"What was the highlight of today for you?" my mom asked me after touring the Ancient Agora, in Athens, Greece, hiking up a hill for a panoramic view complete with an under-construction Parthenon, and spooking around the outside of the Acropolis museum. I thought for a bit, … [Read more...] about Figs, Democracy, and Sardines: Food and a Room With a View in Glyfada and Athens, Greece
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A Power Drill or a Salad
There comes a time in every girl's life when it's more important to buy a drill that can push through cement than it is to write about recipes. Right? Or is that just me? I recently bought a very powerful drill that I now lug up a steep hill to a cliff face occasionally and … [Read more...] about A Power Drill or a Salad
Travel Resolutions for 2021 and Why I Spent Three Months in Lima, Peru, and Never Saw Machu Picchu
I just read a line about a travel resolution in the AFAR newsletter by senior editor Aislyn Greene. It's actually a quote of another travel writer for the Guardian, Shahnaz Habib, but I think the lineage is important because it shows how this is resonating with a lot of … [Read more...] about Travel Resolutions for 2021 and Why I Spent Three Months in Lima, Peru, and Never Saw Machu Picchu
Montreal Coronavirus Diary: Part 2
The highlight of my evening the other day was not making these failed amaretti cookies. It was jumping on a cardboard box. It was the box that food samples for my last television segment had come in and I had to to break it down for my recycling bin. I'd tried to tear it, but … [Read more...] about Montreal Coronavirus Diary: Part 2
The Best Gluten Free Pizza: Don’t Make the Crust Yourself
"But... you can't eat pizza?" That's the standard incredulous sentence I hear when I tell people I'm gluten intolerant. Well, that or something sad about baguette. Quebeckers really love their breads. I know. I've eaten them (pre-gluten intolerance). I even essentially wrote a … [Read more...] about The Best Gluten Free Pizza: Don’t Make the Crust Yourself
A Birthday Best Forgotten
What's your worst birthday? Think back. Was it the time your parents got you the stupid book about farm animals instead of the supercool video game? The time your mom made a saggy vanilla cake or oatmeal raisin cookies instead of buying one from the grocery store (or better yet, … [Read more...] about A Birthday Best Forgotten
Ugly Delicious: Green Curry Chicken with Homemade Thai Curry Paste
What's the easiest, tastiest, most comforting gourmet food you can make while sharing a cottage with 15 other people? Thai Curry. All you need to do is buy a can or jar of green or red or yellow curry paste, a can of coconut milk and some chicken (optional) and vegetables: … [Read more...] about Ugly Delicious: Green Curry Chicken with Homemade Thai Curry Paste
Morning Sweet Potato and Banana Muffins for Guillaume and Lacey
Every week, I shlep to Shakti Gym in Montreal to train for rock climbing. If you've seen me, you'll know I'm not all bulky muscles. But that's not what climbers need. I need pull-up strength, sure (an area in which I'm sorely lacking), but I also need finger and forearm strength, … [Read more...] about Morning Sweet Potato and Banana Muffins for Guillaume and Lacey
Chasing Matthew: Montreal to Aruba and back again
Most people go to tropical islands for vacation. I go for work, which admittedly makes me one of the luckiest people in the world. It's not all glamour, though; I often end up spending a lot of time in my room on my computer while real vacationers take advantage of the water and … [Read more...] about Chasing Matthew: Montreal to Aruba and back again
A Little About Me: “Amie Watson’s Climb” by Giordano Cescutti
This is a multimedia story by Giordano Cescutti, a journalism student at Concordia University. He uses photos of me to tell the story of how rock climbing became such an important part of my life. It all started in the multimedia lab when I overheard him talking about rock … [Read more...] about A Little About Me: “Amie Watson’s Climb” by Giordano Cescutti