Tessa: After years and years of suffering horrible stomach pain, bloating, the runs, chronic fatigue and massive stomach aches, I finally figured out that I can’t eat gluten. It was a long rocky road getting there and truthfully I wish that I had figured this out at the beginning of my life rather than the middle of it. The good thing about it is that I was so desperately unhealthy by the time I figured it out that when I was finally able to put two and two together, ie. the impact that this would have on my life as an avid cook and eater, I was too sick to care and extremely grateful to be out of pain. (more…)
Entries from March 2007
Gluten Free Flour Mix and Pastry Recipe
March 26, 2007 · 7 Comments
Categories: Desserts and Cakes · Recipes
Japanese Indestructible Underwear
March 11, 2007 · 1 Comment
Tessa: While Dave is off having adventures, I’ve been holding down the fort with the help of my Japanese Indestructible Underwear. There’s nothing like a piece of clothing to give you the fortitude to get through life. Friday at work was going to be a long day so I knew I was going to have to have some extra support so I went off to work wearing my Indestructibles. And you know when the going got tough and the Gravlax was giving us all the big finger and you wanted to take the dish and turf it out the window for a visit with the bobcat, I thought about my Indestructibles which have been with me for 15 years. Say what you will about Japanese products but they have staying power like nothing else. I bought them when I lived in Japan and have had them ever since. Two pairs. These days they’re pretty much retired and only called on for very special occasions like Friday. Yet like Rosie, Agatha and Salad, they have a kind of spark and durability that I admire. So screw all the crappy products that fall apart after one wash. These babies are like new and like all my other ladies they give me power!
Categories: Where's my gonch & other stuff
Where’s Dave?
March 11, 2007 · 1 Comment
Tessa:
For the two people who regularly read this blog and might be wondering where Dave has got to he wants you to know that he has:
- Run off to tour with The Arcade Fire. He is doing an awesome job playing the femur.
- Is training to be a matador in Spain. Pics to come of Dave in bullfighter tights.
- Running with Bulls. See Dave Run.
- Been taken prisoner by Sunnni Radicals in the outskirts of Baghdad. Watch video on Al Jazeera website.
- Is off having tea with Kim Jong Il. Hi Kim.
As soon as he returns from his adventures abroad, he will begin posting again. In the meantime, he sends his love. Hugs and Kisses.
Categories: Uncategorized
Inside the Gullible Mind
March 4, 2007 · 1 Comment
Tessa: I was at work yesterday when someone shouted that there was a bobcat outside. A bobcat I thought. That’s so cool. That’s so weird. So I dropped everything to wander outside to witness this wildlife miracle. Imagine. A real live bobcat right in someone’s backyard in East Van. Ohmiggod, I hope he doesn’t eat Alley (the company cat). Worse. I hope he doesn’t’ eat me… then my scattered brain immediately flashed to AHHHHHH poor bobcat. That’s so sad. He’s lost his way. So when I got outside to check out the bobcat the only thing I saw was Alley wandering around the back yard like the East Van hoodlum he is. I worried briefly for his safety. But still no sign of a bobcat. Crap. He must have taken off I thought. Then I looked up and saw this Finning Tractor like thing ploughing some abandoned oil well. Someone tapped me on the shoulder. That’s the bobcat. Ohhhhh, I said. A little light went on and the dots connected. Finally. Oh to be gullible.
Categories: Where's my gonch & other stuff
