by Melinda Paletta | Jul 14, 2013 | Uncategorized
Today I headed down to Toronto, there’s always something going on. I went to the 41st Annual Festival of India on Centre Island. I had just missed opening ceremonies, But headed to the ferry anyway. It was hot,sweaty,and a ton of people. It took me an hour in a...
by Melinda Paletta | Jul 13, 2013 | Uncategorized
As most of you have figured out by now, I love learning about different cuisines, and cultures. I contacted the Red Leaf program, it’s a program that brings students from different countries to interact with host families, as well as sending them to school to...
by Melinda Paletta | Jul 7, 2013 | Uncategorized
Sometimes you just have to get away (As Billy Joel said ) Take a drive,experience some different scenery,different people, a different town. So I headed to Port Perry Ontario to see some friends. What a great town Port Perry is,old buildings with walls that could tell...
by Melinda Paletta | Jul 4, 2013 | Uncategorized
As I have said before in other posts, it takes a lot to knock me off my butcher block, but tonight I headed over to Indigo in Burlington Ont. Mr. Chuck Hughes was doing a book signing, What I thought was going to be a huge line up, turned out to be a calm and eventful...
by Melinda Paletta | Jun 30, 2013 | Uncategorized
What a way to celebrate Canada Day Weekend. I was at Ribfest in Waterdown Ontario. The sweet smell of smoking ribs,chicken, and pulled pork just draws you in to this event of meat heaven. I could not wait to see all the ribbers in action, and I received just that....
by Melinda Paletta | Jun 24, 2013 | Uncategorized
I love buying local ingredients, fruits, herbs,vegetables. It kinda gives me a sense of pride and I support local farmers. Michelle Bennett program co ordinator of Go Local Food Network for Burlington a non profit non partisan environmental organization. Gave me a one...
