.
http://criticalTO.tumblr.com
October 2011
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Homeless Man Speaks
ok, time to cut the snide sarcasm: yesterday my article on Roncesvalles Village was published. also yesterday, a man who was a constant fixture in the heart of roncesvalles, sadly passed. i feel like a total shit for writing about frivolous things and neglecting to mention the people, especially him. his name was/is tony clemens, a homeless man/blogger, on the streets since his wife died in 1999...
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thanksgiving poutine means not apologizing for who...
ok:
the day before thanksgiving i ran into some wood nymphs in high park and they gave me this table arrangement ON LOAN.
i made thanksgiving dinner for my two main pieces. clockwise starting at TWELVE (ON THE PLATE) we have: pile of mush 1 (stuffing with sausage, apple, mushrooms, sage, etc) pile of mush 2 (potatoes with sour cream and rosemary) pile of mush 3 (brussel sprouts with bacon)...
September 2011
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Anonymous asked: ur so buti i lik to tuc an sd me ur no
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september 14th
happy birthday to people such as: nas, and amy winehouse. also, my friend tiffany from highschool. but most importantly, to my mama:
she is my favourite person in the whole world. also, the best person in the whole world.
she hates this picture but i love it.
my mom is also my drunk dial.
happy birthday! could you pls send me some money?
Anonymous asked: Thanks for the chickpea soup recipe -- I can't wait to try it. The peanut butter sounds like an inspired addition!
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chickpea soup
IT’S BASICALLY HOT HUMMUS.
that sounds disgusting but it’s not. one of my favourite soups i just forgot to make it for a real long time.
• two cans of chickpeas or the equivalent amount of dried (i dunno what that is im too lazy) (sometimes it’s a hard choice between lazy and cheaper)
• an onion
• a carrot
• one stalk of celery (come on guys those three things are basic soup...
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going through my archives and tagging all food/drink/recipe posts but pretty much everything before august 2010 IS a food/drink/recipe post. so if youre looking for that kinda stuff just like, go through everything.
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did i ever blog about the first time i attempted corn tortillas? well if i did, ignore it because they were bullshit. i did something like normal flour+cornmeal+water. they were ok-ish enough. but the other day i woke up and realized i had to use masa harina. which is corn flour. i think. treated with mineral lime or something.
the point is you cannot substitute it.
recipe:
• masa harina
•...
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a doctor person told me not to drink for 6 MONTHS. so im trying not to drink DURING THE WEEK.
therefore, behold, lookit, etc this thing im drinking right now:
• 1 part sparkling water like PERRIER or the cheaper, PC version
• rest of the parts passion tea
• lemon
• pretentious mint SPRIG you found in the backyard
insider tip: add white wine or vodka if you know what’s good for...
August 2011
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dog day- deformer
i always liked how gloomy dog day was.
so i like how moody and boring this album is.
as for their sound being a bit sparse due to half of their members quitting, i am glad there is no keyboard. girls should stop playing keyboards asap.
plus, the most attractive pair are the ones still in the band. yes they’re husband and wife, obv.
i like the song “eurozone” because i...
sometime in winter 2007/2008 i went into a walk-in clinic and started crying because my bf-at-the-time’s monster-of-a-mother was set to arrive that evening and then the doctor gave me anti-depressants.
this could’ve been a tweet if it was 63 characters less.
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oh right blaaawg hi
hey look it’s wine-freezie-lite-brites IN ACTION!
paul is so captivating.
today someone told me “move to nova scotia and you can have this restaurant/living space” so i made fish and chips.
the batter was a success and i think even the east coasters would approve. super crispy and light and thin! i didnt have any lemon but tarragon reminds me of lemon (i dunno?) so i...
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SUMMERTIME DRINKING WITH ERIN PART 737
hi guys.
1) as usual, you wanna start with a BASE of cheap white wine and ice. (lots of ice to water it down because youre in your late 20s and cant really handle the booze no more).
2) you wish you could water it down/mix it with something more (HELLOOOOO SPRITZERRSSSSSS!) but youre all out of perrier! (SADFACE).
3) SO YOU PUT A FUCKING FREEZIE IN IT.
4) in this case, i chose blue. but...
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CROISSANTS
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Anonymous asked: What is your recipe for those blueberry pancakes? They look exquisite even re-warmed up in a toaster.
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THIS WAS A WEIRD NIGHT.
going through old pictures…
mexican desert on peyote chic
cailin, heather and i went to some festival in victoria park, missed all the bands and bought things we ABSOLUTELYNEEDEDTOHAVE. at the time.
shockingly, i no longer have this….this..this?
now i miss y’all. glad you restarted the model burnbook, girl. it’s like youre around, BUT YOURE NOT.
in addition,...
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leftover blueberry pancakes…i put in the toaster. who knew you could do that. maybe you shouldn’t. seemed like the least sweat-inducing method of heating. (although, a couple seconds longer and the butter oozing out of them might’ve ignited a minor fire).
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look at that guy! first one to start changing to red!
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hangover breakfast of champions (losers)
1) grilled steak
2) grilled asparagus
3) mushrooms in a little packet of red wine and butter and salt and pepper also on the bbq
4) over-easy egg
5) potato pancakes with grated shallots and fresh rosemary topped with sour cream and green onion (and by ‘potato pancakes’ i mean latkes and by ‘latkes’ i mean KARTOFELPUFFER. because that word is so hilariously ugly. why...
July 2011
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it's too hot to cook.
hi guys. remember when this blog was more about food and less about nothing? my excuse is the title. get it? anyway, i hate summer because i cannot (should not) have a simmering pot of soup on the stove for hours, or a venison loin slowly roasting in the oven all day.
i can only eat so many bowls of cottage cheese with frozen peas and lemon juice and thyme and green onion so it was time for a...
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beach wedding
fucking sinister.
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i get my bitchiness and my inability to take a normal picture from my nanny.
thanks, june!
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we went to florida and the thing i was most excited about was using this bag at the airport.
i got it sometime last summer at my favourite antique/vintage store- MR. HANEY’S (IN LUCAN ONTARIO). it was only $10! or $30. BUT STILL. he has so many gems priced so reasonably.
i am a fucking loser.
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floriduh
i was not mistaken for paul’s sister at the wedding once.
i was mistaken for paul’s sister at least three times.
June 2011
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chad vangaalen
i think the only show i’ll be attending at nxne is this mans.
despite paul’s fears of his new album diaper island being a bit lame ‘because of the baby’ (which i think was really offensive to babies everywhere), it’s pretty fucking great. more rock (like skelliconnection) and less clicks and beeps (like soft airplane).
i also like him because he recorded/produced...
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May 2011
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gordchris lightpratt..foot..on.
this morning i read that gordon lightfoot is playing here soon and then i started wondering ‘was he a stud when he was younger?’ and then i googled “young gordon lightfoot” like a horny 70 year old widow might and then i saw the images of him….
and then i was all like ‘wtf?! did he birth a dude named chris pratt who is currently starring in the popular nbc...