Kyrie Eleison

On food and daily life as an Orthodox Christian.

About Me

Chocolatesa: Montreal, Quebec, Canada; I live in an apartment with my boyfriend and work day shift during the week in the calling center of a shipping company. Weekends are spent hanging out at home or at the Tamtams with friends or family. I'm an Orthodox Christian (OCA), baptized on the 8th of June 08. I did one year of college at John Abbott before quitting to work instead, and have been working since. I browse the internet between calls and post some of what I find here.

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50 Ways to Use Bacon
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Baby Sandwich
Black Powder Incense
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Food Week at LifeHacker
Fullness of the Faith
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How to Tie an Orthodox Prayer Rope
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Insanewiches
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Ladybug vs. Spider
Learn From My Fail
Menologion 3.0
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Not Always Right
Not For Lightweights
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Playing For Change
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River of Fire
Road To Emmaus
Russia's Catacomb Saints
Sophia - Secret Wisdom
St. Herman Press
Tastespotting
The Ancient Way Forum
The Anti-Emo Page
The Man Who Uncooked an Egg
There, I Fixed It
Thoughts of a Crazy Redhead
Unhappy Meals
Way of the Ascetics
World's Most Inoffensive Graffiti
YouTube Classics Vol 1
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Blog Archive

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▼ 2011 (102)
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  - Noodles and stuffing, and again a curious kitten
  - Dinner Nov.17th 2011: Stovetop brand instant stuff...
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Other Blogs I read:

ResidentAlien

Something to be Thankful for - My daughter recently came back from school, disgusted. "There was this lecture," she told me, "on polio. And the people who gave it were great, but they ma...
4 hours ago
The LawDog Files

Egad. - I was puttering about on a nice little Saturday morning, when my Inbox started exploding. Turns out that I may not be as low-profile as one might have want...
1 day ago
- Ramblings of the Bearded One -

Somewhere to store them - I have numerous notebooks and an even greater number of scraps of paper with thoughts and ideas scribbled on them. Each collection of words hastily writt...
1 day ago
Cheap Ethnic Eatz

Nontraditional Raclette dinner party - Finally! My long promised post of the Raclette dinner party! A few weekends ago I had a little dinner party at my place with my 7 closest friends, making...
2 days ago
Glory to God for All Things

Do Something - My recent post, The God Who Is No God, spoke of Christianity as a set of practices. This is a crucial understanding – a requirement for a living faith. It ...
2 days ago
Pithless Thoughts

First Kiss - I'm sure they did. As many years as I lived with them, I'm sure he said it. But as hard as I try, I cannot remember it. It seems like after you are 40 and ...
2 days ago
Go Where the Taxista Takes You

Berlin Dispatch: The Way to (Good) Junk Food - I didn't believe the taxi driver when he told me the pizza at Zeus - a tacky storefront near the party streets in Friedrichshain in what used to be East Be...
3 days ago
UN TAXi LA NUiT

Les yeux persans - Mes yeux s’attardent sur cette femme qui approche lentement du taxi. Elle semble hésitante et pour la rassurer, je lui souris en la saluant de la main. Ava...
4 days ago
EatingAsia

Old Tea in Anatolia - After 120 kilometers of arctic nothingness we found ourselves in Çorum [cho-ruhm], a surprisingly bustling little city set in the middle of northern-central ...
4 days ago
Byzantine in the Bible Belt

The Diaries of Thomas McGraw - My mother visited my great-aunt and returned with the day-planners/journals of Thomas Monroe McGraw, my great-great-great grandfather. The journals date fr...
4 days ago
Shut up and eat.

Same look, new flavour – Restaurant Bar & Boeuf - Last week I got news that Bar et Boeuf in the Old Montreal was launching their new revamped dinner menu. I was told that the menu had been in testing for a...
6 days ago
Kyrie, Eleison!

Powerless - Saturday the weather was so warm we didn't even wear jackets. Then Sunday afternoon it began snowing, and kept on and kept on. And we aren't exactly snow...
6 days ago
Scrumptious South Africa

Low-Carb Snacking: Cottage Cheese, Herb & Olive Oil Smothering Dip - Professor *Tim Noakes*, arguably South Africa's most eminent and distinguished sports scientist, has recently made jaws drop (and *ruffled some feathers*) ...
1 week ago
real life foodie adventures

cheery cherries - I’d fully intended to get this post up BEFORE Valentine’s Day, but… hey… life happens, right? So, consider this your post-Valentine’s Day/Valentine’s Week ...
1 week ago
Wonder

Volume 3, Number 2 - Theme: This American Saint Articles: At the Grave of Saint Raphael by Mr. Jamil Malone Saint Innocent’s Rules by Mr. Andrew Boyd My Journey with Saint Alex...
1 week ago
The flight of our Hummingbird

The second day of school - I really don't care for Valentine's Day; or rather, I should say I don't care for the surrounding commercial hype that either makes you feel bad for being si...
1 week ago
Under the High Chair

Craving Chocolate Cream Pie - Fruit pies hold my heart, there's no question about it. I'll choose apple, pumpkin, or rhubarb over cream pies any day of the week, and when the summer fr...
2 weeks ago
Lighting Candles to Pray for Light

WIPocalypse for February - The last month has gone really fast! I’ve had interesting health for most of it, so I’ve got a lot done on possum, but not as much as I would have liked. H...
2 weeks ago
Estomac sur deux pattes

Quand mes souhaits de chocolat sont exaucés - Je suis depuis plus de dix ans une inconditionnelle du chocolat équitable Camino, que je trouve absolument délicieux! Au fil des ans, ils ont diversifié l'...
2 weeks ago
Lamb before thyme

Using my new CVap oven - The past two months have been crazy at the Kitchen Table. In December we set new records for class sales and gift cards. January has brought tons of eage...
3 weeks ago
Fast Food Fred

La poutine Chez Ben - [image: granby_223] [image: granby_224]À la fin du mois d'août 2011, Chez Ben (Granby) avait gagné pour la meilleure poutine au festival du même nom à Drumm...
3 weeks ago
An Iconographer's Blog

- It has been nearly a year since I posted anything substantive on this blog. It has been hard to collect my thoughts and to put much into writing. The loss...
3 weeks ago
Food, Not Rocket Science

cabbage and bacon - Cabbage burned (or browned) in butter (or any fat) is just downright delicious, especially in the winter! In what follows I use bacon but you can use but...
3 weeks ago
Pactum Serva

- Starting on Christmas day, little Gwenny decided that she would never again wear anything other than a dress.
1 month ago
Know Whey

New Years - New Orleans Style - Happy New Year! We're having black-eyed peas once again, so I'm reposting for your pleasure. What I'm doing differently this year is serving seared scall...
1 month ago
Tales From the Golden Ghetto

A New Year’s Lament….I mean, Resolution! - The thing I hate about blogging is that it’s form is limited. Some days, I wish I had my own radio show, so that I could talk about all the things I can’t...
1 month ago
Ramblings of a Single Dad

Christ is Born! Glorify Him! -
2 months ago
Burnt Lumpia

Cookbook Recipe Testers Wanted! - ***UPDATE 12/20/11: "Boy, that escalated quickly." Thank you all so much for showing such great interest in this cookbook! I'm thrilled with the overwhelmi...
2 months ago
eggbeater

how to mentor, manage, inspire, push, listen to, grow, promote, share with, challenge and send off cooks. - Chefs are {in}famous for posessing many traits. Patient & Understanding are not two of them. Not high on the list at any rate. We're famous for more popular ...
2 months ago
Orthodox Mother's Digest

Asparagus and Gravy over Toast - My mother taught me how to make this old-school treat, and it is so yummy! For the Nativity Fast this year, my focus is quick and easy, and this fits the ...
3 months ago
Desert Calling

And In Heaven, There Is A Kingdom - King of Heaven reigning ever over brethr’n Christ’s forever Love extended, Love outpouring Death Thou ended and our erring. Thy saints ever Thee surroundin...
3 months ago
orthogeeks

Video Game Music, Waving of Stick Proved Impossible - Check out this amazing new Overclocked Remix of Gitaroo Man’s ‘Legendary Theme’: (h/t Dante) When I went searching for the original tune on Youtube (I foun...
3 months ago
Hyperbole and a Half

Adventures in Depression - Some people have a legitimate reason to feel depressed, but not me. I just woke up one day feeling sad and helpless for absolutely no reason. It's di...
3 months ago
SHE in China

Chasing dreams - *For a long time, being able to communicate in Chinese language was a dream of mine, and when this photo was taken, it was a very far-fetched one. Now, how...
5 months ago
Ramblings of a Redneck Priest

Real Love - Sometimes when you read the Scriptures for Sunday, there is a phrase that is used over and over. In Romans 12, St. Paul says “Be affectionate to each other...
7 months ago
Codex Justinianus

OCA TRUTH - Please, all my friends and readers, visit the OCA Truth website and put your name on the list of support for His Beatitude, Metropolitan Jonah. The attacks...
9 months ago
Shop, Chop, Eat

A recipe in honour of the late Ken Kostick and his beloved mom, Helen - (Note: This post originally appeared on The Gazette's Inside the Box TV blog.) You might have already heard the news. Outsize Canadian food TV personality ...
10 months ago
One Whole Clove

Chocolate Chip Cookies - [Chocolate Chip Cookies] I only have one chocolate chip cookie recipe. After you bite into one of these decadent treats you will understand why. The Only Cho...
10 months ago
Comestibles

The Mysterious Newport Steak - Tucked away on a small street in New York City’s Greenwich Village there is a butcher shop called Florence Meat Market which opened in 1936 and doesn’t see...
10 months ago
Manhole Music Tea Room

Greensboro goes green, washes away sins of past, present - A friend posted this article on Facebook. As a native of Greensboro, I think it is both silly and unfortunate: The Impulsive Traveler: Going green in Green...
10 months ago
A new start

I suck at writing blogs... - So another while has passed since I wrote in here. A lot has happened since then. Jiji is now in school to become a nurse, and I have been blessed with a ...
1 year ago
ORA ET LABORA

Orthodox Life - Dear long-suffering readers, I have good news, and I have bad news. The bad news is that I must declare this blog officially dead. The good news is that m...
1 year ago
A Hungry Bear Won't Dance

Jim Lahey's No-Knead Bread Recipe - This post is not about bread, really. I was in Switzerland last month, teaching. My ex-husband is from Switzerland. I did not want to retur...
1 year ago
Montreal Burger Report

This Week’s Public Service Announcement - Howdy! All the old and the new posts are here Or if you prefer http://montrealburgers.blogspot.com. And if you’re into RSS Feeds, try this, or if you prefe...
1 year ago
Clement of Rome

hummm… - It seems that I just cannot get the hang of keeping up with the blog thing… Should I give it a go once more?
1 year ago
Makin Sense while Making Art and Incense

Got Fruit? (New Painting African style) – memories for Mother’s Dayan - This is the painting I gave to my mother for Mother’s Day. It is a shared memory of going to the market in Monrovia, Liberia. These powerful, queenly wome...
1 year ago
Bacon Unwrapped

Under construction… - Blogger.com has put the hammer down on those of us who publish to ftp, so I’m in the process of migrating this blog and it’s going to look kind of messy fo...
1 year ago
Of Food & Critics

REVIEW: Thea (Laval, Quebec) - Restaurant's Name: Thea Location: Ste-Dorothée, Quebec, Canada Type of Restaurant: Fine Cuisine Genre: Mediterranean Kid-Friendly: Yes and No THE LOOKS Once...
1 year ago
Cooking Issues

There is a New Post Up on CookingIssues.com - posted by Dave Arnold. There is a new post up on www.cookingissues.com. It is all about refigerating fresh mozzarella. I hope you go there and read it. ...
1 year ago
Smoke Rings

Merry Christmas to All and to All A Goodnight…The Final Smoke Ring. - BPI and more specifically, Columbina, would like to wish all of her many friends, both in the world, and those who are not of it, a very Merry Christmas. ...
2 years ago
Through the eyes of a daddy...

And so starts this blog... - Hey guys, People call me Jiji, I'm 27 years old and I'm a daddy of a wonderful daughter named Windia. I'm also happily married to my wife Jennifer and I'm ...
2 years ago
Xpy's blog

Just testing -
2 years ago
God is love.

Fragility - What is it about relationships that makes them so ephemeral? They are fragile. If you touch them, they might break. Shatter into hundreds of sharp tiny pie...
2 years ago
My Chalkboard Fridge

Let the Crabbing Begin - Over the years I’ve watched my fair share of the hit show, “The Deadliest Catch,” yet despite the hours I’ve logged in front of the tube, I still can’t cal...
2 years ago
Ramblin' Rosko

On Misunderstanding Gratitude - I hate to make this a blog of rants, and I hope that such does not come from this post, but keep in mind, dear reader, that it might. These economic times...
2 years ago
Journal

Une Presque Nouvelle Cuisine - 940kg. Almost a metric ton, a litte over a short ton. That’s the official weight of the shipment of things I brought over from Montreal and have been att...
2 years ago
From Day to Day

"Extreme Frugality" - When I was on the NPR website, I happened upon a story on frugality that many of you passerbys might enjoy. Its an experiment by a family that includes rai...
2 years ago
Adventures in Japan

Stalking the Savage Fern - (As always, click on photos for larger versions.) On a recent spectacular April morning, my friend Hiroko and her parents came to pick me up for a day of “p...
2 years ago
IC XC NIKA

Update. - Consider this blog re-opened, though perhaps with a different tone as before. My bipolar disorder has changed my outlook on a number of things, especially ...
2 years ago
Sergius Bob

Happy Earth Day! - Well, I’m too busy to write today, so I offer a link which I’ve been reading and like a whole bunch! Happy Earth Day sisters and brothers : ) http://greenc...
2 years ago
Reflections of an Orthodox Layman

Romans 3:27 - 4:5 - Romans 3:27 - 31 *Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? Of works? No, but by the Law of Faith. Therefore we conclude that a man is justified ...
2 years ago
Breaking Babylon

Pilgrimage - I leave early in the morning for Holy Cross Hermitage. Pray for me, a sinner. I will pray for you and light a candle for you.
3 years ago
smörgåsbroad

Long time no post - I have still yet to get back into the blogging swing of things since coming home to the states. Something about the combination of guests, Thanksgiving, mo...
3 years ago
Conquer by This

Riverdance - So the Riverdance Tour is coming to VA on June 26-28, and the 29th is my birthday, so I might try and talk someone into taking me to see it for my birth...
3 years ago
seraphima searches

Anticipation - Today is the start of a brand new semester. I sit here at the computer desk eating my mom's cold corn and bean salsa and drinking OJ. Earlier, after feedin...
3 years ago
barefoot in the kitchen

Chaat, Moochers, and Some Pretty Radical Ideas - How not to look like the office’s resident moocher (while still scoring lots of eats!). Continue reading >>
3 years ago
Dust and Ashes

New Blog. - As this one hasn’t been updated in quite some time, due to a lot of work I’ve put into DC, my personal life, etc, I’ll be shutting this blog down and movin...
3 years ago
Slurp & Burp

Food 2.0 by Charlie Ayers - A review - Once in a while I receive review copies of books soon to be published. Although I am not always excited these books, it remains a great way to discover au...
3 years ago