Who says Denmark, Poland, or Germany cook up the best pork? That’s hogwash! Have you ever been to Hogtown? It’s a city that used to be a sty for millions of these cute little guys who roamed around free. Toronto. Our pork and bacon earned us a reputation for being some of the best out […]
Canada
Spending a Night in Jail
In a past life, Ottawa was the most dangerous place in Canada and in 1862 the Carlton County Jail was built to house criminals with minor infractions like robbery as well as some of the worst criminals on death row waiting their ultimate fate, mostly by hanging (yup, at the time Canada had capital punishment). Today, […]
The Best Bagel You’ll Ever Eat
I think there needs to be a change in the little red leaf at the centre of our national flag. I think they made a mistake when they designed our emblem. I bet that leaf was meant to be a bagel. A Montreal-style bagel! The Canadian bagel is like no other piece of dough you’ve ever […]
Overcoming Fear and Why I Jumped Off A Bridge
When I set off to British Columbia along Canada’s beautiful west coast, I wasn’t expecting to plunge nearly 200 feet off a bridge over the Nanaimo River. It doesn’t sound like a far distance, but when you’re at the top looking down, the bottom looks like nothing but an endless mount of fatal rocks and […]