Suzie The Foodie

Food Writer, Photographer and Teacher

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Ed’s Real Scoop & Healing In The Toronto Beaches

I can not say that the attack on pedestrians in my old hood in Toronto is still not affecting me. Yesterday I did something about it. The Beaches I took the Queen streetcar down to The Beaches (I know people now call it The Beach but it will be The Beaches for me forever). The […]

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A Moment For Toronto

When I took this video I was at the Toronto Festival of Light I had no idea how relevant it would be on a day like today. My heart goes out to the families, friends, pedestrians affected by the horrific attack. I must say I felt our police handled the situation incredibly well. Sadly, evil […]

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Strawberry Fool @ Journal Jam

This is the first dessert I made since moving back to Toronto. I love making all kinds of “fools” although technically this is closer to a mousse since I did not “fold” the pureed fruit into the cream but feel free to play with the recipe to make it your own. I love it because […]

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I Met Nigella Lawson at Yorkdale Indigo April 16, 2018

I had been looking forward to seeing Nigella Lawson at the Yorkdale Indigo for weeks! She was going to do a signing of her new cookbook At My Table and I was determined to go. The problem? The MEGA ice storm! It was causing flights to be cancelled including Nigella’s. My friend Kelly was checking […]

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Monday Foodie Mystery! The Hard Boiled Chick Yolk Phenomenon…

A friend of mine is asking for your help! Not once but TWICE he and his children were having hard boiled eggs and the yolk was kind of chick-shaped! Now there must be a scientific foodie explanation for this weird egg phenomenon. Do you have any theories? The kids were so freaked out by the […]

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Braving My Future As A Foodie Relic (AKA Searching For Healing)

Before I was Suzie the Foodie, I was Sacred Suzie. Before I was Sacred Suzie, I moved to Vancouver in 2000 and went on a health odyssey. Before the health odyssey I lived in Ottawa and my body fell apart and I found out that I had fibromyalgia. Before I moved to Ottawa I was […]

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Farewell Melanie’s Bistro… Sort Of!

Way back in February my family got together to celebrate a belated birthday brunch for me at Melanie’s Bistro at 1870 Danforth Avenue. Almost our entire family clan came out (we missed you Jay!) for some absolutely stunning food and family fun. I ordered the pecan crusted French toast served with berries and crème Anglaise and […]

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Fried Chicken Dinner at Forth Avenue Kitchen & Bar

The Occasion Since the moment I arrived back to Toronto I have heard about the fried chicken at “The Forth” which is actually Forth Avenue Kitchen & Bar. It was referred to with reverence and dreamy eyes, imagining a stunning fried chicken dinner in our near future. We arrived at 1820 Danforth Avenue for an early dinner […]

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Happy Blogiversary To Me And Pass Me The Lay’s Poppables!

Guess what foodies? I have been food blogging NINE YEARS! If you go back to my very first post you will see how I turned to learning about food as a way of bringing meaning to my life during a hard time. It appears I have come full circle only this time I am back home […]

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Product Review KFC’s Waffle Double Down & A Bit Of My Foodie History

I am sure a lot of you are asking, why Suzie? Why? Why did you go to KFC? Especially for that monstrosity of a so-called sandwich known as the Waffle Double Down. My Foodie History Normally I do not like to get too personal about my family’s past but let’s just say when my parents […]

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