I was discussing edible gifts with a friend before Christmas last month and she mentioned seeing bacon jam at the grocery store (thanks S.!) Being the bacon fiend that I am (yes, yes, I know my arteries will not thank me), I could not resist looking up how to make it. Considering we had 5...

I love the color red. I have a red picture wall in my living room, red clothing, but have not worn red lipstick since high school. I think red lipstick gives you a classic look. It makes you look grown up, your complexion looks nicer and your teeth whiter. I was putzing about the cosmetics...

Just thought I would share. I totally LOLed when I saw this. I am totally guilty of some of these. Are...

welcome to part deux of our favicon tutorial. in today’s tutorial, we will be looking at how to install a favicon. upload the favicon connect to your server and upload your favicon.ico file to your website. it must be placed in the same directory as your index page. do not put in any other...

Hi everyone! As some of you know, I have been changing up my blog. As I have varied interests, I have decided to merge my various blogs. It just made more sense for me to put them all together in one place. It would make it easier for me to work with. Hence, I have rebranded under...

without a doubt geek femina uses a premade template. i just do not have the time to devote to hand coding or testing a template from scratch. however, that does not mean i cannot customize it a little to make it more me. while making these changes, i decided to create a favicon. a favicon is...

Hi loyal readers! I am in the midst of redoing and rebranding my website. Not to worry, I will still be doing food. However, because I have varied interests, this will now become more of a lifestyle blog with some geek thrown in. Please bear with me during this chaotic phase of my...

ever had a song stuck in your head? no matter what you do the battery to that internal ipod of yours never runs out of juice and is forever stuck on repeat. torture isn’t it? i discovered a site, unhear it, that promises to unstick that repeat button for you by using “the latest...

Thanksgiving is right around the corner (for us Canadians that is). Forgive me for adding to the gazillion how-to-cook-or-roast-a-turkey media frenzy articles out there, but what how-to collection is complete without it? How Much Turkey? So you decided to host Thanksgiving or Christmas...

Photo credit: Justin De La Ornellas It is easy to feel overwhelmed at the fish counter. You stand there wondering which is tastiest? Which is healthiest? Which is the most sustainable choice? Farmed or wild-caught? Perhaps due to this confusion, a large percentage of people walk away and...

When people think of ribs, the majority think of BBQ. I personally love ribs, but going out to the restaurant to have what is often mediocre ribs is expensive (averaging $20 a rack in Montreal), so I had to find a way to make ribs that would not require the use of a barbecue grill and taste...

It all ends here… Ok maybe not, but for the Harry Potter movie franchise, it all ended Friday at midnight when part 2 of the Deathly Hallows movies came out. To celebrate the end of the much beloved movies series, I decided to try my hand at making a version of butterbeer. Butterbeer...

Photo credit: Ian Brown Consumption of alcohol and strenuous exercise don’t go together, as one usually negates the goals of the other. However, alcohol and exercise share a common biochemical process: fermentation. Fermentation is a biochemical process that ultimately converts sugar...