Author: Ivan
Good Bean Hunting
As an ex-roaster who had ten different ways to make coffee at home, being weaned from excellent coffee is a zen exercise in patience and wabi-sabi. Imagine my delightful surprise at discovering a truly superb roaster ...
Spiedies
The original spiedies were marinated cubes of leg of lamb grilled to perfection on a skewer. Sure, we’ve all had marinated meat on a skewer. The Binghamton flair, however, was that it was served with a ...
You Can’t Go Home Again
(Full Disclosure: I really couldn’t finish Thomas Wolfe’s book You Can’t Go Home Again. Not that it isn’t brilliantly written because the prose was beautiful. I just couldn’t get my head into the story so I put ...
Toronto Islands Costume Party
Just off mainland Toronto, there’s a group of islands that is owned by the city and is mainly park land but has about 250 residents. They had a bit of history with the city trying to ...