Today let me share with you one of my favourite seasonal trends...bringing food in fresh from my own garden. I’m not much of a gardener, but at this time of the year all sorts of natural instincts kick in and I find myself wandering through farmers’ markets admiring the tomato plants, checking out carrot seed packets and longing for my old neighbour’s rhubarb harvest. Living on a rather small plot of downtown Toronto does not allow me to live out all my gardening dreams, but I make concessions and do what I can.Check out my herb pot. There’s oregano for... More »

Going green hardly constitutes a trend these days...concern for the environment is everywhere, in everything we buy. Most of us are trying to make our kitchens more environmentally-friendly by looking into energy-efficient appliances, recycled materials and fluorescent light bulbs. How many of us have given any thought to our cookware? This week I test drove a new GreenPan, the first environmentally-friendly, PTFE-free non-stick cookware. The GreenPan is constructed with Thermolon, a non-stick, ceramic-based coating, which releases 60 per cent fewer greenhouse gases during production than conventional non-stick products and contains no toxic substances that can be released at high temperatures.... More »

I recently finished my first half marathon. Those are words I never expected to be able to write. What surprises me most about the sentence is that I included the word "first", thereby indicating that there will be a second, third and fourth race in my lifetime. I shared my training with a friend and fellow urbanmom, and since the run I've had many friends ask about my race, and comment about their upcoming marathon, 10K race, triathlon, etc. Running is not a new trend, but training for (what I consider significant) races seems to be gaining in popularity... More »