Author Archives: Giulia Doyle

Friday Specials

Wow – another week whizzed by. We’ve had a whirlwind of weather here – hot and humid and freezing cold – it’s just a little confusing. Did you notice the little changes on the blog this week? I decided on a small facelift, just in time for Blogpodium next week – I’m starting to get …

Be my Guest with Christelle is Flabbergasting – Lentil “Meatballs” with Lemon Pesto

Welcome to the next installment of Be My Guest! Today we have Christelle is Flabbergasting – my first Canadian guest! I met Christelle last year at Aran’s workshop in Montreal. Christelle is actually French and moved to Montreal about four years ago. She’s an art director by trade and freelances as a food photographer and food stylist. Not only does …

Friday Specials

I took this photo with my phone after dinner this week. The kids found this dried up peace lily in our only potted plant that has lived with us for 10 years now. At first it looked like a caterpillar. Everyone was fascinated with this little piece of dried plant – I thought it looked …

Friday Specials

This week we got thrown back into reality. School started and mornings are hectic again. Both my kids are in school now*, which just underlines how time flies by way too fast. Maëlle and Desmond get to ride the bus after school, which was declared to be the BEST thing ever! I got thrown for a …

A Cape Cod Vacation

We loved it so much last year, that we went back to Cape Cod this summer. There’s something about that place – it relaxes you immediately and everyone is content, happy and friendly. We did some of the same things as last year and a couple of new things and it ended up being the …

Friday Specials

  Just a little glimpse of our week in Cape Cod – it was magical. I’ll be sharing more photos next week that I took with the ‘real’ camera. Once we got home we took another week off to finish some projects around the house, run some errands and enjoy the last week with our …

Friday Specials

Just a quick hello from the beach! We are enjoying ourselves and hope you are doing well? Have a great weekend and I’ll see you back here on Monday! Here are some of the most popular posts on this blog, in case you missed them: Eggs and Smoked Salmon Toast Shrimp and Grits with the …

Seafood Bake

As you are reading this we are sitting happily in Cape Cod, enjoying our summer vacation at the beach. I was impatiently waiting for this week of relaxation, sand, ocean air and excessive amount of seafood. To prepare for the trip we made this seafood bake at home. It’s based on this recipe, but I …