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What’s So Great About Farm Boy? Let Me Tell You!

January 17, 2021 by Suzie the Foodie 11 Comments

It is open! The new Farm Boy in Waterloo, Ontario, opened January 7, 2021 and I finally got to check out one of their locations for myself. I have heard so many amazing things about it and was most excited by my foodie friend who said that it was the Canadian version of Trader Joe’s… […]

Adventures In Pandemic Shopping

May 19, 2020 by Suzie the Foodie 49 Comments

Thanks to a special someone out there who took pity on me and my pandemic food shopping in a brand new neighbourhood in Toronto situation, I was gifted with a Quik Cart. I am so grateful and you are about to see why! The Cart I have had a “granny cart” in the past but […]

PC Express To The Rescue!

May 2, 2020 by Suzie the Foodie 5 Comments

Well it has been one hell of a challenge getting food during this COVID-19 pandemic in my neighbourhood. It is amazing for friends and family to help me out (you rock!) but I need to be able to figure out how to do this myself to help with my anxiety and peace of mind. I […]

What Can You NOT Live Without? I Will Show You Mine…

April 15, 2020 by Suzie the Foodie 10 Comments

It is a surreal time in the world. I have gone to get groceries a couple of times since after moving during the pandemic and I have learned a lot about what I do not want to live without when it comes to food. What I am craving. What I kick myself over forgetting to […]

Getting Groceries: Staying Alive & Sane During the Pandemic

April 8, 2020 by Suzie the Foodie 12 Comments

I have lived with the fear of leaving my home before. About a dozen years ago I was in a head-on collision due to black ice on the way home from doing our first real grocery shop after moving to Nova Scotia. It happened one block from our new house and I had to walk […]

Featured Post: Old’s Cool General Store

June 30, 2019 by Suzie the Foodie 5 Comments

My First Visit I heard about Old’s Cool General Store at 250 Westlake Avenue in East York from my brother-in-law who knew it was right up my foodie alley! We went over last December to check it out. Can you ever tell by the wan winter light in the above photograph. Outside the store you […]

The Handwork Department & My New Candy Case

March 7, 2019 by Suzie the Foodie 3 Comments

I am going to be moving for a few months and pretty much everything is going into storage. As a foodie, this provided me with an interesting challenge. What do I put away and what do I take with me? To figure this out I had to make a foodie plan, something I usually do […]

Kitchen Treasures At The Leslieville Flea Market

September 4, 2018 by Suzie the Foodie 6 Comments

Wow, do I love a good flea market! We had the perfect weather when we went to the Leslieville Flea Market at Ashbridge Estates. The grounds are so gorgeous! Nothing like shopping for treasures amidst willow and chestnut trees. She Sells Sanctuary sells fair trade Himalayan Handicrafts for excellent prices. My friend Dawn got the cutest […]

Coming Home To Kitchen Stuff Plus!

August 15, 2018 by Suzie the Foodie 2 Comments

There are not a lot of foodie places in Toronto that feel like home for me. My journey with food did not start until after I left university and moved to Ottawa and had to learn how to cook for myself. For real. Like, to survive, all the time. I remember coming back to visit […]

Friday Foodie Gratitude: Valu-Mart

July 27, 2018 by Suzie the Foodie 2 Comments

The first time I went to Valu-Mart on a cold day in Toronto I wanted to make my spicy noodles and was so thrilled they had shiitake mushrooms. FRESH shiitake mushrooms. Impressive… The Obstacle The problem? They were way the hell up at the top of the mushroom stand! In fact, all the baskets of non-packaged mushrooms […]