September 26, 2009
Every once in a while, you come across an individual (or group of people) that take their craft, what ever it might be, to the next level. When you look at at their creations, you can tell without a doubt that not only are they good at what they do, but that they take pride in it and strive for perfection.
Two weeks ago, I came across an example of this and lucky for me, this person’s passion is… CHOCOLATE! yay 
I could probably write a very long post describing her chocolate and how good it is, but instead, I’ll let a couple of pictures do the talking and urge you go and visit her at the Kitchener Market and actually taste the product. Katharina is the chocolatier in question, uses all organic, fair trade chocolate. I can’t say enough good things about it.
The name of her company is Anna Tolazzi. They don’t have a web site just yet, but I’ll post it here once it’s up. In the mean time, if you need to order some chocolate before the next market day. You can reach them at:
1 (519) 342-8264 or Katharina [at] annatolazzi.com
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Posted by Dan Silivestru
September 23, 2009
The first ever Starup Drinks Waterloo is now a go Come out and share a pint with other startup folks. A chance to meet new people, catchup with old friends and talk about what you’re up to, what you might need help with, or anything that crosses your mind…
Where: McMullan’s on King, 56 King St N. Waterloo, ON (map)
When: Oct 6th, 2008 (Tue) starting at 5:30pm to 10pm
Facebook event open to all can be found here. If you don’t have a Facebook account, you can always reserve a ticket here. It’s all free!
Please spread the word to anyone that you think would enjoy this event.
Hope to see you there!
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Posted by Dan Silivestru
July 17, 2009
It’s starts today and goes all weekend long! I can’t wait till 5pm. Come out and enjoy some spectacular ribs, or chicken and some really good beer!
Official site can be found here
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Posted by Dan Silivestru
July 16, 2009
Garlic
I love garlic, who doesn’t? Lucky us, garlic is now in season here in Ontario and just about every veggie and fruit stand, small farm stand and farmer’s market vendor has fresh garlic on hand.
The one garlic thing that I always love to have on hand is garlic butter. You can always find a use for it and it’s so simple to prepare!
What you’ll need:
3 heads of garlic
1 cup of butter (room temperature and cut into cubes)
1 tbs extra virgin olive oil
- Preheat your oven to 200 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Cut the bottom off of each of the garlic heads.
- Brush the olive onto each of garlic heads
- Place the garlic in the oven for 1.5 hours
- Let the garlic cool for about 5 min
- Once you take the garlic out, squeeze out the cloves into a small food processor, add the butter and blend until smooth
- Put in a sealed container and store in the fridge… but not before you butter at least one piece of toast with it and enjoy
That’s it! It should last in the fridge for a good month… but it never does 
Enjoy
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Posted by Dan Silivestru
I made Jello two weeks ago. put it in little open-faced containers and placed them in the fridge to set. Being the person that I am… I forgot all about them till today. So, I had one to see if it’s still good. Not only was it good, but quite excellent! It has the exact same consistency as the Jello cubes you get a Chinese restaurants (which I love). So now I have to wonder exactly how old is restaurant Jello anyway???
